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I Am A Winner
Introduction I joined Vocal for the big prize money. That never happened. I have two challenge placements, an "honourable" mention, some Top Stories and a couple of Resource pieces, but Vocal and a lot of creators see me as a thorn in Vocal's side.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 6 months ago in Confessions
Picnic - A Breath Of Fresh Air. Content Warning.
They were billionaires having made their fortunes in weapons sales, and knew that at some point they would be subjected to a nuclear winter, so they built their bunkers where they would live when humanity was wiped out by the things these people had sold.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 6 months ago in Fiction
Do It Again
Introduction The second first time is a weird concept because to me, it is usually a time, that is like the first time but this time you now how a bit of a clue about what yu are doing, so if you didn't make it the first time, then you may recall the pitfalls and put them right for this time.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 6 months ago in Fiction
A Nine Minute Drabble
It's nine minutes to midnight here in Newcastle-upon-tyne and I wondered if I could write and publish a drabble for no reason other than I am at a loose end and I want to go to bed, but after the colock strikes the midnight hour, except it doesn't because all the clocks are electronic, digital and have not hourly chimes, not even my OWL clock.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 7 months ago in Fiction
Filling My Head With Rock, Laughter In Carthage, With Aristotle And Dante Discovering The Secrets Of The Universe
Introduction When I was in Leakey's bookshop in Inverness, I bought two hefty Michael Moorcock tomes that I was unaware of, which is not unusual, as he has written a lot of books. These were volumes two and three of a quartet, which weigh in at two and a half thousand pages of very dense text, which is taking a long time to read.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 7 months ago in BookClub
