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The Day of the Kill. Content Warning.
This story has been written in response to L.C. Schäfer's proposal to spend 2024 losing my mind...sorry, I mean, choosing to write a microfiction story every day, making 366 stories for every day of this lovely leap year. You can check her original story out here:
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Fiction
Somehow he was still not dead. Content Warning.
This story has been written in response to L.C. Schäfer's proposal to spend 2024 losing my mind...sorry, I mean, choosing to write a microfiction story every day, making 366 stories for every day of this lovely leap year. You can check her original story out here:
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Fiction
The Lonely Barista. Top Story - January 2024.
This story has been written in response to L.C. Schäfer's proposal to spend 2024 losing my mind...sorry, I mean, choosing to write a microfiction story every day, making 366 stories for every day of this lovely leap year. You can check her original story out here:
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Fiction
Rachel Reviews: Death in the Tallgrass by Donald Willerton
I really enjoyed Death in the Tallgrass. Firstly, it is best that you know that I love any book which is set in the Wild West: in the days of the pioneers and settlers and their encounters with Native American tribes; with the stories of the less reputable white folk who find themselves down on their luck and trying to find a way to survive; where people looking for a new life or travelling to a better one were exposed on the plains and carried guns for protection and to use for hunting for sustenance. It is the perfect setting and environment for a tense tale of adventure. And that is what Willerton has created here.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in BookClub
New Beginnings
This story has been written in response to L.C. Schäfer's proposal to spend 2024 losing my mind...sorry, I mean, choosing to write a microfiction story every day, making 366 stories for every day of this lovely leap year. You can check her original story out here:
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Fiction
Rachel Reviews: The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell
I am so glad I discovered Katherine Rundell. This has been one of the best things that I can take away from 2023 - The Golden Mole was a revelation and, when I discovered that she also wrote fiction, it was only a matter of time until I sought her out.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow is a book which is very much of my time, set in the days where the world of gaming was beginning to blossom into the powerhouse of entertainment that it is today.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: Why You Should Read Children's Books by Katherine Rundell
I love Katherine Rundell so it is no surprise that this will be a favourable review. However, I was a little surprised by the brevity of this book, although I heartily endorse the message contained within. It is an essay rather than a book, a discussion of a viewpoint to promote debate.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in BookClub
Shakespeare: great writer or overrated?
I was scrolling on Facebook absentmindedly when I spotted a clip of Dame Judi Dench and immediately, my interest was piqued. For those of you who don't know her, which seems unlikely, she is an actress and a person who I hugely admire. She is also, which is relevant to this article, an advocate for Shakespeare's works and the timelessness of his words, which I wholeheartedly support.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in BookClub
My Senses Reel with Spice
I've never written a villanelle before. It might not be something that I rush to do again. However, the smells from my kitchen this afternoon after a Christmas baking marathon were an inspiration as was a perusal of the works of famous Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas and so here, immortalised in stringent poetic form is my sensory experience from preparing to fruition as I created traditional Christmas fayre for this festive period.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Poets
