What happens if you buy a second-hand laptop, and find it contains murderous secrets?
For today’s NaNo story, I’ve stayed firmly in the present day. It could have been a romance… But, no, that would be too easy. So I went for a psychological thriller instead.
#30days30shorts
This one was more of a challenge. The task? To write a short story using dialogue only.
I cheated a little by turning it into a chat show interview, with an obnoxious host and a young lad who everyone believes is a hero… until he confesses all.
Another sci-fi theme. Need to find a different genre for the next one.
Day three of #30days30shorts.
NaNoWriMo day two, and a second short story is in the bag. Well, the first draft completed anyway. It needs more work before I allow anybody to read it!
I’m staying with the sci-fi theme, but this piece consists entirely of emails written by a harassed young graduate on a placement with Leicester I E Scheme (LIES). Continue reading “Can I take my hamster into space?”
30 Days and 30 Short StoriesThis is my 6th year of participation in the annual frenzy of writing, called NaNoWriMo. And I’ve done pretty well so far.
Four twisted stories…At the end of September 2016 I independently published this 48-page booklet which contains four of my short stories.
Three of these stories had been published previously in journals and one of them – The Shed – won first prize in a Writing Magazine competition.
I asked the talented Lizzi Wakelin to illustrate the booklet and had the text professionally edited. The cover, including the typographical layout, I designed myself.
“Brilliant collection of short stories, expertly written. Ruth has a great sense of humour!”
The Shed is available as a paperback and as a Kindle verison, both on Amazon.co.uk.
Now all I need are some more reviews to boost sales!
Ruth Livingstone 