Iris Murdoch said that good art, whatever its style, has the qualities of hardness, firmness, detachment, realism, clarity, justice, and truth. She also went on to mention that the above can only be the product of a mind that is free, unfettered, with an uncorrupted imagination. In all, that’s one statement. Often, when we look at […]
How Your Fictional Story Ideas Always Come with a Dark Horse
Characters always have something to say. You just have to keep your ears open. A story can be a sweet thing that grows in the mind. It becomes colourful, and active. If you ignore the work of actual writing, it’ll become a nagging beast that will finally start to bite and nip at your heels. It’s […]
How Hard is it to Become a Successful Writer?
“How hard is it to become a successful writer?”, is a common question. The answer is simple. Firstly, I think it’s a question posed in a very general way, which makes it hard to define really what a person means when they ask this question. “How hard is to…”, is a common question from people […]
Dark Stories from Between the Cracks of Time — Part II
I heard a very low humming sound coming from inside somebody’s pocket. One of the two men sitting at the table behind me pulled out his phone and clicked a button. The phone stopped ringing. The man standing at the toilet door put his phone away and walked towards the bar. He stopped next to […]
What your Shoes and Socks say about You
When I was an art student, I drove a taxi at night time to earn my money. How to meet people with bad Socks It was a tough job, night time in a big city can be dangerous and a cabby has to keep his ears and eyes open to know what’s up, and who’s playing up […]
The Portrait Photographer
“Ethel? Well, that’s a nice name — old as wood,” Said Rebecca. “My parents wanted a daughter with a woody sounding name, I suppose.” said Ethel. Rebecca placed a tripod at one end of the room, then attached her camera to the top plate. She looked through the viewfinder at an empty chair. The chair […]
Wolfe’s Unpaid Beer Tab
Bottled beers, one cup of red wine, and a mug of fizzy drink were raised around the open fire. Those present, clinked their glass bottles, and the mug made a thudding noise, “To Wolfe, may he rest in peace!”. Somebody picked up the cheap looking urn and unscrewed the lid, “Let’s do this now, we […]
Fallen Lovers and Two Shots
The city is like a forest, when I want it to be. Other times, it can be a maze of dark and dangerous streets. It is always intriguing, it doesn’t have to be “nice” to be intriguing. A place is always as much as you want it to be, it is a mixture of experience, […]