Archive for the 'Fiction' Category

My Pirate Story Part 3

16/11/2005

Okay, this is part three of my pirate story for WriAShorStorWe. You might like to check out part 1 or part 2.
The following morning the crew assembled on the deck of the Revenge. Captain Ardent addresses them from the poop deck.
“Well lads, I think it’s safe to say that you’ve just written another [...]

My Pirate Story Part 2

5/11/2005

Okay, this is part two of my pirate story for WriAShorStorWe. You might like to check out part 1 first.
As the group stepped from the murky depths of the fort out into the bright sunshine they hit the wall humid heat that layered the Caribbean in the summer.
“Captain, would you be so kind as [...]

My Pirate Story

3/11/2005

Okay, this is the first part of my pirate story for WriAShorStorWe. Be warned, it’s very rough, even though I have tidied it up a lot compared to the original.
In the harbour of Port Royal sits the pirate ship Revenge, a silent floating menace, dark and brooding in the moonlit night. The ship [...]

Towering Darkness (pt 5)

17/09/2004

If you haven’t already, you may wish to start at the beginning or read the last part of this story before reading on.
“Who are you?” asked Rael.
“We’re simple travellers, my lord.”
“I’m not your lord and if you’re travellers, why were you hiding in the trees?”
“We heard your horses and [...]

Towering Darkness (pt 4)

5/09/2004

If you haven’t already, you may wish to start at the beginning or read the last part of this story before reading on.
He let the princess sleep late. With no idea what they faced there didn’t seem much point in rushing headlong into it. After a leisurely breakfast, Rael packed everything back onto [...]

Towering Darkness (pt 3)

30/08/2004

If you haven’t already, you may wish to read part 1 or part 2 of this story before reading on.
“No sign of him?” asked Fiden.
“He’s gone deep into the forest, impossible to track him.”
“Leave him, I’m sure he’ll head home, or run into a bandit. So much for your brave defender, my Lady. [...]

Towering Darkness (pt 2)

22/08/2004

If you haven’t already, you may wish to read part 1 of this story before reading on.
The princess was accompanied by five sour-faced Royal Guards, all heavily armed and clad in their distinctive black tunics. They did little and said even less, but they had the look of fighting men — the steel-eyed stare [...]

Towering Darkness (pt 1)

11/08/2004

I had warned you that I was going to try and write some fiction for a change. Be aware that it’s not good, you can blame David Gemmell for putting me in the mood to write fantasy. More to come.
In the city kingdom of Maddram, Rael had been called before the king. [...]

The Draylon Wars

10/04/2004

The wound on Jack’s forearm stung; it burned hotter than the laser pulse that caused it; it ached so badly he was having trouble focusing on anything but the pain. He drove it from his mind and tried to take in the environment around him, he needed to concentrate if he was wanted to live.
The [...]

Conversations

10/04/2004

Conversations is a short script I wrote to shoot quickly with as little resources as possible. Hence it’s a conversation between two guys at a pub table.
The idea is/was to show little of the surroundings, just create the atmosphere with sound and play about with camera angles and lighting.
It’s still not been shot.
You can [...]