London torn. Night and day. Sinners and angels. Debut novel by Mark A. King, available now
Sorry for the long absence from writing in any form. A quick re-cap: I am writing a novel using short posts via social media. This is inspired by the projects I have been closely involved with over the years, and others who have used this method. The PhD I'm working on has taken a great …
A work of fiction created as part of the #vssPhD project. Short story created and published : Feb to March 2024 For details of the project click here. This is the second #vssphd story (as released on social media).The story tense was selected by an anonymised poll. Both present and past tense scored highest. Which …
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A work of fiction. Short story created and published : Jan to Feb 2024 For details of the project click here. This is the first #vssphd story (as released on social media).The story location and main character name were chosen by anonymised polls. (c) 2024 Mark A King. This is a work of fiction. All …
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Sometimes a book can make you cry with laughter so much that you have to stop reading it in public for fear of appearing unwell and in need of intervention. Other times a book can make you sob with sadness to a point where you feel numb from the overwhelming distress. Occasionally, a book can …
So… I’m about to do something monumentally stupid. Worse than that, I’m performing this extreme stupidity in a very public way. I’m truly terrified (and maybe a tiny bit excited) of my next creative project. The short of it I’ll be writing a novel, using Twitter/X (if it can survive long enough), Bluesky, and maybe …
Submitting: "Welcome to the Desert of the Real" In the highly influential film The Matrix, the first time Neo is taken beyond his fabricated world he is theatrically welcomed to 'The Desert of the Real'. This it turns out, is the reality which greets most writers when they enter the harsh wastelands of agent submissions. …
Warning: Blog contains personal views, graphic descriptions and graphic images that might not be your thing. Before the Beginning (ten years ago, Tralee, Ireland) The brooding clouds of Co. Kerry She woke between sleeps. We were all there, beside her. As she had been there for us since the moment we were born. The word …
How are you? It's been a very long time since I last posted. Sorry about that. Life has been somewhat delayed. I am thankful for many things, one being that I was many months ahead of my novel that I am working on as part of my UEA Creative writing MA (I'm very proud of …
#FlashFridayReplay. A story based on Flash Friday Fiction week 4.
Flash! Friday is the starting point, the crucible, the starting point of everything. I went back there to revisit old prompts, to inspire new stories. And I found much more than I was looking for. Prompt One: 7th Dec 2012 100 word story starting with "On Friday, everything changed." https://flashfriday.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/flash-friday-week-one-contest/ On Friday, everything changed. She …
Metropolitan Dreams 