This month has been another month of the uncertain. Uncertain routine, uncertain world, uncertain possibilities. In the backdrop of all of this uncertainty, writing has both been a gift and a curse. Gift, because it gives me some much needed structure and a longer term goal than get through this week. A curse, because amidst … More Living in Uncertain (May Update)
In what seems a lifetime ago, I remember sitting in my local airport at around six thirty in the morning waiting for my flight to Newcastle. It being a tiny airport, and me having turned up three hours early like it was an international flight from Heathrow, I had time to kill. So I went … More A Liminal Space (April Update)
Sometimes, life is one of those things that just happens and you only realise how lucky you are when you’re sitting down to eat dinner. Maybe it’s at home, or on holiday, or with friends or family. It doesn’t really matter, but it’s just there, and it smells good, and your stomach rumbles. It’s lucky … More Flash Fiction – Good Life (Stories on a Theme “Food”)
Life sometimes means you don’t have time to write. And you know what? That’s okay. … More That’s Just Life (June Update)
[100 Words is a story in 100 words or less, based off the word in the title.] The idea of comfort for some represented a failure. A level of comfort implied that you were not pushing yourself hard enough, that you were not striving hard enough to hit the next level, the next goal, the … More 100 Words – Comfortable
[100 Words is a story in 100 words or less, based off the word in the title.] Not the normal exhaustion, when you have done exercise or when you have done tasks. When you have achieved. The kind of tired that is from frustration, and rage, and lack of emotion. Just exhausted with existence. Tired … More 100 Words – Tired
Life – Sometimes the most complex of stories do not have to be long. (Rating: PG, Genre – General) It is hard sometimes, to live. It is complex, and difficult. It is a lesson every day, every day something new to learn. Something new to do. Some new experience to compartmentalise or deal with. There is … More Story – Life
Alex.J.Cobalt 