Last year, I came 4th in the final round of NYC Midnight 's 100-word Microfiction Challenge. I'm still a little bit in disbelief...

I thought it was high time I wrote an anti-AI blog that's not mostly, erm, written by AI. For the last three weeks, I've engaged in some...

For my first two experiments with ChatGPT, I've attempted to show why using the bot for writing isn't helping you to become a better...

After such interest and some great conversations with other writers in response to last week's blog post, I thought more were in order....

The following conversation took place between myself and ChatGPT in March of this year. I forgot all about it until now. At the time, I...

10:57am Outside the Main Street branch of Wilson Smith bank, two gunshots are heard. Most of those who hear them scramble away from the...

Reader discretion - this story contains graphic descriptions of atrocities committed during the Rwandan Genocide. My daughter sits beside...

So excited to announce that I placed 4th in the final round of NYC Midnight's 100-word microfiction contest! This contest has been a huge...

I try to catch my breath as I stumble out of my school’s front door and follow my classmates to the shelter. They’re piling in quickly,...

By now, Goku had grown accustomed to finding burning corpses coming for him around every corner, but it was nonetheless sickening....

Dear Sir/Madam/Creature of the night/Witch/Wizard/Living dead/Misunderstood monster/Other, I am writing in reply to your sincere and...

‘Maybe I should dunk my feet in a bowl of custard,’ Alex said. ‘What do you think?’ Hayley seemed distracted again. She was holding her...

I knew it! I bloody well knew it! Okay, I feel somewhat ashamed of myself for doing it, but in the end it was worth it. I had to Google...

Thwack! My wooden stick bashes off the tree trunk. Except the stick isn’t a stick at all – it’s a big, shiny sword. Made by an elf...

The first thing Kirsty notices when she wakes up is that the house is on fire. The heat is enough to make her skin turn red. At least,...

Brian trembled as he switched off his car’s engine in the tiny car park opposite the school. His heart had raced as his car’s wheels...

Oh no. Oh, no no no no no no no. What have you done? Why did you click on this story? Wasn’t the title clear enough? Listen, I’m going to...

The sky exploded with a dazzling flash and a tremendous roar, and beneath it, Sofia awoke with fright. Her heart performed a distraught...

Once upon a time, in the days when magic seemed nought but a distant whisper of a memory blowing off with the wind to some forgotten land...

The ship set sail much faster than Arinna had expected; she’d barely gotten her luggage on and was shown her quarters when a cry of...