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The Flower and Vegetable Show
My wife’s friend at work was going on about how her hubby could make up a poem out of anything. My wife, not to be outdone, said I could too. So I was set a challenge, to come up with a poem that contained two statements of fact. One, that the world record carrot, grew [...]
Warning
Warning! If two men knock on your door and tell you that you’ve won £2 million pounds in a postcode lottery and all you have to do to get it, is to dance naked in the doorway, don’t be taken in. There is no prize. They just want to see you naked. I feel so [...]
Clowns are evil. Fact!
Clowns are evil. Fact! I can remember a fair bit about my early childhood. I remember the house we lived in, I remember the schools I went to and I can remember playing with my mates from dawn to dusk during the school holidays. I remember the empty, car-less streets and I remember the choking [...]
Free books for Children’s Book Week
To celebrate Children’s Book Week I am offering TEN eBook copies of the first in the Magic Molly series, Magic Molly and the Mirror Maze. Winners will have a choice of format to download.To be in with a chance of winning just leave a comment on this blog. Trevor
Deja Vu all over again
I sat down this morning to write a blog post detailing my thoughts on the publishing industry, particularly my place in it. As I began to write I had a strange feeling that I had read many of the points I was trying to make somewhere before. Worried about being accused of plagiarism, I sat back and thought hard. (Not [...]
Designer Shorts released
I am delighted to announce the publication on Kindle of my latest book, Designer Shorts. The book is a collection of short stories with a couple of humorous articles, excerpts from ongoing projects and a bonus poetry section at the back of the book which readers can ignore or indulge in, it isn’t compulsory. The collection includes: The [...]
A Fond Farewell published in Awesome Magazine
My short story A Fond Farewell is published in this month’s Awesome magazine, page 11. http://www.awesomeonlinemagazine.com/p/issue-13.html This follows the publication of The Zombie Poets in last month’s fab Awesome mag.
The Bath O Matic published on Cafe Lit
The second of my short Steampunk stories based on the Victorian inventor Sir Oswald Hennessey is published on the excellent Cafe Lit website today. http://www.cafelit.co.uk/TheBathOMatic.html The first in the series, The Instant Messaging Machine, is also on the site. http://www.cafelit.co.uk/TheInstantMessagingMachine.html
Faylinn Frost and the Snow Fairies, FREE!
From my alter ego, children’s author Trevor Forest. Free for Easter weekend. Faylinn Frost and the Snow faires on Kindle. UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004XJ5W8E US http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004XJ5W8E For ages 6+ Artwork by Marie Fullerton When Faylinn Frost is woken up in the middle of the night by a fairy tapping on her bedroom window she thinks she is [...]
A Grain of Truth
Here’s an old poem I forgot I’d written. It was originally intended for a funny verse competition on the Writelink website. I think the theme was ’caught out.’ Needless to say it didn’t trouble the scorers. I don’t think I ever got as much an ’also entered,’ mention back then. This one didn’t even make the top ten [...]
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