Playing around with Ai using Nightcafe and generated these images for The B Word. Look quite good, but a bit unsettling as you know an artist somewhere has created original versions, so I'm led to believe. Or is Ai really Picasso in disguise?
Hooray! I'm excited to announce - my short Flash fiction piece 'White Goat', came Runner Up in the Tortive Lit Flash Fiction 101 March Competition. The theme prompt was: A Flaw in Time. Entries were restricted to exactly 101 words. And the guest judge was writer Richard Curnow. You can read 'White Goat' - a one-minute read on their website via this link: March 2025 Runner Up: White Goat Hope you enjoy it. Pic AI Generation.
My Flash Fiction entry to eggpusfrog.com Flash Fiction Competition is now available to read on their site. It missed out on making the top 10 by a whisker. Here's what they said on Instagram: "Today we welcome Stephen Newland to the Word Hoard! This quirky bit of flash fiction takes us on a class trip to a rotting badger. There, a group of school flies learn all about the Buzz! It's pretty gross, but also pretty great." Read it in FULL and 100% FREE at www.eggplusfrog.com
Welcome to 2025 and incredibly - it's World Science Fiction day. So, got me thinking in a couple of ways. What are my top 10 favourite sci-fic books/stories. Had to fall back to the days of childhood. The ones that left an impression on me are: The Time Machine by HG Wells : Loved the imagination. Scientist builds time machine and travels a dystopian world of Eloi and Morlocks. What I really enjoyed was the Time Traveller just heading further and further into the future, Wells at his best. War of the Worlds by HG Wells : The definitive alien invasion Earth novel. It all started here in Surrey, England. The pulsating fear of running from the Martian Fighting Machines to their 'vampiric' secret. Wow, what a ride as civilisation collapses. Typical Wells style throwing in religion and politics. A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs : This is swashbuckling pulp sci-fic at its best. ERB creates a host of memorable characters - from John Carter to Dejah Thoris to Tars Takk...
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