A new short story of mine, Whales, appears in the latest issue of Literary Orphans.
When I was 16, I felt like I knew almost everything. I had the world figured out. It probably goes without saying that I was wrong. These days I’m more likely to be amazed by how much I don’t know. Whales is a short story is about not knowing.
This is another in my series of 5-minute stories. I’m going to try and share one with you every month (you can still read the ones for April and May). All of them focus on our similarities to certain creatures. So far I have Fleas, Spiders and now Whales in my little zoo.
Literary Orphans is a fantastic and original online literary journal that focuses on art and fiction that provokes reflection or debate. Issue 7 has just come out and there’s lots of wonderful writing in there, as well as some stunning photography.
So why not take a look. Maybe, like me, you’ll find yourself wondering: how much do I know about the people around me – their home lives, the things that make them laugh or cringe, their fears, their plans and ambitions? How many secrets lie beyond our reach?
Let me know what you think…
Image from Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts.
Breaking life down into chapters
My latest short story, Butterfly, can be found in the summer issue of Gold Dust magazine. Butterfly is about a man who ends up with two lives. Do we all life many lives (sometimes in the course of a single day) or are we stuck with just one which we cannot escape? This is another […]