About James Holden
Brought up in Yorkshire, James has washed up on the shores of London. He spends his days working as a political geek.
His short stories have previously been read by the Liars League.
I was crammed into a corner below the steps that lead off the Great Northern Line platforms at Finsbury Park station. Wearing a loud fleece, I was stood behind a massive plastic barrel, giving freebies to the harassed and hurried … Continue reading →
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I’ve just finished reading The Granta Book Of The Irish Short Story. It’s a cracking anthology, and has introduced me to some writers that I want to investigate further – especially Maeve Brennan (her entry is An Attack of Hunger, … Continue reading →
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One of our members, C.G. Menon, has won the Asian Writer’s Short Story competition. Her winning entry is called Seascapes, and you can find it via the link below: http://theasianwriter.co.uk/2015/04/the-asian-writer-short-story-competition-winner-seascapes/
Originally posted on Morgen 'with an E' Bailey:
Welcome to Flash Fiction Friday and the one hundred and fifty-ninth piece in this series. This week’s is the twenty-first bunch of 6-word stories by a variety of authors, together with their…
I’m making my way along like I normally do, eating dirt and whatever’s in it, crapping it out the other end, when I bump into something. Normally this only happens when I feel like coming to the surface and strike a brick … Continue reading →
Two things in the past fortnight have gotten me thinking about where and how we access stories, and in particular where we can find short stories outside of books or magazines. The first thing was the post fellow Asylum inmate … Continue reading →
It had been ten years since I had been to my hometown, but the second wedding of one of school friends lured me back, where fiftieth birthdays and school reunions had failed. As I pulled off the motorway it occurred … Continue reading →
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When I was a teenager, there were two novelists whose work I devoured as much as possible – one was Iain Banks (about whom I’ve written here) and the second was Terry Pratchett, who sadly passed away last week. As … Continue reading →
I’ve just finished reading Donald Bartheleme’s Sixty Stories, a collection of his short fiction from 1964 – 1979. When I set down to marshal my thoughts about the book, my intention was to post something about how I found the … Continue reading →
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Paul had won a small amount of money in a writing competition, and it was burning a hole in his pocket. He decided that he had two choices: use it as funds for entering more competitions, or spend it on … Continue reading →
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