This is my entry for June's Blog Battle - the theme or word for this month is Corona. Andit stopped for a moment, the mid morning sun sun forcing him to take off his jacket and tie it round his waist. Even with the forest as some shelter the heat would soon become too much... Continue Reading →
This is my entry for May's Blog Battle - the theme or word for this month is Airtight. There was no light, just the darkness of the space around him. The only sensation that Mitchell knew was his breath. In... out... in... out. Thank God I'm breathing his mind started coming around. Then there were... Continue Reading →
This is my entry for April's Blog Battle - the theme or word for this month is Heart. Professor Rakseth stood back and looked through the huge glass panels with pride at the great metal circle. All this life his work had led to this, the theories he came up with as a young man... Continue Reading →
This is my entry for January's Blog Battle - the theme or word for this month is Heart. "Here it is!" Brian revealed all glowing with pride. "The artificial flower!"I looked on it with a mix of distain and yet a little awe at the intricate and beautiful creation. "So what?" "What do you mean so... Continue Reading →
This is my entry for December's Blog Battle - the theme or word for this month is Heart. "I have exciting news for you Emily." Libby told Emily in her usual flat robotic but clearly feminine tone."What is that?" Emily asked excitedly. At sixteen years old Emily was often told she was too old to... Continue Reading →
This short piece has been written for the November 2018 Blog Battle. To find out more click the link: https://rachaelritchey.com/2018/11/08/blogbattle-educate/ The word for the month is EDUCATE. SOL670 Olympus Colony: "Colony Log Commander James O'Neill: NASA are sending me a priority message on the secure comms channel in about five minutes. I'm not sure what to... Continue Reading →
This short piece has been written for the October 2018 Blog Battle. If you need to find out more please click: Blog Battle - October 2018 The word for this month is CAVE. Like a dream I could see the cave, carved into the side of a mountain, looking into it I saw... Continue Reading →
This short piece has been written for the August 2018 Blog Battle. If you need to find out more please click: Blog Battle - August 2018 The word for this month is MOON. Moon Warp "This is a standard mission they said. Three weeks out and then back, no excitement and no danger.... Continue Reading →
I've not done a blog battle for a while, so for a bit of fun I thought I would take part this time and see how it goes. The weeks theme is Darkness. Leaping the Void: The darkness was enveloping her mind and vision. Overloaded with the sensations of sounds and the crippling force that... Continue Reading →
Rachel is rebooting thr blog battles in January. Are you ready to take part? Simon 🙂 Battles Resume January 2017. Are you ready? - http://wp.me/p4ouX2-2X1
Seanna and McKinley stood there, the wild haired man grinning back at them with a devious look. The backdrop of the huge Titan behind the man it's scale in stark contrast to any human form. He stepped forward towards McKinley as he did so Seanna raised her plasma rifle and armed it. She pointed it... Continue Reading →
The small capsule was racing it's way back to the terminal room they had all come from, they had just passed back though the cavernous internals of the Titan and were now back in tunnel, it wasn't long now and they would arrive. Seanna was sat there, arms crossed and had said nothing on the... Continue Reading →
The Titan Mystery - Part 3 "I'm detecting movement!" One of the team members shouted out. She was only small but her voice in the com system was loud enough to make eveyone wince. "Which way?" Seanna bellowed back. " About two hundred metres ahead" she shouted back, quieter this time "Moving towards us at... Continue Reading →
The Titan Mystery - Part 2 "We can't locate and destroy the field generating this temporal field" Neila was telling him. McKinley had gathered his senior officers in the board room to understand his options and make a decision on the next step to escaping this field they had fallen into. "Even if we did, the... Continue Reading →
The Titan Mystery The explorer ship Tycho was approaching it's destination. A seemingly abandoned spacecraft picked up three weeks ago from a passing mining ship. There had been no response to the messages they had sent to the abandoned ship, it was now very close and Commander McKinley was considering what to do next. Tycho... Continue Reading →
This is a blog battle story for Rachael Ritchey's weekly blog battle. I thought I would go all Victorian and detective for it. Sherlock Holmes and the case of the kidnapped daughter I trudged slowly up the stairs, weary from his fact finding mission that Homes had sent him on. The daugter of a local... Continue Reading →
It was half term and Will was bored. He was once again playing on Minecraft and had been helping to build a huge house with waterfall around it to protect it. "Mum! Can I have some chocolate?" "No you can't!" Will's mum said. "You need to have some breakfast first!" "Ok" Will said, returning to... Continue Reading →
My new blog battle story is out -have a read if you're into a bit of space or SciFi. Simon 🙂 https://universeofpossibility.wordpress.com/2016/02/09/leaping-the-void/
Leaping the Void: The darkness was enveloping her mind and vision. Overloaded with the sensations of sounds and the crippling force that brought her to where she was now. Was she dead? Who was she even? What was it she could hear? Voices? The roar subsided and slowly the sounds became clearer. She was breathing... Continue Reading →
This weeks entry to Rachael Ritchey's blog battle is called When Darkness Falls Rules: 1000 words max fictional tale (or true if you really want) PG (no more than PG-13) Content – let’s keep this family friendly! Your story must contain the word(s) from the theme and/or be centered around the theme in a way that... Continue Reading →
This weeks blog battle carries on where we left off. The blog battles are a short story clash of the bloggers run by Rachael Ritchey. Go look at her blog, read about it and join in if you like. Rules: 1000 words max fictional tale (or true if you really want) PG (no more than PG-13)... Continue Reading →
This weeks blog battle carries on where we left off. The blog battles are a short story clash of the bloggers run by Rachael Ritchey. Go look at her blog, read about it and join in if you like. Rules: 1000 words max fictional tale (or true if you really want) PG (no more than... Continue Reading →
It’s time for another blog battle. A short story clash of the bloggers run by Rachael Ritchey. Go look at her blog, read about it and join in if you like. Rules: 1000 words max fictional tale (or true if you really want) PG (no more than PG-13) Content – let’s keep this family friendly! Your... Continue Reading →
It's time for another blog battle. A short story clash of the bloggers run by Rachael Ritchey. Go look at her blog, read about it and join in if you like. Rules: 1000 words max fictional tale (or true if you really want) PG (no more than PG-13) Content – let’s keep this family friendly! Your... Continue Reading →
Once again is's blog battle time - Rachel Ritchey's duel between the blogs of 1000 word stories. This weeks word is flake and there are the rules: 1000 words max fictional tale (or true if you really want) PG (no more than PG-13) Content – let’s keep this family friendly! Your story must contain the word(s)... Continue Reading →
