Tag Archives: Writing

Hot News: Forged Truth publishes ‘The Typewriterists’

Here at Forged Truth, we’re getting very excited. Our first venture into ‘actual publishing’ is drawing ever nearer. October 2024 marks our debut! ‘The Typewriterists‘ by David N Martin will become our first ever publlication. Unlike conventional publishers, we’ve promised ourselves not to allow the one- to two-year wait between our authors completing a novelContinue reading “Hot News: Forged Truth publishes ‘The Typewriterists’”

‘West’ by Carys Davies

I don’t usually do reviews. I have to get really, really excited about something to bother reviewing it. 2pm on a sunny Bank Holiday Saturday I sat in the garden with Cary Davies’ novel. 4pm, I was released from her magical spell. Done too soon. Done too soon. Did I say I was a fan?Continue reading “‘West’ by Carys Davies”

A Bit Of Success To Report

I’m delighted to report that my short story,  ‘The Walker’, has won this year’s ‘Words With Jam’ Short Story Competition.  Yes, it’s true and just to prove it, you can read the story on the ‘Words With Jam’ site (http://www.wordswithjam.co.uk/search/label/Competitions). The story is an odd one, I must admit, written in the second person (thankContinue reading “A Bit Of Success To Report”

A Surreal Little Easter Story

My bone china coffee cup sank through the breakfast table.  Strange when you see it: the lack of resistance; wood veneer a thick syrup.  It lasted just a moment, but the cup had submerged to the handle when the world pulled solid again, a listing little boat caught between a tomato ketchup buoy and theContinue reading “A Surreal Little Easter Story”