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  • Creative Writing
  • Flash Fiction

Inktober 2022 – The Flash Fiction Challenge

October 17
by Tom Spooner
35 min read

Another micro-fiction writing challenge. 31 daily prompts throughout October. Minimal time, minimal editing, mixed success:   DAY ONE Gargoyle   HATE HOW YOU LOOK? DON’T CHANGE! JOIN THE GARGOYLE CLUB Gerald snapped a...

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sweets in 1990s
  • Creative Writing
  • Flash Fiction

A day in the life in 1993

October 2
by Tom Spooner
4 min read

I wake up and run downstairs. My body is pure energy – sparks fly from my fingertips and lazers shoot from my eyes. I skid into the living room and turn on our rented TV-VHS combi. The Big Breakfast is on and I watch Zig...

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productivity tips when working from home
  • Creative Writing

Catnaps & 9 other working from home productivity tips to master

October 1
by Tom Spooner
4 min read

Many of us find ourselves working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s not always easy, but working from home can actually help you develop your skills and further your career. Here are our top ten productivity tips...

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shaketember flash fiction
  • Creative Writing
  • Flash Fiction

Shaketember 2020 – The Flash Fiction Challenge

September 14
by Tom Spooner
62 min read

Shake is an amazing Bristol-based illustration event and online community. Each year in September, it hosts #shaketember – a month of daily prompts for artists to respond to and post on Instagram. It’s a celebration...

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nick soucek diy zine
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Small Press, Independent & DIY Comic Publishers

August 27
by Tom Spooner
6 min read

I’ve rounded up some of my favourite artists, zine makers and independent publishers. I’ve included some pictures of these self-published and small press zines and comics as well as links on where to buy them or find...

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lighthouse flash fiction
  • Creative Writing
  • Flash Fiction

The Lighthouse – Flash Fiction

August 10
by Tom Spooner
3 min read

  The two men meet at the lighthouse, prepared to defend it at all costs. One carries a small step ladder, the other a fade and weather-resistant 5mm premium quality corrugated plastic sign. The men are steely but for their...

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freeze inktober 2019 illustration
  • Creative Writing
  • Flash Fiction

Inktober 2019

October 7
by Tom Spooner
43 min read

      Inktober 2019 – Flash Fiction   Week one Week two Week three Week four   WEEK ONE Ring I used to go to the attic to ring you.  It’s where I first listened to Guns n Roses, a safe distance...

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farewell to walking boots
  • Creative Writing
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Farewell to Love

April 24
by Tom Spooner
6 min read

I sit out of sight, staring across at you and thinking back over all the times we shared together. Offering paper prayers to the dead on the Tibetan Plateau, getting dirty in the Cambodian jungle, scaling Scafell, descending...

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rodeo cowboy boots
  • Creative Writing
  • Short Story

This Ain’t My First Rodeo

December 5
by Tom Spooner
4 min read

It was my first rodeo. I had met a girl in Spain from Arkansas. She had sent me two letters saying that she thought about me often and that if I was ever in the southern states to look her up. The noon sun was pure – white heat...

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moose skeleton laura morgans
  • Art
  • Creative Writing

Inktober – Week Four

November 5
by Tom Spooner
20 min read

Week Four and the final instalment of Inktober 2017. One ink drawing by Laura Morgans, one piece of writing by Tom Spooner, every day in October. To catch up on previous weeks follow the links – One, Two, and...

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