Author: Richard Holliday
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2013: The Year S**t Got Real
With the end of 2013 approaching I suppose it’s about time for a little retrospective of the year that’s passed and how it affects my outlook into the year ahead. Firstly, I’m probably the most impressed with my writing output this year: sixty blogposts of, I hope, decent informative quality, a novel in the form…
Richard Holliday
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Short Story: The Cloud
The Cloud (New Edition; September 2014) by Richard Holliday 2,039 words “Sonny, you there? Sonny?” The sound of dripping water reverberated along the concrete tunnel. Putting down his tools, the man, Kal Donovan, called for his workmate again. “Sonny, where are you?!” He was getting concerned now. Where had Sonny gone? He was sure he’d…
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Short Story: Criticality
Criticalityby Richard Holliday The corridor hummed eerily as the young man paced it nervously. The sign on the wall indicated it to be an experiment chamber, and as he approached the bulb-like pods that were the experiment came into focus. Stasis, or suspended animation, seemed more than plausible. It seemed like wizardry, yet before the…