Category: Writing
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Short Story: Just Keep Running
Just Keep Running by Richard Holliday 330 words The sound of raindrops fell like shells, exploding many times each seconds into little clouds of water. Displaced. Thrown asunder. The puddles in the concrete city were just the same as those on the mud-soaked battlefield. A boot came down, caked in dirty water. A battle took…
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Short Story: Safety Yellow
I was challenged to write a 300 word short story about a banana. This is the result. Safety Yellow by Richard Holliday 299 words Through the hazy sky above the tree line rose smoke that was alien in origin. There were never fires on this moist planet, and the tribal leader was intrigued. With a…
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What’s Happened to The Cloud?
Eagle-eyed readers may be aware that my short story The Cloud, which is my first foray into post-apocalyptic fiction, is currently password-protected and hence unavailable to read on my website. I’ve had to make The Cloud unavailable because I’ve recently submitted it for consideration for the next series of BBC Radio 4 series “The Time…
Richard Holliday
