Category: Writing

• 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…

  Richard Holliday

  December 1, 2013

  Writing

  flash fiction, free writing, sci-fi, short stories

• Short Story: Medusa Dawn

  Medusa Dawnby Richard Holliday The sight of the rocket terminal grew to dominate Jessie’s eyes as the transit car erred ever closer. With a deep breath, partly of excitement and partly of trepidation, the young girl prepared herself for blastoff. It wouldn’t be long. Clouds of dust, refracted by the heat of the atmosphere, billowed…

  Richard Holliday

  October 27, 2013

  Writing

  kindle, medusa dawn, sci-fi, short stories

• What I’m Doing This November

  Usually at this time of year I’d be making an announcement in regards to the novel I’d be first-drafting as part of National Novel Writing Month, the annual “go on, I dare ya!” writing challenge in the month of November; however this year things are slightly different. I won’t be doing NaNoWriMo this year. Allow…

  Richard Holliday

  October 12, 2013

  Writing

  Nanowrimo, writing about writing