I have a new old flash fiction piece I'd like to share with you. It failed to find a home at magazines after a few close but not quite submissions. I still like it, though, which I can't say about many of my stories from back then; as I'm writing it's turning three years old … Continue reading Love Demon (flash fiction)
Month: February 2019
Gone Girl – Believe in the Characters
Word count: around 1.300 Fair warning: there'll be quite a few spoilers. I loved Gone Girl, and though luck always plays a part in these matters, I think it's success can to a very large part be contributed to the skill of the author, Gillian Flynn. The novel was suspenseful, thrilling, and Flynn used every … Continue reading Gone Girl – Believe in the Characters
2019.02.01 – Story Recommendations
My focus the last couple of weeks has been on finishing my Daily Science Fiction backlog, which I did today (yeah!), finishing the Intergalactic Medicine Show anthology, going through a bunch of Anton Checkov stories, and reading stories from relatively new flash fiction magazine (as in it's only just over a year old as far … Continue reading 2019.02.01 – Story Recommendations
Toby Backman 