The Farmer and the Korrigan: A Flash Fic
A free flash fiction from my newsletter inspired by research I’ve been doing on fairy folklore in Brittany …
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A quick interview with Venero Armanno
Welcome to my second IFWG author interview for this year! It’s published as part of IFWG’s Uncaching the Treasure’s campaign. IFWG Publishing moved most of its intended 2020 new release titles into 2021, to offset the impact of COVID-19, in effect caching treasures. They are excited to…
Autumn in New Orleans: A Flash Fic
How did I come to live in a forest looking like a freak with Betty McLean, leaving school, friends, and family behind? Well for starters, the red-gold leaf was as big as my face. Which is why it was kind of bad it stuck to…
The Lamplighter: A flash fic
Maureen’s Halloween inspired free October fiction. A lamplighter gets more than he bargains for when he comes face to face with a ghost …
Ben: A Poem
Sadly, one of my closest friends passed away 2nd September. Ben was a wonderful friend; warm, kind, loving, gentle, passionate and caring. I hope this month’s freebie (a poem dedicated to him) captures some of what he meant to me. Ben We ballroom dancedthrough your…
Homeless in Paris: A flash fic
A homeless woman wakes up next to the Arc De Triomphe to find more than she bargained for when she comes face to face with Greek legend
Wollongong Writers Festival Wrap-up
One of the important things about being a writer, is not just churning out the words, re-writes and edits in your dark writer’s cave, but also connecting with other writers and story-tellers to connect with your people, your community. Local writers festivals are a great…
The Washer Woman’s Favourite by Maureen Flynn (SNEAK PEEK)
The lovely people who have published my horror short story, The Washer Woman’s Favourite, have posted an excerpt at their website. You can read it following the link below. The anthology came out November 24th if you want a book or an ebook 🙂 via…
Second anthology of the year!
Regular readers may remember that I got my first ever pro-short story acceptance at the start of this year with the CSFG A Hand of Knaves anthology. Since then, I’ve been a busy beaver, sending off shorts left, right and centre. I even got three…