A big thank you to editor, Manuela Timofte, for publishing my new micro-fiction, Life, in the latest issue of Gobblers by Masticadores.
Please take a few minutes to look at the other fantastic poems and prose on the site.
Available here: Life
As always, thank you for reading
Richard
Please find the link to my latest post, ‘She Wept’ for the fantastic Gobblers & Masticadores website.
As always, a big thank you to editor Manuela Timofte for publishing my work.
Here: She Wept
Do have a look at the rest of the site, as it is filled with wonderful poetry and prose.
Thank you for reading
Richard
A big thank you to editor Barbara Leonhard for publishing my latest short fiction, The Space Between Breaths.
I hope you enjoy the piece. Please take a few minutes to sample some of the other fantastic stories and poetry on offer.
Available Here: The Space Between Breaths
Thank you for reading
Richard
Richard M. Ankers
A big thank you to the wonderful Manuela Timofte, editor at Gobblers & Masticadores, for publishing my latest micro-fiction, Solitary Thoughts. I hope you all enjoy the read.
Please take a few minutes to check out the other superb works on offer.
Thank you for reading
Richard
Richard M. Ankers
A big thanks to editor Manuela Timofte for publishing my April Gobblers & Masticadores post.
Where Vultures Gather, a short literary fiction, is now available to read on this wonderful site. I hope you enjoy it.
Please set aside a few minutes to look around and read some of the other fantastic poems, stories, and reviews.
Read Here: Where Vultures Gather
Thank you for reading
Richard
Richard M. Ankers
Author: The Eternals Series and Britannia Unleashed.
I’m delighted to have my micro-fiction The Loneliness of Creation posted today at MasticadoresUSA. I have written for the Masticadores family of magazines for a while now, but this is my first with the USA branch of said publications. A very big thank you to editor Barbara Leonhard for trusting in my work.
Again, I hope you enjoy the short read that is The Loneliness of Creation.
Thank you for reading
Richard
Richard M. Ankers
Author of The Eternals Series & Britannia Unleashed
Written for Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge
Today’s prompt was Scream.
There were divisions. Some might have termed them fractures. Everyone wanted everything, and no one wanted to pay. The silence of society’s splintering echoed a dire nothingness. I liked the quiet.
The flyers flew with wings for arms. The walkers walked on exaggerated legs. Some swam, like the almost-fish they were. A few even rolled. I glided.
Everyone ignored me, and I ignored them, as they left in their ships of steel and stardust. No one remained. That’s when I realised I was already dead, and even then, hadn’t a clue as to how long. I got the better deal.
Thank you for reading
Richard
Richard M. Ankers
Author of the brand new steampunk extravaganza Britannia Unleashed.
Also Available:
The Eternals Series: The Eternals / Hunter Hunted / Into Eternity
Written for Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge
Today’s prompt was Carve.
She used them like a builder might a mallet, smashing her way through one person to get to the next. There were never words. She never needed them. Her every action, thought, and deed stemmed from her eyes.
What were they like? Could you describe them: narrowed, nasty, blood-stained, or worse?
My answer was always the same, of course I could. They were carved. The Devil himself had chiselled them out of her porcelain facade. But it was only now as she used them with more venom than ever that the cracks showed.
Thank you for reading
Richard
Richard M. Ankers
Author of the brand new steampunk extravaganza Britannia Unleashed.
Also Available:
The Eternals Series: The Eternals / Hunter Hunted / Into Eternity
Written for Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge
I liked a good pair of legs as well as the next person, but four pairs on one body? Yet, there she was, hanging from the corner, suspended in a moonlit net.
How long she’d been there and for how long she’d watched, who knew, but her unblinking eyes regarded me as one might a tasty dinner. Hypnotic, she mesmerised with her stillness. I wobbled, wavered, fell.
She kissed mouth open, a slobbering affair. I savoured the feel of its disintegration. When, she sucked, I sighed. Soon, I was just a bound husk in a pantry of many that twinkled like the stars. Not bad for a fly.
Very much The End.
Thank you for reading
Richard
Richard M. Ankers
Author of the brand new steampunk extravaganza Britannia Unleashed.
Also Available:
The Eternals Series: The Eternals / Hunter Hunted / Into Eternity
Written for Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge
The hunting cat watched from the bushes like a miniature ninja, all in black and striking a dramatic pose. Amber eyes blazing, the creature observed me. The world stalled.
It was the church clock high above the graveyard which marked so many of our moments that disturbed us both. A single strike, nothing more. Time moved on, even if it was sluggish.
The cat blinked. I doffed my cap.
The killer set off again, just another night of butchering those smaller than itself. The cat did, too.
The End.
Thank you for reading
Richard
Richard M. Ankers
Author of the brand new steampunk extravaganza Britannia Unleashed.
Also Available:
The Eternals Series: The Eternals / Hunter Hunted / Into Eternity
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