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Limericks Galore

1/29/2014

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PictureBlue Diamond
Well, four new limericks actually, so not quite 'Galore' as in the title.

Just before Christrmas (and after), Miley Cyrus was in the news with her 'lewd' gyrations and her tongue lolling out like a hound dog with two whatevers. Anyhow, that was the inspiration for the limerick below:

Said Miley: “I’ve many a quirk,
and some say I act like a jerk.
But between you and me
the fans like to see
a tongue hanging out and a twerk.”

Not to be undone, Miley's evil twin, Justin Beiber was also in the news. First off he 'egged' his neighbours house (allegedly), and when the police turned up, they spotted drugs inside JB's abode:

Said Justin: “I had such a ball
throwing eggs at my neighbour’s front wall.
But when the cops found
drugs were lying around
in my house, someone else took the fall.”

Then, taking a well-earned rest in Aspen, Colorado, JB hit the news again by writing his initials in the snow - if you know what I mean:

Said Justin: “I just had to go,
so I unzipped to pee in the snow.
Then using my wee,
I wrote out ‘JB’
By swinging my $@%> to and fro.”

Moving away from celebrity brats, there was an interesting story the other day about the discovery of a large 'blue' diamond in a South African mine. That led to the gem below - 'gem', geddit!

The miner felt bitter and glum
for the diamond was worth quite a sum.
But what use if you dig
up a diamond so big
if it can’t be concealed up your ...

That's it for this week, folks!

Below are links to my Canterbury Tale published by Coscom Entertainment, my most recent Global Short Story Competition winner, my short-listed story for the National newspaper, Abu Dhabi's, annual short story competition and a story that appeared on the Every Day Fiction site - where you can leave a comment:

http://chaucers-uncle.weebly.com/index.html

http://www.inscribemedia.co.uk/assets/october-ebook.pdf

http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/short-story-a-day-for-decisiveness

http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-d-day-diorama-by-paul-a-freeman/#comments

Happy writing!


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'More Books Upstairs' - A Nostalgic Short Story

1/18/2014

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PictureOld Bookshop
One of my previously published stories, More Books Upstairs, was published last month in the Australian magazine Fiction Feast. It was first published several years back in the Weekly News during the run-up to Christmas.

What with the demise of so many small bookshops across the UK, this story is now positively nostalgic, harking back as it does to what seems like a bygone era.

The story takes place in a bookshop - based on one I used to often visit in Uxbridge in England  where our MC is buying Christmas presents before being, metaphorically, transported 'down the rabbit hole' for a rip-roaring adventure.

Re-reading the story a couple of months back, I was reminded of why one critic believed Sherlock Holmes stories became so popular during Edwardian times. They reminded people of an era, not long before, when there were no cars on the streets and where genuine horsepower (unless travelling by train) was the predominant means of transportation if you weren't on foot.

Anyhow, not unsurprisingly, I say 'long live the bookshop!' - even if the game's afoot.

Below are links to my Canterbury Tale published by Coscom Entertainment, my most recent Global Short Story Competition winner, my short-listed story for the National newspaper, Abu Dhabi's, annual short story competition and a story that appeared on the Every Day Fiction site - where you can leave a comment:

http://chaucers-uncle.weebly.com/index.html

http://www.inscribemedia.co.uk/assets/october-ebook.pdf

http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/short-story-a-day-for-decisiveness

http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-d-day-diorama-by-paul-a-freeman/#comments

Happy writing!


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'The Franklin's Second Tale' Accepted for Publication

1/6/2014

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PictureThe Franklin
I got some pretty fantastic news last Friday. The Franklin's Second Tale, one of my 'Lost' Canterbury Tales has been accepted for publication in the 2014 Crime Writers' Association anthology.

The anthology is to be published by Severn House Publishers and will be titled Guilty Parties.

The Franklin's Second Tale is one of my shorter Tales and was originally written up as a prose piece. I wrote it on a bus that got involved in a traffic accident, and while we were waiting for the police to arrive on the scene I finished it off. The following day I wrote it out as a 40-line abridged Tale and the day after that fleshed it out to a lean 66 lines.

When the editor of the CWA anthology contacted me, I got down to writing a brief prologue and epilogue, so that it could boast it to be a fully-fledged Canterbury Tale. The editor liked the addition, so Bob's your uncle.

That's a third 'Lost' Tale either accepted for publication or already published. Hopefully in the next couple of months I'll have another success to boast of.

Below are links to my Canterbury Tale published by Coscom Entertainment, my most recent Global Short Story Competition winner, my short-listed story for the National newspaper, Abu Dhabi's, annual short story competition and a story that appeared on the Every Day Fiction site - where you can leave a comment:

http://chaucers-uncle.weebly.com/index.html

http://www.inscribemedia.co.uk/assets/october-ebook.pdf

http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/short-story-a-day-for-decisiveness

http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-d-day-diorama-by-paul-a-freeman/#comments

Happy writing!

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    Paul A. Freeman works in Abu Dhabi, in the Middle East. He lives there with his wife and youngest child.

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