Alice Whether it's a first or not, I don't know, but my short story Alice's Bowling Adventure, which has recently been published in the Australian magazine Fast Fiction, could well mark the first time the magazine has published poetry.
Alice's Bowling Adventure (previously published in the Weekly News, in 2007) has been republished under the title A Big Bowling Adventure. Based on the Alice in Wonderland / Alice Through the Looking Glass books, the story includes several poems.
I wrote the story to encourage my kids to remember to brush their teeth (the connection with bowling would take too long to explain here), and includes the poem below about a toothless child called Nigel Neath:
Nigel Neath lost all his teeth
through eating too much candy;
he threw his toothbrush in the bin
and thought it rather dandy.
But now he cannot chew his food,
or else his gums get tender;
so everything he wants to eat
his mum puts in the blender.
Must admit, I'm tempted to write a few kids' poems again. Let's see what I can come up with!
Below are links to my most recent Global Short Story Competition winning story, my short-listed story for the National newspaper (Abu Dhabi's annual short story competition) and another story that appeared on the Every Day Fiction site - where you can leave a comment:
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/happy-dependence-day-by-paul-a-freeman/
Happy Writing!
Alice's Bowling Adventure (previously published in the Weekly News, in 2007) has been republished under the title A Big Bowling Adventure. Based on the Alice in Wonderland / Alice Through the Looking Glass books, the story includes several poems.
I wrote the story to encourage my kids to remember to brush their teeth (the connection with bowling would take too long to explain here), and includes the poem below about a toothless child called Nigel Neath:
Nigel Neath lost all his teeth
through eating too much candy;
he threw his toothbrush in the bin
and thought it rather dandy.
But now he cannot chew his food,
or else his gums get tender;
so everything he wants to eat
his mum puts in the blender.
Must admit, I'm tempted to write a few kids' poems again. Let's see what I can come up with!
Below are links to my most recent Global Short Story Competition winning story, my short-listed story for the National newspaper (Abu Dhabi's annual short story competition) and another story that appeared on the Every Day Fiction site - where you can leave a comment:
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/happy-dependence-day-by-paul-a-freeman/
Happy Writing!
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