garethdjones.co.uk - 12/12/2008
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This week I present a translation of my story The Gondolier, which was my first Friday Flash Fiction entry in July 2007. As far as we know, this is possibly the first science fiction short story in Scottish Gaelic: Fear a’ Ghondòla Sgolt sròn dorcha mo ghondòla slighe rèidh tro uisgeachan ...
Friday Flash Fiction: Another Year
garethdjones.co.uk 1/2/2009 — Another Year By Gareth D Jones All around the country people prepared for the New Year – crowded in squares for fireworks celebrations, sat at home in front of the telly, gathered with friends to see out the old. In a small village in Wiltshire, ...
Friday Flash Fiction: Fear an Ghondola
garethdjones.co.uk 2/6/2009 — My tour of Celtic langauges continues this week with the Irish translation of The Gondolier. Fear an Ghondola Le Gareth D Jones Shlis gob ciar mo ghondola trí uisce ciúin na gcanálacha go séimh. Is maith mar a d'fhóin an bád slim dom le blianta ...
Friday Flash Fiction: The Man in the Iron
garethdjones.co.uk 1/23/2009 — This week Friday Flash Fiction has a theme: Altered Film Titles. By the end of the day there should be a roundup of the participants on Futurismic. Meanwhile you can check out the Fictioneers on the left-hand sidebar. The Man in the Iron By Gareth D ...
Friday Flash Fiction 47
garethlpowell.com 11/14/2008 —
SLEEP NOW
By Gareth L Powell
It begins on a sad and lonely September evening, as the sound of a piano draws me to the back room of a small pub on the edge of the park, by the river. Stepping inside, I slide over to a table and order a ...
Friday Flash Fiction 45
garethlpowell.com 10/10/2008 —
CHIP HEADS
By Gareth L Powell
Five years ago, the first neural chip implants appeared - soft biotech gel memory chips that held our schedules, important birthdays and anniversaries, the phone numbers of our friends and families…
Over ...
Friday Flash Fiction: Air Bhog
garethdjones.co.uk 1/30/2009 — This week, Friday Flash Fiction goes Gaelic again, with a translation by Niall Gordan of Launch Air Bhog Chrith an rùchdail an talamh fad is farsaing. Bha i cho ìseal an toiseach ‘s gum fairichear i seach a chluinntinn. Dh’ fhàs i gu ìre ‘s nach ...
Friday Flash Fiction 46
garethlpowell.com 10/17/2008 —
THE CLOUD PRINCESS
By Gareth L. Powell
He came in fast, aerobraking hard, scrawling a fiery trail across Jupiter’s pristine clouds. And then, when he’d shed enough velocity, he dropped, spreading black carbon fibre wings to ...
Friday Flash Fiction: Dog's Best Friend
garethdjones.co.uk 10/17/2008 — To mark the publicaion of the final Roadmaker story, this week I offer a slice of life from one of the minor characters who lives along the Road. Dog's Best Friend By Gareth D Jones Loneliness was a concept unfamiliar to Alf. Yes, he lived alone, ...
Friday Flash Fiction: Blue Men
garethdjones.co.uk 11/21/2008 — This is more of an anecdote about an anecdote, which reminds me of the old saying: 'Two anecdotes don't make a story.' Or was that 'Two cooks don't make the broth'? Anyway: Blue Men By Gareth D Jones Sitting in the departure lounge at Liverpool’s ...
Friday Flash Fiction 43
garethlynpowell.blogspot.com 9/12/2008 — HOT RATS By Gareth L Powell The four rats appeared high in the upper atmosphere. For a few seconds, they burned like meteors. Then they were back in the lab, smoking and smelling and setting off every alarm we had. You see, we tried to send them into ...
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