Peter Richardson

Sun shining through a dry stone wall

Not All Heroes Wear Capes

My latest short story. This one is unusual - it's non-fiction. Don't worry it's not a text book! It's a story with plenty of mystery - it just happens to be true.
www.peter-richardson.co.uk/not-all-hero...

#amwriting #fiction #shortstories #ireland #aranisles #kindness

Photo of jar of homemade marmalade

I have just uploaded a new story to my website.
www.peter-richardson.co.uk/marmalade/

#comedy #open-mic #shortstories #fiction

Marmalade is featured in volume #4 of my TakeFive short story collection www.peter-richardson.co.uk/TakeFive/

My latest short story collection is now live on my website: www.peter-richardson.co.uk/TakeFive/

#discovery #opportunity #destiny #birthdays #fiction #shortstories #amwriting

cover photo (c) Rachel James www.flickr.com/photos/17534...

A friend found a typo in my third short story collection. There are probably more to find but this one was incredibly surprising. Here's what was written:

Casey’s flat sTimach

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Close up photo of colourful clothes pegs

New story added to my website. www.peter-richardson.co.uk/odd-socks/

#socks #storms #confidence #liberating #rebelion #news #fiction

Odd Socks is the title story in volume #2 of my Take Five short story collections. You can buy the collection here: www.peter-richardson.co.uk/TakeFive/

Photo of key on mossy background

New short story just published on my website: www.peter-richardson.co.uk/keeper-of-th...

#romance #magic #mystery #love #keys

Picture of a flooded map

The Peloton - a short story. #dystopian #climatecrisis #future #cycling #flooding

www.peter-richardson.co.uk/the-peloton/

Fluer - colourful petals. (c) Neil Richardson

Here's the story to hit my website. I'll try not to post too frequently but realised I've a backlog of about 10 stories to upload.

www.peter-richardson.co.uk/none/

Think - couple, new apartment, autumn colours, paint and an unwanted baby room.

Photo (c) Neil Richardson

A Butterfly in a Jam Jar It occurs to me that even though I’m a writing fish who (a) swims in the goldfish bowl of the shortest forms of fiction and (b) likes to waffle on about the ins and outs of writing craft, I’ve never a...

A Butterfly in a Jam Jar
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Flash Fiction Award Entry Judge: Closes: Midnight GMT Winners: Announced by Prizes: £1000 first, £300 second, £100 third, two £30 commended 50 authors offered anthology print publication, with all published authors shipped …

Can you write 300 words by midnight?
Just 12 hours left to enter www.bathflashfictionaward.com/enter/

Just entered the Welking Mini - competition for 100 hundred word flash fiction

I might have killed Schrödinger's cat. Evidence is in the box.

Thanks to @bathflashaward.bsky.social for the free anthology of 137 mini marvels sent to me for being their 500th follower.

Couple on a coastal path looking at a castle

My latest short story is free to read on my website:

www.peter-richardson.co.uk/the-beach-hut/

odd-couple, ideas, writing and the Northumberland coast

#fiction #amwriting

Reading a short story is like meeting someone for the first time. You don’t know if you’ll like them. You don't know what you have in common. You hope they'll be interesting. Sometimes they surprise you.

Writing short stories is similar. With endings that surprise the author as much as the reader.

Hi Bluesky. I'm new here having removed myself from that other place. I'm a fiction writer - especially short (or very short) stories. Currently feeling lost without all my previous connections.

www.peter-richardson.co.uk