Introduction
This post serves as a catalogue for all of the short stories I have self-published on the hive blockchain. From Sci-fi to crime fiction, fantasy to literary fiction, I have written in most major genres on hive over the past five years.
I have discovered a few interesting stats throughout the long process of cataloging, re-reading, writing synopsis' and collecting data on all of my fiction on hive.
My stories range in many diverse genres such as literary fiction, crime fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, cyberpunk, psychedelic fiction, magic realism, horror, and mythic/historical fiction.
The majority of these stories are in the genres of fantasy, horror, and sci-fi.
The total word count of all the fiction I have written on hive is 94,344 words, the equivalent of a hardback novel.
This post will be pinned to the front page of my blog using @peakd, the best platform on the hive blockchain for publishing and viewing long-form content. This final post will serve as a resource to add to my writers' CV and to reference literary agents for reviewing my self-published works.
I hope that some hive users might also use this post to check out my short stories from the past, drop a comment and consider using the tip function on peakd if they wish to reward them further. With this in mind, I shall be populating each genre-specific table with what I consider to be my best fiction at the top, highlighting those stories that went through multiple edits and re-writes.
I have written fiction in response to many hive initiatives such as @freewritehouse five-minute freewrite (and the longer weekend fifteen minute prompts) started by @mariannewest. I've also written short stories between 500-2000 words for the Finish the Story contest started by @f3nix and responded to prompts from the creative writing community I started called @theinkwell.
In respect to these writing prompts I will include a column called Hive Writing Prompt to highlight stories connected to particular community initiatives. Any stories in this column classified N/A are stand-alone works.
Finally, any fantasy stories marked with an asterisk * are set in the world of the Three Kingdoms which is the setting for my planned trilogy of fantasy novels.
Bookstore
| Title/Link | Word Count | Synopsis | Subgenre | Hive Writing Prompt |
|---|
| The Albatross | 4798 | A singer with selective mutism and jaded cryptocurrency trader find themselves linked through a cosmic bond that defies explanation. | Magic realism | N/A |
| Product Placement | 2691 | A young advertising exec struggles with disillusionment, finding catharsis in childhood memories of his grandmother... and a tin of ancient peanut butter. | Literary Fiction | N/A |
| The Dinner Party | 3740 | In a story of redemption, a new best-selling writer discovers an old friend from the UK living on the streets of New York city. He invites him to a dinner party challenging social expectations. | Literary Fiction | The Ink Well fiction prompt |
| Routine Procedure | 2569 | A disillusioned young man finds more than he bargained for on a walk home from work. Routine procedure is an exercise in exposition, following the life a young man in a new relationship, exploring the inner world and the outer. | Literary Fiction | The Ink Well fiction prompt |
| Memories of Christmas Past | 929 | A recently bereaved husband reminisces about his dear departed wife while wrapping the Christmas presents, but he receives more than he bargained for after writing a letter to Santa with his children. Sometimes Santa brings what you need… not what you want! | Literary Fiction | Cinnamon Cup Coffee Community Writing Promp |
| The Call of the Sea | 1000 | A tragic tale of a child’s fascination with the underwater world, affinity with the turtles of Sarteneja and a final returning to the call of the sea. | Magic realism | Weekend Freewrite |
| Title/Link | Word Count | Synopsis | Subgenre | Hive Writing Prompt |
|---|
| The Madness of the Gods | 2978 | The Norse gods play games with the lives of the local townsfolk of Jorvik. Magic, trickery and mythology intertwine in a tale of sacrifice and redemption. | Fantasy/mythological fiction | N/A |
| The Gelded One | 3149 | A young Getling warrior called Arcktel is tortured by an evil sorcerer. At the brink of death he desperately drinks a potion and is transported to Elintarn. A place of power and magic that will leave him forever changed. | Fantasy * | N/A |
| Red Days (7 Wolds Series - Part One) | 614 | In part one of this gritty, dark fantasy tale we are introduced to Captain Gream and the warriors of the Seventh Company while locked in an epic battle with the Orcs of Westwold. | Fantasy | N/A |
| Arrows in Flight (7 Wolds Series - Part Two) | 1523 | In part two of this gritty, dark fantasy tale the machinations of a dastardly plot by an Elven King start to unfold. Meanwhile Captain Gream battles on, harnessing the power of his inner demons born of a life of tragedy, death and suffering. | Fantasy | N/A |
| The King's Gambit (7 Wolds Series - Part Three) | 1128 | In part three of this gritty, dark fantasy tale unexpected alliance forms against an advancing force of elves, and the Sorceror Elven King becomes increasingly desperate employing dangerous magic in hopes of victory. | Fantasy | N/A |
| Deathdrinker’s Bite (7 Wolds Series - Part Four Finale) | 1757 | In the finale of this gritty, dark fantasy tale Captain Gream, followed eagerly by his protege Willow, fight valiantly. The final outcome of the battle ends with a twist of fate, magic and the strength of one man's will hardened over a lifetime of tragedy. | Fantasy | N/A |
| The Curse of Athelstrand | 2027 | The Curse of Athelstrand is fantasy fiction short story inspired by a piece of #digitalart I made. An old brutal warrior wanders the lands seeking a way to remove a curse of weakness that has fallen upon him. Guided by a blind seer he must adventure to the end of the world to meet a mysterious sorcerer and discover his fate. | Fantasy/mythological fiction | N/A |
| The Initiate's Rune Quest | 1777 | The Initiate's Rune Quest is a fantasy short story (set in the world in which I am writing my novel) following an acolyte's initiation into the magical realm of Elintarn, where he must battle to win a rune and begin his journey from acolyte to wizard. | Fantasy * | N/A |
| Astral Echoes | 2450 | A psychic detective called Niran investigates a business man’s troubled dreams. With astral travel, mystical landscapes and an enraged automaton Niran has his work cut out solving this mystery. | Contemporary fantasy | N/A |
| Life Will Out | 808 | The king of the dead wallows in a world of death he created, haunted by memories of the sorcerer queen he loved. But life has a funny way of breaking through and bringing hope where once there was despair. | Fantasy/Horror | N/A |
| A Tale of Two Halves | 2308/2553 | A mysterious stranger arrives in the border city of Palamon. After being taken prisoner, the town is rocked to its core by magic and the wrath of the gods. | Fantasy | The Ink Well (Finish the Story) fiction prompt |
| The Diary of a Wizard | 814 | The lines between reality and fantasy blur as Andy transforms into a magical being. | Fantasy | N/A |
| Modern Age Myth | 481 | A Naiad visits modern day New York for her annual thousand year party trip to earth, but finds things have changed and ends up stuck in a very modern dilemma. | Contemporary fantasy | Literary Mash-Up Challenge (constrained writing) |
| The Dream of Life | 779/1264 | A sorcerer channels the eagle’s spirit to bring justice and free the enslaved. | Fantasy/Mythological/Spiritual | Finish the Story Contest |
| Forbidden Fruit | 665 | A young slave girl comes of age and discovers her magical heritage. Seeking revenge on her captors she embraces her power, tasting the bitter/sweet tang of forbidden fruit. | Fantasy * | Weekend Freewrite |
| The Curse of Christmas Future | 1085/1811 | Rudolph and Santa's elves battle for control of the north pole, and for the soul of Christmas. | Fantasy/Satire | Finish the Story Contest |
| Divine Intervention | 603/1380 | A titanic battle between a paladin and a necromancer results in catastrophic upheaval. | Fantasy | Finish the Story Contest |
| The Laughter of a God | 739/1243 | The Galak tribe battle for their survival against elven and human forces. The fate of the valiant orcs teeters on a knife edge, finally revealed in the laughter of a god. | Fantasy | Finish the Story Contest |
| The Great Awakening | 690/1228 | In a world where both animals and humans can speak, three Emu Jasper, Jake and DunDee struggle to make sense of an increasingly hostile world. | Fantasy/Satire | Finish the Story Contest |
| In the Lap of the Gods | 695/942 | In the heat of battle English and Viking forces find themselves caught in the light of the divine chariot of the gods. | Fantasy/historical fiction | Finish the Story Contest |
| The Duties of a Court Wizard | 636 | The duties of a court wizard in the emperor's city are many and strange. Mental intrusions, extortion and battles between spirits are all in a day’s work. | Fantasy * | Weekend Freewrite |
| A Nest of Vipers | 250 | A dark secret lies at the heart of a wizard’s academy. | Fantasy | 250 word Micro Fiction Contest |
| Title/Link | Word Count | Synopsis | Subgenre | Hive Writing Prompt |
|---|
| The Perfect Thug | 2417 | Thug for hire Grint pursues a politician to collect a debt for the feared syndicate. Will anyone be able to stop this tech augmented super warrior? | Cyberpunk | N/A |
| Patterns in Chaos | 2137 | An AI narrator explores the meaning of life to the backdrop of a vicious struggle between man and alien on a desert planet. | Sci-Fi | N/A |
| Poetic Justice | 590 | A girl with unique powers comes face to face with a cruel world and tries to redress the balance. | Sci-Fi/Crime | Weekend freewrite |
| The Hard Way Home | 1203 | Phoeb’s spacecraft crashes on a harsh desert planet while transporting a dangerous alien prisoner. A battle of survival ensues, challenging Phoeb both physically and mentally. | Sci-Fi | The Ink Well Weekly prompt |
| Layer Zero - A Sci-Fi Blockchain Story #1 | 623 | In a far future Dystopia where cryptocurrencies have been banned, Berry conspires with his friend Dozzer to bypass controls and escape a perpetual locked down... part 2 still in development. | Sci-Fi | N/A |
| The Enforcer: Part One | 1159 | Bounty hunter Shani takes on a contract that leads her to an alien handler, and what could turn out to be her most dangerous mission yet. | Sci-Fi | N/A |
| The Grandfather Clock | 533 | Trapped on a planet overseeing a slave race Demirek and Catherine face an awful choice. The ticking of a grandfather penetrates through all, counting cursed seconds in an infinite loop. | Sci-Fi/Horror | The Ink Well Weekly prompt |
| Just Beneath the Skin | 707/1360 | Strange genetic experiments in an inter dimensional research facility lead to a startling discovery. | Sci-Fi | Finish the Story Contest |
| The Fire of the Past | 1029/1443 | A tale of the violence of duality, genetically modified split personality and technology in love. All set in a far future Sci-fi orbital in earth’s outer atmosphere. | Sci-Fi | Finish the Story Contest |
| Borderline Madness | 778/1205 | A battalion of warrior priests battle a hive alien race with overwhelming psychic powers. | Sci-Fi | Finish the Story Contest |
| The Treatment Room | 626 | A strange treatment to modify memory reveals a tragic end. | Sci-Fi/Dystopian | Weekend Freewrite |
| A Change Gonna Come | 736/1018 | In a desolate future a desert warrior battles the insurmountable forces of the elite of humankind in their retreat in the sky. | Sci-Fi | Finish the Story Contest |
| The Winds of Change | 894 | In the distant future, a bounty hunter is contracted to take down the boss of a gang of bandits on a desert planet. | Sci-Fi | N/A |
| Under the Bridge | 762 | A detective seeks revenge on an alien hitman in a far future LA. | Sci-Fi | Weekend freewrite |
| Paths of Immolation | 810/1307 | A cult led by a charismatic AI leader finds a solution to the age old problem of humankind’s self-destructive tendencies. | Sci-Fi/Horror | Finish the Story Contest |
| To the Moon and Back | 659 | Growing up on the moon is hard for a teenager. As the galactic conglomerate crack down on the moon’s cryptocurrency mines, tokens lose value until people start to die due to mounting costs of nanobot upkeep. | Sci-Fi | Weekend Freewrite |
| The Unconditioned World | 685/1272 | Elanor takes a break from the state administered blue and red pills. She enters a world of mystical association, a sublime detox from the psychotropic manipulations of a dystopian future. | Sci-Fi/Dystopian | Finish the Story Contest |
| Title/Link | Word Count | Synopsis | Subgenre | Hive Writing Prompt |
|---|
| Looshie Land | 2462 | While working in a nightmare theme park, John soon realises that something is seriously wrong as his reality is turned upside down. In an experimental short story, I merge psychologic horror with magic realism in a tale that blurs the lines between reality and dream, between the mental and the physical. | Horror/Magic Realism | N/A |
| Time Heals All | 1717 | Jenny visits her uncle’s house in the country to escape the city in Covid lockdown, where a magical clock banishes a haunting born of pain. | Horror | The Ink Well Weekly prompt |
| The Bone Merry-go-round | 1185/1821 | A biscuit box inhabited by an evil spirit triggers memories of childhood for Joelle, transporting her back to a world of horror. | Horror | Finish the Story Contest |
| Beneath the Wings of a Fallen Angel | 2077/2568 | Alchemist and demonologist Gustav battles the deamons of war, finally discovering that one horror is far more real than he could ever imagine. | Gruesome Horror | Finish the Story Contest |
| Resonant Vocatus | 764/1322 | A murderous pianist undergoes therapy. But will his demons be exorcised, or will they find exercise in expression. | Dark Horror | Finish the Story Contest |
| The Church of the Coral Kingdom | 617/1190 | A cult on a Korean tropical island draws new initiates to the sea for worship… where the terrible reality of their doctrine is revealed. | Horror | Finish the Story Contest |
| A Sacred Crop | 541/1021 | A father teaches his son the family business, culminating in a horrific secret about a genetic mutation. | Horror | Finish the Story Contest |
| The Writing on the Wall | 654/1144 | Melinda attempts to extort a member of the aristocratic Leitner family after discovering they practice the dark arts. | Horror | Finish the Story Contest |
| Title/Link | Word Count | Synopsis | Subgenre | Hive Writing Prompt |
|---|
| The fisherman | 2162 | A tale of betrayal, cryptocurrency, Crumlin and the best damn skunk weed ever to be cultivated in Dublin city. | Crime Fiction | N/A |
| Dirty Old Town - Part 1 | 572 | In London’s underworld of corrupt police and politicians reality reflects the origin of word privilege – ‘private law’. | Chaptered Crime Series | N/A |
| Dirty Old Town - Part 2 | 937 | See above, Dirty Old Town prt 1. | Chaptered Crime Series | N/A |
| Dirty Old Town - Part 3 | 2042 | See above, Dirty Old Town prt 1. | Chaptered Crime Series | N/A |
| Dirty Old Town - Part 4 | 1450 | See above, Dirty Old Town prt 1. | Chaptered Crime Series | N/A |
| Time to Smell the Roses | 600/1099 | A psychic detective visits an old southern mansion to help solve the mystery of an heiresses death. With ghostly going's on and aura reading, this is anything but a standard mystery. | Crime/Horror/Mystery | Finish the Story Contest |
| Music to Do Crime By | 683 | A Bonnie and Clyde style stand-off escalates out of control in the heat of an Alabama summer. | Crime fiction | Weekend Freewrite |
| Incarnation - Psychedelic Fiction Series(part 1) | 374 | Ash navigates a psychotropic maze of dreams, flashbacks and amnesia. Through his journeying he discovers past crimes and ultimately realizing an ascendant reality. | Psychedelic crime fiction series | Series inspired by the 5 minute freewrite |
| Awakening - Psychedelic Fiction Series(part 2) | 203 | See above, Psychedelic Fiction Series prt 1. | Psychedelic crime fiction series | Series inspired by the 5 minute freewrite |
| Robbed Time - Psychedelic Fiction Series(part 3) | 181 | See above, Psychedelic Fiction Series prt 1. | Psychedelic crime fiction series | Series inspired by the 5 minute freewrite |
| Time Lapse - Psychedelic Fiction Series(part 4) | 217 | See above, Psychedelic Fiction Series prt 1. | Psychedelic crime fiction series | Series inspired by the 5 minute freewrite |
| Echoes of the Cosmos - Psychedelic Fiction Series (part 5) | 305 | See above, Psychedelic Fiction Series prt 1. | Psychedelic crime fiction series | Series inspired by the 5 minute freewrite |
| Taking Flight - Psychedelic Fiction Series (part 6) | 189 | See above, Psychedelic Fiction Series prt 1. | Psychedelic crime fiction series | Series inspired by the 5 minute freewrite |
| Spectator to Memory - Psychedelic Fiction Series (part 7) | 373 | See above, Psychedelic Fiction Series prt 1. | Psychedelic crime fiction series | Series inspired by the 5 minute freewrite |
| Tasteless Claret - Psychedelic Fiction Series (part 8) | 355 | See above, Psychedelic Fiction Series prt 1. | Psychedelic crime fiction series | Series inspired by the 5 minute freewrite |
| The Final Nail in the Coffin - Psychedelic Fiction Series (part 9) | 394 | See above, Psychedelic Fiction Series prt 1. | Psychedelic crime fiction series | Series inspired by the 5 minute freewrite |
| Transcendent Mingling - Psychedelic Fiction Series (final part 10) | 211 | See above, Psychedelic Fiction Series prt 1. | Psychedelic crime fiction series | Series inspired by the 5 minute freewrite |
| The Stitch Up | 250 | Dan gets some instant Karma when he tries to stitch someone up for a crime they didn’t commit. | Crime fiction | 250 word Micro Fiction Contest |
| The Raid | 492 | Katie – Big Momma – Johnson, enforcer for the cartel, rains death on her enemies fuelled by memory and the pain of the death of a loved one. | Crime fiction | N/A |
| Going Fishing | 661 | An exotic dancer in Playa del Carmen decides to go fishing, but things don’t turn out the way anyone expects. | Crime fiction | Weekend Freewrite |
| Title/Link | Word Count | Synopsis | Subgenre | Hive Writing Prompt |
|---|
| The Worm | 240 | A psychic parasitic worm causes havoc in a court of law. | Magic realism | ZapFic contest (240 word flash fiction) |
| La Petite Mort | 137 | A sensory description of a night time encounter with a seductress of the sea. | flash fiction/erotica | One paragraph story challenge |
| A Mark on the Windowpane | 150 | Resurrection, hope and a futile death… all in 150 words. | Flash fiction | N/A |
| Hungry for Life | 250 | A flash fiction describing the moment of awakening under the heavy weight of a pill comedown. | Alt lifestyle Fiction | 250 word Micro Fiction Contest |
| The Curse of Immortality | 230 | A flash fiction set in the mind of an advanced alien creature who's considering leaving this world and giving up its Immortality. | Alt lifestyle Fiction | Inspired by LMAC Digital Art Contest |
| The Journey to the End of the Line | 50 | N/A | Flash Fiction | 50 word story competition |
| A Clean Break | 50 | N/A | Flash Fiction | 50 word story competition |
| Looking Every Which Way | 179 | A short allegorical script style flash fiction. | Flash Fiction Dialogue | 5 minute freewrite |
| Escape from the Page | 219 | The phone rings interrupting a writer’s flow triggering a fork in the space time continuum. | Flash fiction | 5 minute freewrite |
| Crypto Winter | 50 | A sensory flash fiction describing the feeling of crypto winter. | Flash fiction | 50 word story competition |
I would like to say thank you to all the people who have read and commented on my stories over the last five years. Your encouragement/feedback has helped inspire me and driven me to improve my writing.
Although I am now focusing on writing with a view to mainstream publishing, I shall continue to post on hive occasionally and to respond to any comments 🙂
All the Best.
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