BLOG NUMBER FORTY-EIGHT: FRAGMENTS, FRAGRANCE, FRACTURES... A LIFE ALIGNED
Discovered this poem. Scrawled in felt tip pen. Upon the middle section of my toilet roll, as I was taking a shit. LIFE JACKET by Den...
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Sep 21
BLOG NUMBER FORTY-SEVEN: A ROTTER GARROTTED A TOERAG!
LIFEFORCE (SEVEN STORIES : A POSTSCRIPT) BY STEVEN HOLDING. Traditions. Heroism. The will to survive. Every year, without fail, days...
steven holding
Jun 21
BLOG NUMBER FORTY-SIX: Anna and Danny and Andy and Dana…
The narrowing of hours as times arrow flies … Endangered Guerrillas by Steven Holding. The jungles edge. Camouflaged shadows emerge,...
steven holding
Jan 13
BLOG NUMBER FORTY-FIVE: A PLEA... APPEASE... A SLEEP... PLEASE... A SPELL... A PALE APE LEAPS...
Scratched into the frost of my frozen car windscreen. I managed to decipher, transcribe and capture it before it melted away like...
steven holding
Jan 13
BLOG NUMBER FORTY-FOUR: LEE SEES LES SELL LESS EELS....
Found this disturbing message, scrawled upon a slightly soiled napkin, folded up and tucked into my front right breast pocket after...
steven holding
Jan 7
BLOG NUMBER FORTY-THREE: KNEW FEAR...
THE BARE FACTS by Steven Holding. Is it safe to shave a beast? Of the jobs the circus sideshow offers, prepping the pig-faced women’s the...
steven holding
Dec 25, 2023
BLOG NUMBER FORTY-TWO: AND I SAW HIM AND THROUGH HIS DISGUISE
X-Mask by Steven Holding. Listen: tinsel, lists. Tin soldiers, stollen. Writing a white yuletide that no longer exists; stolen, lost....
steven holding
Dec 25, 2023
BLOG NUMBER FORTY-ONE: SEASON'S GREETINGS FROM THE GOLDEN PEN OF DEN GHOSTLIVEN....
HIPPY CHRIS METH! By Den Ghostliven. Chris limped towards the twenty-fifth, half-pints of bitterness fuelling blasphemous thoughts: JC’s...
steven holding
Nov 6, 2023
BLOG NUMBER FORTY: HARDLY ANY OF US ARE BAD, BUT ALL OF US ARE HUMAN...
Any regular visitors to the site (it’s nothing to be ashamed of you know, no matter what people might say or what dirty looks are fired...
steven holding
Oct 31, 2023
BLOG NUMBER THIRTY-NINE: IT SIMPLY DOESN’T DO TO BE FULL OF ONESELF…..
HOW LEAN by Den Ghostliven. Cut yourself a razor-thin slice. Spiced squash pie; a family recipe, more ancient than paganistic Samhain....
steven holding
Sep 2, 2023
BLOG NUMBER THIRTY-EIGHT: WE SLEEPWALK THROUGH AN ENTIRE SUMMER,BUT IT'S OK FOR WE SHALL SEE ANOTHER
Keen to crank things up a little. With that in mind, here’s a little scribble…. LEFT UNTURNED by Steven Holding. 1986 (10) Dave’s a lippy...
steven holding
Jun 17, 2023
BLOG NUMBER THIRTY-SEVEN: SHARONA/SHEENA CONFUSION? ONE WAS YOURS, THE OTHER A PUNK ROCKER…
PSSSSST! PFFFFFFF! BANG! PSSSSST! PFFFFFFF! BANG! PSSSSST! PFFFFFFF! BANG! A few more examples of my flash fiction, tiny fireworks and...
steven holding
May 8, 2023
BLOG NUMBER THIRTY-SIX – BROADSWORDCALLINGDANNY BOYBROADWAYDANNYROSEGIVEMYREGARDSTOBROADSTREET...
“If I knew where the good songs came from, I’d go there more often.” LEONARD COHEN Bank Holiday. Chucking down. Down King Chuck. Whaddya...
steven holding
Mar 12, 2023
BLOG NUMBER THIRTY-FIVE – WHEEZING THE JUICE… BUUUUUDDDD-DDYYY!...
Like Linkavitch “Link” Chomofosky, I have finally managed to thaw out and escape from a monolithic block of ice, inside of which I have...
steven holding
Oct 31, 2022
BLOG NUMBER THIRTY-FOUR: IT'S SIN, ISN'T IT...
HUMAN REMAINS: A HALLOWEEN TALE by Den Ghostliven. The name of the city’s uncertain: the address of the residence information you’re...
steven holding
Jul 30, 2022
BLOG NUMBER THIRTY-THREE: IN MEMORIAM…
The Angle of the Angels Anger by Steven Holding. For Spen Never mind the fact that we stood upon sticky rickety stages jamming a racket...
steven holding
May 10, 2022
BLOG NUMBER THIRTY-TWO: CONFUSING RUNES RUIN ME
2:25 by Steven Holding. It’s late. Or early. I’m awake. Phone rings. I answer. It’s her. Softly crying. “What’s wrong?” No reply. Door...
steven holding
Mar 17, 2022
BLOG NUMBER THIRTY-ONE: GORDON’S ALIVE?!?!....
Huzzah!!! The moment has finally arrived to raise a glass of wine, propose a toast, then celebrate and make merry for the crippling coma...
steven holding
Oct 31, 2021
BLOG NUMBER THIRTY: HA! LOW… eeeeeEEEEEEENNNNN!
Well, it just wouldn’t be Halloween without a spooky story! So, lock the doors, stoke the fire, pour a stiff drink and sit back in your...
steven holding
Oct 18, 2021
BLOG NUMBER TWENTY-NINE: HOT JEB… HOB JET... BJ THEO… THE JOB…
I have been rather idle of late regarding regular blog posts and updates, so allow me to begin by offering my most sincere apple low...
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