Flash Fiction

Flash Fiction! Aah!

One of the obvious perks to flash fiction is that you can have it written in…
6 ‘Six Word Stories’ for the 6th (vol. I)

If you’ve been following this site for a while, you will perhaps remember that I have…
6 More Six-Word Stories

If you’ve been following Penstricken since it started in 2015, you may recall that on one…
Christmas Eve: A Short Story

It’s Christmas on Wednesday so that can only mean one thing: it’s time for a Christmas…
Santa: Origins

Well it’s Christmas Day tomorrow, so I guess that means it’s time for a story! And…
A Fanciful Tale of Heroes and Call Centres

It’s been a while since I posted one of my own humble stories, so I’ve quickly…
A French Fiction Revolution

In October 2015, the small but vibrant French publishing company Short Édition distributed eight ‘Distributeur d’histoires…
Learning From Rejection

The reason I have decided to post just one more of my own stories this year…
6 Six-Word Stories

So this week I’ve challenged myself to write six six-word stories using Thinkamingo’s Story Dice as…
Throwback Thursday: I Need a Hero

It’s been a while since I posted one of my own humble stories, so I’ve quickly…