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Website Under Reconstruction
Just to let you know, this website, which has been around for quite a while, is being redesigned and modernised. Due to the amount of content on the original site, this is taking a little more time that originally anticipated. Please bear with me while I complete this process and return to some form of normality! Thank you.
Please Note, Site Is Under Reconstruction
Sorry for any confusion or surprise. I am in the process of modernising and redesigning my website here. This involves a relatively steep learning curve for me, so please be patient as I deal with this process. Thank you.
50 Years Since 1975 Drought & Heatwave, Breaking Faith Is Set In That Year.
My novel, Breaking Faith, a Romantic Thriller is set in England and Scotland during the extended drought and heatwave of 1975, 50 years ago. Weāve just suffered (or enjoyed, depends on your love or hate of heat!) another unusual heatwave here in England. It didnāt last as long this time, and many places continued to have rainfall. But the book may remind those who were around at the time, andā¦
Have You Read An Excess Ofā¦?
Continuing last weekās theme, here Iām letting you know more about my latest published novel, An Excess Ofā¦, which refuses to be classified in a single genre. Some categories that fit will, I hope, also suit your reading preferences: Eco Thriller, Literary Fiction, Environmental Disaster Novel, Shipwreck Survival Story, Future Pandemic.A short introduction: Six strangers. One shipwreck. A worldā¦
Have You Read Breaking Faith?
Iām trying something new today. Iād like more readers for my books and you might be tempted to become one of them. Thereāll be one a week, in no particular order.Ā My first published novel, Breaking Faith, is a romantic thriller. With elements of betrayal, excitement, tragedy, sex, despair, hope, longing, fulfilment, and love itās been well received by those whoāve read it.Ā A shortā¦
More Progress On The WIP
Iāve finally finished the stage of adding contemporaneous events to the storyline. Rendering such happenings in a way that allows them to integrate seamlessly with the story, rather than appear as mere markers in time, isnāt easy, but I believe Iāve managed it.Now I need to begin the slightly more tedious technical edit to spot repetitions. This includes the overuse of certain words as well asā¦
Further Progress On The WIP
I shouldāve done this last weekend, but life events can sometimes get in the way of best intentions, canāt they?No matter, hereās the latest update on the current novel Iām wrestling into presentable form. I last updated you on 3rd April, here. At that time, Iād already started inconspicuously inserting historic events into the timeline of the story and had reached Chapter 12 of the 42. Today,ā¦
The Greek Myths, by Robert Graves: #BookReview.
The edition of this book that I read is the two-volume hardback from the Folio Book Club. It is illustrated and very well presented, making it a pleasure to hold and behold, but the content is the same as that published in the ordinary single volume. The Greek Myths: what a tangled web of history, conjecture, literary theft, overlapping accounts, extremes of imaginative speculation and downrightā¦
Progress On The WIP?
As promised, surprisingly Iām managing to convert intentions to action, so hereās a brief report on current activity on the WIP. See my post on 22nd March here. The process of adding factual, real events to the novel is moving forward. Perhaps not as rapidly as Iād hoped, but movement is movement and we have to be thankful for small mercies. I do, anyway!Iām about to start on Chapter 12 of theā¦
Whose Death Is It Anyway?
Photo by Richard Catabay on Unsplash rendered as monochrome by myself to suit the mood of the post. I donāt often post about such matters as this here on the blog, reserving them for the other blogging platform I use, Medium, where I posted this piece a couple of days ago. However, this particular topic if of significant importance to me, so Iām placing the post here to gain maximum traction.ā¦
So, What About This Work In Progress?
Photo of me working on this post, taken by my lovely wife. I realised today, whilst doing some work on the WIP, I hadnāt reported on progress since Boxing Day last year! My apologies for that neglect. It wasnāt intended. It was incidental, partly dependent on events and priorities beyond my control. No excuses, but please accept my heartfelt apology for what looks like neglect of myā¦
Small Hands, Pale and Fragile: a Short Story
Picture from Pixabay, modified by author. The story posted today was originally published in the Autumn 2024 issue of Scribble, a print and online literary magazine. Enjoy the read. Iām afraid this will be the last short story posted here for a short, unspecified time due to other commitments. Small Hands, Pale and Fragile. Nathan had first seen the house from afar and wondered who lived inā¦
Too Much Trouble: a Short Story
https://www.freepik.com/free-photo/messy-interior-full-clothing_152559099 This story was first featured on the website of Flash Fiction World Contest in 2013. Unfortunately, I didnāt record the website URL and canāt now find it, which means the site probably no longer exists! Too Much Trouble āYouāve let yourself go.ā He looked down his length and saw the protruding belly hiding his feet andā¦
CHANGES IN THE WIND, a Short Story
Photo by author, Stuart Aken. This story was first published in a slightly shorter form in āOuse Valley Poetryā in 2009, where it won 3rd prize in a contest. Sadly, the journal is no longer in publication. CHANGES IN THE WIND āIām cold.Ā I want to go back home now,ā Kerry told her mother. Dawn lowered her gaze from the distant, uninhabited hilltops to the pinched face of her daughter. āIn aā¦
Author Interview
Photo is mine, but modified by Julia Kalman for the interview. I have been interviewed by Julia Kalman for the New Literary Society journal. The interview is published on Medium. Dear Readers,Weāre honored to introduce you to Stuart Aken ā a writer whose creative life is shaped by justice, memory, and the quiet discipline of a man who lives every scene he writes.Ā His work spans worlds: from theā¦
'Bus Pass George' A Short Story
The picture is from Pixabay. Iāve modified it to remove identity in the people waiting for their bus. So often, knowing a small part of someone elseās life can result in a totally false impression. Bus Pass George George never planned his excursions. He walked the short distance to the bus station each day after breakfast, leaving earlier than necessary so he could watch children ambling toā¦
Wine Dark Sea
Wine dark sea, by author, Stuart Aken. A short story for your entertainment. Enjoy. Comment. Wine Dark Sea Eventually, the older couple, introduced only hours before, took the hint. The pair were last to leave the impromptu beach party. Silent but relieved of boredom, Danni silently urged them along the wooden jetty, the dying fire of sunset haloing the older womanās silver curls into gold.ā¦