The blog of an aspiring sci-fi writer.
Dei, the Fireborn
“Dei, the Fireborn” By AdAstraPhoenicia 6,692 Words. Firelight flickered in the heart of the dark weald, as shadows danced between the trees. Within the flames burned visions of that which had come to pass and which had not yet transpired. Past, present and future woven together in a glittering ethereal tapestry. When the Black Watch […]
A World Long Since Dead
“A World Long Since Dead” By AdAstraPhoenicia 16,942 Words. – Chapter 1: “The Watch” Mace was woken too early by the faint silver twilight of early dawn, and the sound of slowly shuffling footsteps. “Morning granddad” he muttered groggily, before the old man could even announce himself. “Good Morning Mason” He replied, as his young […]
Battleheart
Battleheart – Her eyes were of the deepest, brightest, cerulean blue. That was his most striking memory of her. They seemed to shimmer as if lit by an inner light. It was that image, more than any other, that haunted, and comforted him. Each morning as he woke the dream of her faded into another […]
An Fear Liath (The Grey Man)
Nestled deep in the Cairngorm mountains of the Scottish highlands, among towns with no name lost among the desolate, primal beauty, there is a tale. A tale whispered by night in smoky pubs by scruffy old men remembering a bygone day. The tale of the fear liath, the grey man. I was a young boy […]
In Defence of Bad Writing
I’ve written bad stories. I still write bad stories. I may, no matter how hard I try, always write bad stories. But I think that one of the most important beliefs I have about writing is that writing a bad story is fine, because: “A bad story is still a story””. An unfinished story, is […]
We need to talk about AI
In recent years, Artificial intelligence, also known in this context as “Generative AI”, has been attracting significant controversy. From self-driving cars to text-to-image generation, from chat bots to speech recognition, AI seems to be poised to change our world in ways that we cannot even imagine. Not surprisingly, AI has it’s supporters, and it’s detractors. […]