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The Invasion of Canada | Ash Warren

March 14, 2017March 13, 2017 Ash WarrenFree Short Stories

The Invasion of Canada By Ash Warren For the ‘Fake News, Real Fiction’ Award ‘And that’s live in three – two – one….’ The cameras homed in on Connie Ryan, resplendent tonight in a tailored burgundy suit for tonight’s episode […]

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Four Bach Cantatas Part Four | Ash Warren

February 7, 2017February 7, 2017 Ash WarrenFree Short Stories

  Four Bach Cantatas Cantata 4. I call to thee, Lord Jesus Christ (‘Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ’) By Ash Warren For the Hindsight Isn’t 20/20 Award [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elRTsN0LhPQ&w=560&h=315] After reading, the author invites you to listen to […]

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The Prince | Ash Warren

January 31, 2017January 31, 2017 Ash WarrenFree Short Stories

  The Prince By Ash Warren For The First Rule of Nabokov Award ‘You aren’t going to believe this one sir ……’ said the sergeant as he waved his superior into the room. He was right. In fact, two things […]

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Four Bach Cantatas Part 3 | Ash Warren

January 18, 2017January 18, 2017 Ash WarrenFree Short Stories

  Four Bach Cantatas Cantata 3. My Heart is Full of Longing (“Herzlich Thut Mich Verlangen”) By Ash Warren For the Hindsight Isn’t 20/20 Award [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtGEljm0djE&w=560&h=315] After reading, the author invites you to listen to Wilhelm Kempff (above)   […]

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Vellichor | Ash Warren

January 10, 2017 Ash WarrenFree Short Stories

Vellichor: n. the strange wistfulness of used bookstores, which are somehow infused with the passage of time. The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig. Vellichor By Ash Warren For the ‘To Pant or Not To Pant’ Award Opening the […]

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For Whom The Bell Tolls: How I Spend My New Year in Tokyo

January 2, 2017January 8, 2017 Ash WarrenNews, Non-Fiction

By Ash Warren Like Australians and soccer, it’s an unspoken truth that the Japanese have never really gotten into Christmas. It seems to lie in a rather lonely place on the edge of the plate somehow, next to the brocolli […]

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Four Bach Cantatas Part 2 | Ash Warren

December 20, 2016December 20, 2016 Ash WarrenFree Short Stories

  Four Bach Cantatas Cantata 2. Now Come, Savior of the Gentiles (“Nun Komm’ der Heiden Heiland,”) By Ash Warren For the Hindsight Isn’t 20/20 Award [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqGQVAvtmHw&w=560&h=315] The author recommends that the above be played while reading. The very […]

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Winner Announcement: Hindsight Isn’t 20/20 Part 1

December 15, 2016 TobiasWinner Announcement

Our guest announcer this week is contest creator and author Tobias Madden.

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Scroll Down, Don’t Look Up | Ash Warren

December 13, 2016December 14, 2016 Ash WarrenFree Short Stories

Such a shame about Tony

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Four Bach Cantatas: Part 1 | Ash Warren

December 6, 2016December 6, 2016 Ash WarrenFree Short Stories

Love is lost to the melancholy sounds of Bach in part 1 of this serial by Ash Warren.

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The Way to Say Goodbye | Ash Warren

November 29, 2016November 28, 2016 Ash WarrenFree Short Stories

  The Way to Say Goodbye By Ash Warren For the ‘Quitters Anonymous’ Award Between us, there was only the unspoken. A vast grassland of things I wanted to say and never could. I’m at the door, have to go, […]

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Hexagram 64 | Ash Warren

November 15, 2016 Ash WarrenFree Short Stories

Hexagram 64 Ash Warren For the ‘Lucky Numbers’ Award You feel her eyes on you as you go into your study. She’s smiling to herself again, little white teeth sharp under those slightly parted lips. You don’t turn to look […]

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Featured Author | Ash Warren

November 2, 2015November 2, 2015 EditorialFeatured Author, interviews

Who Is Ash Warren? Ash Warren is that rare breed of author who simultaneously has the guts to try just about any prompt while bringing his own signature style to the brief. Often characterised by an attention to detail, vivid, […]

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A Fable About Storytelling | Cold Mountain by Ash Warren

June 30, 2015July 7, 2015 ashwarrenFree Short Stories

Han Shan, his name means Cold Mountain. But is he the subject of the story, or the one telling it? A cheeky fable about storytelling by Ash Warren.

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Short Fiction About Artificial Intelligence | Remnant Coding

June 16, 2015June 29, 2015 ashwarrenFree Short Stories

Humanity is extinct, but something remains, written in the layers of Artifical Intelligence that power The Machine there is a memory, a ghost in the shell.  

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Yamauba | Ash Warren

March 16, 2015November 2, 2015 ashwarrenFree Short Stories

A bone jarring horror joint by Ash Warren. 

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