Trevor WattsJan 142 minAir Sacs and Frilly Bits - a very short storyAir Sacs and Frilly Bits ‘Horses don’t talk like that, Dicky.’ Miriam rolled half a dozen of her forward-facing eyes in an expression of ...
Trevor WattsJan 143 minWell Met by Moonlight - short storyWell Met by Moonlight We were sailing our little barque on a straight four-day run from Domina to Carribtown. Grandpa bought the beautifu...
Trevor WattsJan 105 minThere's always a little extra somethingADDITIVE ‘You. Out. You’re cast out.’ Scuttling into the vat room, that was one way of introducing herself – instant confrontation – prob...
Trevor WattsJan 104 minOption 3 is always an OptionOPTION THREE. My conchiglie partner’s shell has suddenly begun to thicken up. ‘Winter’s coming, Rod,’ she told me. ‘First day of Autumn....
Trevor WattsJan 72 minThe Bonus New Year StoryTHERE'S SOMETHING IN MY POND The koi carp in the big pond were getting thinned-out. It wasn’t the grass snakes: I got rid of them two yea...
Trevor WattsJan 74 minAn Uncaring New Year Story from "Terminal Space"I DON’T CARE ‘No. I’m not going to help. I don’t care tuppunction what you or anyone else says or does.’ I scarcely heard their pleas, my...
Trevor WattsJan 710 minYour New Year peek at "Orbital Spam"I KEEP HAVING BLACKOU— ‘I had another blackout yesterday, Mi Duck.’ Pekin-Cayuga – as I call her – sniffed, ‘Shush, Emmerdale’s just star...
Trevor WattsJan 76 minNew Year Treat from "Zero 9-4"BIGMOUTHS Our flight was delayed, so we were marooned for an overnight stopover on the Hub Port orbiting Planet Exxen. No private room to...
Trevor WattsJan 73 minNew Year Story from "Other Times"SECOND THOUGHTS? In the dark. In bed, thinking about Madelya, beside me, so warm and silky soft and smooth. I lightly stroke. The darkne...
Trevor WattsJan 11 minFrequently read together- It's pleasing to see a book I wrote on Amazon with this phrase underneath it, "Frequently read together" or "Frequently bought together...
Trevor WattsDec 29, 20203 minQuirkons– I started assembling a book of non-Sci-fi short stories over Christmas, to be called “Of Twists and Turns”. – Working through 200+ near...
Trevor WattsDec 26, 20201 minWhen I was a kid...When I was a kid, I read science fiction (when I'd gotten over Biggles and Zane Grey). - A solitary reader, I walked 3 miles to Sneinton ...
Trevor WattsDec 24, 20202 minOn Christmas DayOn Christmas Day “You need a change. You’re crabby and stale,” I told myself. It saved Chris from saying it. “Don’t spend Christmas Day o...
Trevor WattsDec 24, 20201 minPlanning is FlexiblePlanning is Flexible · The whole idea of planning is that it’s nothing more than a thought ahead – “that which might, just possibly, mayb...
Trevor WattsDec 24, 20203 minHow Things Change, eh?· Just about a year ago, I attended a talk at the Mechanics Institute, Nottingham, along with members of the Nottingham Writers’ Group, a...
Trevor WattsDec 11, 20203 minNewsletterFrom Subscribers’ November Newsletter I wrote the story called “Terminal Space” last winter, and kept it on one side with a folder of oth...
Trevor WattsDec 10, 20201 minThe Xmas Aliens hit Brinsley in ForceIt's hardly safe to walk the streets at night - must be the best year ever to lit-up aliens in Brinsley
Trevor WattsDec 4, 20201 minFour for XmasTreat yourself Reach to the shelf You know what to get Buy the set, And through December You'll always remember That one good deed Makes ...