Category Archives: fiction

Worlds of Pure Imagination

Posted on November 13, 2017 by greebohobbes

All computer monitors are windows to worlds of imagination where trolls have no bridges to hide behind, wars are fought with flame, and opinions are like the shredded cocoons of butterflies which flitter and flutter away… The butterflies of opinion … Continue reading →

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Story I Wrote When I Was Ten 1

Posted on February 27, 2017 by greebohobbes

This is a Sherlock Holmes spoof/parody that I wrote when I was ten years old. Entitled The Adventure of the Brick in a Sock, it is the earliest story that survived the ravages of age, cats and general soiling in … Continue reading →

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Short Story Discovery

Posted on February 13, 2017 by greebohobbes

I found a cache of short stories that I wrote 25 years ago. I was ten at the time. That awkward period between nine and eleven where existential dreads start roosting in your mind. So I wrote stories to help … Continue reading →

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Story Extract Written 22 Years Ago

Posted on January 19, 2017 by greebohobbes

This is part of a novel or short story that I wrote when I was thirteen years old. I share it now with no real reason than to entertain. I hope you will enjoy it. Actually I will say something … Continue reading →

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Red Riding Hood – A Halloween Tale

Posted on October 24, 2016 by greebohobbes

Once upon a time in a forest far far away there was… What? How far was it? It was pretty far away. You may have a preconceived notion of what is far and what isn’t but this forest was more … Continue reading →

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The Ugly Duckling

Posted on June 6, 2016 by greebohobbes

Once upon a midnight dreary, and in a place that was quite eerie, there was a farm which was haunted by the shades of evil what thirsted… But that is another story and shall be told another time when I … Continue reading →

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Having Written, Moving On

Posted on November 26, 2015 by greebohobbes

Writing is the best fun you can have by yourself. The cleanest thing you do on your own at least. I love writing. So much that I have written half a dozen books or so in the last five years. … Continue reading →

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Attack of the Fifty Foot Chicken Little

Posted on July 22, 2015 by greebohobbes

Once upon a time in a land far far away, there was a chicken who was rather unimaginatively called Chicken Little. It must be said that ‘Little’ was a family name and it was not one she lived up to … Continue reading →

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The Pied Piper and the Immigrants of Hamelin

Posted on July 8, 2015 by greebohobbes

Once upon a time there was a noisy little city-port full of industry of the export/import type. This city was called Hamelin. Busy and noisy and industrious as it may be now, it was full of unemployed people, and what … Continue reading →

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The Three Little Wolves and the B.B.H.H.

Posted on June 14, 2015 by greebohobbes

Once upon a time there was an old sow who was desperate to hold on to her tarnished youth, and she had three little wolves called Roz, Hinkley and Mack. She had lost their father in a freak accident involving … Continue reading →