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January 18, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Short Story: The Despondency of Taking A Break

Summer holiday writing block is the building block for the year. And from such terrible foundations all one can do is hope to build on it. Brick by brick you chip away at the task. You pile it up and hope it doesn’t come crashing down. If it does – and when it does – […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Short Story, Short Story: The Despondency of Taking A Break, Summer Holiday, The Despondency of Taking A Break, Writer's Block, Writing ·

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November 24, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Short Story: Neighbourhood Fragments # 9

I was listening to Pip Adam’s podcast. Because I like to listen to Pip Adam’s podcast. She has good guests. She gives good chat. She likes good books (and writes good books) and it’s a fun way to spend 40 minutes (or so). Particularly while walking. (I love podcasts best when I’m walking). The other […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Aro Valley, Better off Read, Luke Buda, Neighbourhood Fragments, Neighbourhood Fragments # 9, Pip Adam, Podcast, Short Story, Short Story: Neighbourhood Fragments # 9, Wellington ·

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November 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Short Story: I Blame Neil Gaiman

It was probably 6pm when my father dragged Amanda Palmer off the fence and dunked her face in the pool. Almost everyone had been drinking. And now Ms. Palmer had a face full of water. I’d once given her a pretty unkind review way back,  but this seemed excessive even to me. I had to […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Amanda Palmer, I Blame Neil Gaiman, Short Story, Short Story: I Blame Neil Gaiman ·

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September 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Short Story: The Short And Long Of It

Of all the chronic addictions I am going to guess that masturbation is the hardest one to pull off. And still feel good about yourself.
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Of all the chronic addictions I am going to guess that masturbation is the hardest one to pull off. And still feel good about yourself., Short Story, Short Story: The Short And Long Of It, The Short And Long Of It ·

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August 19, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 272 – Litcrawl, Wellington, 2018

Litcrawl is Wellington’s coolest (best) literary event, a spectacular, jam-packed with ideas and showcases – and in 2018 I was lucky to be asked to be part of one of the events. Lucky. And shitting myself. Why not both?  The event was called Lit-Sync For Your Life and it featured three readers – I was […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), Event, Gig, Lip-Snych, Lit Crawl, Lit-Sync for Your Life, LitCrawl, Literature, Live Gig, Performance, Performer, Pip Adam, Poetry, Read, Reading, Short Story, Show, Simon Sweetman, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: # 272, Stubs: # 272 – Litcrawl, Tayi Tibble, Wellington, Writing ·

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July 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Short Story: The Declining

All play and no work makes Jack a broke boy. All play and no work makes Jack a broke boy. All play and no work makes Jack a broke boy. All play and no work makes Jack a broke boy. All play and no work makes Jack a broke boy. All play and no work […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged All play and no work makes Jack a broke boy., All play and no work makes Jack depressed…, Short Story, Short Story: The Declining, The Declining ·

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June 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Short Story: Back In The Loop  

We couldn’t go out for a while. So we didn’t. And then we could. So we did. We walked out and about and we looked like we were taking it all with us, big strutting. Everything that is but the kitchen sink. Oh, and also, any stink or trace of when we said that we’d […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Back In The Loop, Short Story, Short Story: Back In The Loop ·

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February 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Short Story: The CV of a Music Journalist

2001: Desperate to be edgy, hoping to be relevant… 2002 – 2014:  Free Tickets 2015 – 2019: Desperate to be relevant, hoping to be edgy… 2020: R.I.P.
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2001: Desperate to be edgy, CV, hoping to be edgy… 2020: R.I.P., hoping to be relevant… 2002 – 2014: Free Tickets 2015 – 2019: Desperate to be relevant, Short Story, Short Story: The CV of a Music Journalist, The CV of a Music Journalist ·

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October 22, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Short Story: Snookered

“You’ve just got to play the long game”, he said to me, while on a break from his short game.
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged “You’ve just got to play the long game”, he said to me, Short Story, Short Story: Snookered, Snookered, while on a break from his short game. ·

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September 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Short Story: If Bruce Springsteen Wrote Wichita Lineman

Well, Billy was a  lineman working for the man down in Darlington County And he’d drive the main road, heart in his mouth,  chrome wheeled, fuel injected, Searchin’ in the sun for another overload and steppin’ out over the line One day, he heard Mary singin’, yeah she was singin’  in the wire, All about […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bruce Springsteen, If Bruce Springsteen Wrote Wichita Lineman, Short Story, Short Story: If Bruce Springsteen Wrote Wichita Lineman, Wichita Lineman ·

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September 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Short Story: 7 Reasons I’d Never Get Tricked by A Con-Artist

1. I don’t date. 2. I don’t relate. 3. I’ve watched a lot of true-crime TV. And now podcasts… 4. I know my onions. 5. It’s just something that happens to other people. 6. You’d have to be dumb-as-fuck! 7. I’m broke-as-fuck!
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Short Story, Short Story: 7 Reasons I’d Never Get Tricked by A Con-Artist ·

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June 11, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Short Story: Shift Arrow Down

He was 44 when he was diagnosed. Column Cancel. Dormant at first. But after 2nd, 3rd and 545th readings the growth was now thriving. It was too late. Yes, he would ask to have it removed. His editor would assist. Digitally. And though that process was painless, shift cells left, shift cells right, the column would never […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Cancel, Column, Shift Arrow Down, Short Story, Short Story: Shift Arrow Down ·
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