Monthly Archives: May 2016

dreaming of oceans – the nightingale escapes me

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Frank

Water cry not for water tears are too precious to waste once we dreamed of oceans on Venus amidst spice-rich dunes water-sellers grow fat tears of conflict what use herbs without water we crossed oceans to make tea we are … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 30, 2016 by Frank

Originally posted on purehaiku:
is the sun shining? I’ve heard rumour of its warmth from the nightingale ??Francis James Franklin 2016 Francis James Franklin has appeared before here at Pure Haiku. He is a fantasy author and poet with a…

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Posted on May 26, 2016 by Frank

Originally posted on purehaiku:
death by mutation radioactive spiders roam the hospital ??Francis James Franklin 2016 Francis James Franklin has appeared before here at Pure Haiku. He is a fantasy author and poet with a perverse sense of humour, a…

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A Poetic Giveaway, or: Free Butterflies!

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Frank

Another giveaway? Okay, well, this one’s poetry, but it’s also an actual paperback and there’s only one copy being given away… Yanty’s Butterfly consists of over 600 poems, spanning the variety of haiku forms: three-line haiku, two-line haiku, one-line haiku, … Continue reading →

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Physics from the Edge

Posted on May 22, 2016 by Frank

★★★★★ Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk goodreads Michael Edward McCulloch’s blog It’s not often I pick up a non-fiction book and devour it cover to cover, but the writing here is accessible, and the theory and equations well explained and helped by illustrations. … Continue reading →

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An Aromantic Giveaway – I Like It Hard

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Frank

My new novelette, I Like It Hard, has an official release date (8th June), and the publisher Less Than Three Press is running a giveaway on goodreads. Here is the blurb: goodreadsPREORDER from LT3 After her brother Dan loses in … Continue reading →

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Why I Love Science Fiction Romance – Guest post by Aidee Ladnier

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Frank

By consensus, most readers agree that the modern genre of science fiction was created by Mary Shelley. She wrote her oeuvre Frankenstein about a scientist creating life in his lab… and the world changed. Writers became dreamers, looking to the … Continue reading →

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Limericks, Lemons and Limes

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Frank

There once was a poet who rhymed Words that actually didn’t His limericks sucked Cos the words that he plucked Out of thin air were planted in limes The lemon is sweet on the lips If tasted in tentative sips … Continue reading →

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Limericks and Lies

Posted on May 12, 2016 by Frank

A limerick written on paper Makes a merry and cute little caper But if read with a match On fire it will catch And the words will be lost in the vapour There once was a girl with no heart … Continue reading →

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An aromantic fairytale

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Frank

For the first time since that fateful night, Ella and the Prince stood face to face with no one to overhear or interrupt. He looked away, his cheeks red as if baked by the hot fury in her eyes. “I … Continue reading →

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