Stitches and Smoke – Part 6 of The Old Ones has been shortlisted for the latest round of NiTH’s To The Nines competition. From Stitches and Smoke Once upon a time there was a lady who made toys. She lived in the woods, and one day she found nine dead babies in the snow. You can …
I’m super excited to announce that Immortality Kills has won Needle In The Hay’s Eighth Wonder Award! There were lots of great stories shortlisted for this award and I am over the moon that they picked mine. From the announcement: Congratulations to Sophie L. Macdonald! Immortality Kills took the best aspects of the brief and presented them …
What disturbs me most is not the emptiness of Matthew’s room but the thin white envelope on his bed. One word is printed across it in thick red felt-tip pen, smudged by Matthew’s usual way of resting his hand on the ink as he writes. MURDERERS Dr Pleasance places a hand on my back, and …
“Mia, help!” Jenny screamed, kicking her legs so violently I thought she would send us both over the edge. I helped her back onto the rock. She pressed herself to the cliff, a smear of blood mixing with the dirt and tears on her face. “You’re safe,” I said. She looked at me, but didn’t …
Australian author Tobias Madden has written his own alternate sequel to The Pact, my story of love and loss. In my original two part story a woman faces up to the cost of keeping her promise to her husband. Part 1 is told from the woman’s perspective and Part 2 from the man’s. (Links below). Tobias …
We Keep Our Secrets – Part 5 of The Old Ones has been shortlisted for the latest round of NiTH’s To The Nines competition. From We Keep Our Secrets ….details the death of a husband and wife at a farm in Endwood—the town where we used to live. Workers described their horror at walking in to …
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My hand is shaking as I make Dr Pleasance’s coffee. She puts a hand gently on my arm. “Sit, please.” She nods her head towards my lounge. “I can do this.” I take a seat on the sofa, and try not to look at the fireplace. The morning sun is warm on the back of …
Blood on My Hands – Part 4 of The Old Ones has just been announced as the winner of NiTH’s To The Nines award! From the announcement Sophie Macdonald’s Old Ones serial also tends towards the disturbed, though which a much closer focus. A young boy, Matthew, is possessed by a malicious spirit known only as …
Blood on My Hands – Part 4 of The Old Ones has been shortlisted for the latest round of NiTH’s To The Nines competition. From Blood on My Hands Ninny is still warm. For a brief moment I think I feel a heartbeat twisting and squirming under my fingers, but then I realise it is my …
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Sam is working late. I’m curled in the armchair, glass of red wine in one hand, photo album on my lap, and Chopin’s Nocturne playing the soundtrack to the fat tears that are falling onto the faded cover of the album. I can’t hear the whispers tonight. I won’t hear them. When Sam is working …
