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Fear in a Box. Top Story - January 2025.
I recently had an experience which has made me thoughtful and reflective (and all of those introspective adjectives) and I wrote about it on here. I actually dressed it up as a story, which was a little naughty of me. The reason for doing it was two-fold: I wanted it to read like fiction rather than a first person account; and the distance of the third-person created a detachment to the events that I sort of felt at the time and sort of didn't.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Psyche
The King's Horse
I want to create a moment that will change everything. To date, I have been unsuccessful. I don't give up hope. I will never give up hope. It is the raw material around which the steel of my armour has been wrought. It is at the core of my resolve, it is the fabric of my purpose, my goal to gain a clearer voice for women, and I will not relinquish it.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in The Swamp
Roadside Recovery
She'd had a lovely day. It was not often that she did lunch anymore. There was something about eating out in the middle of the day that spoke of leisure and luxury. Having the time to do this was the territory of the privileged. This wasn't grabbing a pre-packaged sandwich, trapped behind a plastic window or a made-to-spec sub roll.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Wheel
A church, candlelight and Vivaldi
I've chosen a picture of the church as the opener to this story and I'm not sure that it needs any explanation. Such a splendid building, rearing up into the night; cool stone; majestic; an edifice that has stood and stood and stood but also a human place which has housed people to worship and pronounce their faith. This also makes it a place of music, the raised voices of the congregation along with the powerful pipes of the organ lifting their conjoined notes to the rafters! It will be filled with music again this night, although in a slightly different guise.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Motivation
Rachel Reviews: In the Company of Knaves by Anthony Wildman
It is not often that I start a book I am reviewing and am immediately engaged but In the Company of Knaves managed to capture my attention from the outset. It helped that I love Shakespeare and historical fiction, of course, but these things offer no surety that I will enjoy the book in front of me.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: Unlikely Stories by T.R. McCay
I wondered what I was going to get when I started reading T.R. McCay's Unlikely Stories. I was pleasantly surprised. What you have here is a storyteller who is comfortable with tackling different genres; who knows just what is needed word-wise for description to capture a reader's attention but doesn't overdo it; who creates realistic characters with convincing dialogue - all the solid attributes expected in a well-written fiction piece - but who is also confident enough to take you into slightly surreal and disturbing situations and landscapes, treading the tightrope where balance is needed between conveying believability whilst also providing you, the reader, with something unique and memorable.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in BookClub
Meat (in Love)
When I was a kid, I could see faces in the wallpaper. This was not, and is not, unique to me. In fact, I think that I have actually read my first sentence of this story in someone else's story. Does that make it plagiarism if it is my truth?
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Photography
