Bush Rescue

It's taken me 22 months to find a home for this story that I've always believed was worth telling. It's finally been accepted by an online magazine that agrees. I hope you do too. https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/bush-rescue

A Tiger’s Tale

This fantastical and hopefully funny tale of mine about the Tasmanian Tiger has just been published by UK Magazine, Cafe Lit. https://www.cafelitmagazine.uk/2022/08/a-tigers-tale-by-doug-jacquier-hair-of.html

Now I lay me down to sleep

https://spillwords.com/now-i-lay-me-down-to-sleep/

Grumblebum’s balls of fate

Took well over a year for this piece to find a home, so never give up on work you think is worth submitting. My latest published story. https://flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2022/04/14/grumblebums-balls-of-fate/

Damaged goods

This re-worked version of an earlier story has just been published on CafeLit. https://www.cafelitmagazine.uk/

Just published by Hash Journal

My story, 'The Delicious Electric Apocalypse', has just been published by Hash Journal. https://houseofhash.net/jacquier

Is there anybody out there?

Thomas (or ‘Tom’ to people who couldn’t care less what he liked to be called) looked at the image that had replaced the program he was watching on TV. It was an amorphous blob. Except for the eyes. He sat in his recliner for a while, expecting normal transmission to resume, consuming his pizza and …

Disappearing Act – Chapter 1 – Feedback please.

Dear Followers. I have started work on a novel and I would very much appreciate your feedback on Chapter 1. The idea I am wanting to explore is what happens when a man who has tried to isolate himself late in life starts to lose track of what is real and what is recalled and …

Raving and Wryting hits the interweb

Hi, all Looking for an allegedly funny last minute stocking filler? Check out my latest (actually first) book on Amazon. All the best and thank you for your support for my literary endeavors. Regards Doug

Mining the sky (for pleasure and profit)

Some of you will have seen the longer version of this tale on my blog but it seemed a good fit for this week's Six Sentence Challenge, with the prompt word of 'junk'. Harley had become stupendously rich and then got bored, and that’s when he hit on the idea of creating a new planet, …