Just published by Hash Journal

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

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

Solitude has it’s own rewards

Keith turned his gas bottle on, lit the flame on his camp stove, poured a slurp of peanut oil into his wok and, after feeding a couple of pieces to Arfer his German Shepherd, added the diced meat he’d had marinating overnight. When it had browned, he added the sliced vegetables and gave the wok …

Shout

This piece was published on StereoStories . Marysville Hotel, Victoria. 1977 By the time I met the Australian rock legend Johnny O’Keefe in 1977, I was working as a roadie for a middle-of-the-road pub band. They played the classic hits that suburban and country audiences wanted to hear. Hardly rock and roll heaven but it was …

‘Currying Disflavour’ is a winner

This story won the Longer Flash Fiction section (up to 500 words) of the Andrew Siderius Memorial Writing Contest, run by Friday Flash Fiction in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Judges' comments included: 'We especially enjoyed Doug's descriptive language, such as "mustard-gassed appetite" and "the Hades of the wok." It isn't often that a reader laughs out …

Pigs Might Fly

This piece was published in an anthology of 90 pieces called 'The Tyranny of Bacon'  published by Truth Serum Press under their Pure Slush label.  I have obviously taken some liberties with the theme. There’s Bacon and there’s Bacon. In fact, a whole shedload of Bacons dot the British historical landscape. One of their claims to fame …