http://hopcottfictionblog.hopcott.net News about Rob Hopcott's latest free online short stories, novels, novellas and other fiction Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:04:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The creative urge has been working overtime recently since I started writing flash fiction or micro-fiction. I'm aiming to put up a new story every day. Check out how I'm keeping up with this target at my free online flash fiction site. Comments are welcome :-) Bye for now Rob (Online author - fiction - news) http://hopcottfictionblog.hopcott.net/archives/17 Every year, I write a Christmas story for all my friends around the world. It's my way of celebrating Xmas and it's easier than sending out Christmas cards. The Rob Hopcott Christmas Story for 2007 is called 'The Ultimate Christmas Kiss Confession'. It started off being a flash fiction or very short ... http://hopcottfictionblog.hopcott.net/archives/14 Hanging out on a rocky ledge is fun unless you are terrified of heights discovers Amanda. But she soon feels less scared when she is joined by her friend and lover David. Read about how Amanda goes abseiling for the first and, possibly, the last time and gets more from the experience ... http://hopcottfictionblog.hopcott.net/archives/13 The Unwilling Vampire by Rob Hopcott is about Jennifer, a fresh faced young cub reporter, who is sent on her first assignment by the frosty faced editor of a small sleepy rural town journal to report on local folk lore that there are vampires in the woods. It's make or break ... http://hopcottfictionblog.hopcott.net/archives/12 Animated friends is a short story about a brief encounter of the animated kind. This story has a story behind it. As the number of sites I have grows, it seems I have less and less time to do writing. All my time seems to be spent looking after technical issues ... http://hopcottfictionblog.hopcott.net/archives/11 Joining up the world wide web by human hand (as opposed to leaving it all to the electronic driven search engines) is always a worthwhile activity and I reckon I haven't done enough of it recently so my new years resolution is to create as many links as I can ... http://hopcottfictionblog.hopcott.net/archives/10 For a while I've been battling with the concept of podcasting and I now think I've got it cracked :-) I hope you enjoy listening to my first podcast short story Three Christmas Lovers By for now Rob http://hopcottfictionblog.hopcott.net/archives/9 Every Christmas, I write a special short story for all my friends around the world which is much more fun than just sending Christmas cards. My 2006 Christmas short story is called 'Three Christmas Lovers'. Three men woo one lady. Who will win her true love? I hope you enjoy reading 'Three Christmas ... http://hopcottfictionblog.hopcott.net/archives/8 Painting pictures of the mind is a creative short story by Rob Hopcott which examines living paintings and the stories they contain that bring art to life for viewers and artists. The reader is drawn into a web of stories through a series of interconnected characters that present reality from different ... http://hopcottfictionblog.hopcott.net/archives/7 Lost Souls and Tickled Trout - a fishing and halloween short story from Rob Hopcott’s fishing short stories Halloween is nearly upon us and people's thoughts will be turning to things strange and unexplained. Here is my contribution to the world of strange, wierd, ghostly and unexpected. I hope you like ... http://hopcottfictionblog.hopcott.net/archives/6