My story over at Pulp Metal (woo)

Oh yeah, for the record, I was quite surprised that this got published, as to an extent it was an experiment, a test piece if you like. I wasn't sure it was good enough but I sent it out to three or four places in pure speculation. I'm really glad it did though, as I spend bloody ages on it. (five re-writes in total, ha)

I got a bit of a telling off in the workshop for ending it where it where I did, people seemed to want it to carry on, and I tried several times to expand it but was never happy with the results. This is the only version that I have been happy with.

Congratulations on this -I read it and liked it very much -particularly the part about "Some of these flowers stink." Very nice, seeing how it's the truth and you don't hear it often. Anyway good story.

Nice job, I liked it.
Wished you would have dabbled a bit darker though.

Thank you very much for the comments,

@ Claudelives

Yeah, heh, a few people have commented on that line, seems my general dislike of floral odours is not as uncommon as I thought.

@ Illi

Hmm darker yet you say? Whilst I think that this one was hardly light hearted, I welcome the challenge. A couple of the stories I'm working on at the moment are pretty morally bankrupt, maybe at somepoint in the future I can suitably depress you

Hey Martin, Congrats on the publication! I thought this was something you wanted reviewed, my bad. I read it tonight!

Great Job!

Congratulations

Awesome man, congrats!

Congrats, mate. I've got a story over at Pulp Metal's slush pile at the moment. Would love to land a story there. They're putting out a lot of good, dark work, this included. Top shelf.

Cheers guys

@ Doc O'

Yeah I think Pulp Metal is right up a lot of people here's street. Best of luck with your story there.

Cheers. It's a story I workshopped here. It's a bit different now, tighter. But, I've had trouble placing it. It's definitely a bit strange and disjointed, but, to be fair, it's supposed to be. Just need to find an editor that vibing it. It's out at Pulp Metal, A Twist of Noir and Black Heart right now. Has been rejected by Islet, Shotgun Honey, Voiceworks, Bartleby Snopes and some others that I can't think of right now. If they don't take it, I'll definitely be sending them something else very soon. Keen to get published there.

A Twist of Noir and Black Heart

Two more for me to scope out there.

See there's another great thing about about this site, every week I am finding new places to check out.

And for the record, going on what I've seen, I'd say your stuff should fit pretty damn well with the vibe I get from Pulp Metal.

Yeah, I think so, too. But, this piece is weird. It's short (700 words). Non-linear. The narrator is about as unreliable as they get. It makes for a very vague, ambiguous narrative and I think part of the problem is working out what the fuck is going on, but I'm trying to stay true to the narrator's voice and leave a lot of it up to the reader to work out. And I'm standing by my decisions to do that. Anyway, we'll see.

Check out Shotgun Honey, too. They're a new online rag. Pulp. Crime. Noir. The caveat: has to be under 700 words. Definitely wanna get in them too. Theyre getting a fair bit of exposure, too. The Alley, a very cool crime blog keep linking their stories on their facebook and stuff.

I shall have a peek over there too for sure.

Sites like that get me through night shifts. Best time to read flash fiction, doesn't make me feel tired like reading a book does.