Author: Matthew BrownPage 1 of 27

Matthew is a writer, web dev, and geek from Kent (UK). He is the founder and current chair of Thanet Creative as well as head geek for Author Buzz. His ambitions include seeing a film or TV series based on something he wrote. Matt is also responsible for fixing stuff on AuthorBuzz.co.uk when it breaks.

That fateful dinner

They met at a restaurant neither one would have chosen. Both alone after the non-appearance of their respective dates, they got to talking.

The romance of two liars

Both of them were lifelong con artists. They met when they were both pulling similar fake romance scams on the same rich and obnoxious family. Neither expected to…

It was a perfectly ordinary day except all the cars in the world had vanished.

The romance author and the phone

Him He was a moderately successful romance author. If asked, he claimed to enjoy being single, but the truth was he wrote about romance because it was missing…

The phone with a time code

You needed a replacement phone but were short of money, so you visited a nearby pawnshop. They only had one in your price range. It was old, but…

Romance between immortals is tricky

The thing about being immortal is that you live long enough to see all things end; love is no different. It doesn’t stop your heart from hoping, though….

The spy and the author

Him He’s a romance author searching for ideas for his next novel. His idea of a fun evening is a cup of hot chocolate, under a blanket with…

Journaling prompt: The lie and the truth

Identify a lie you believe and the truth that must replace it. For example: “I’m an imposter” must be replaced with “My work is valid and I earned…

Queen of the world

The story of Eden told from Eve’s point of view as a high fantasy epic that is told over the 930 years of Eve’s life. Feel free to…

The humans were not intimidated

To: Admiral Zazizch;By: Encrypted Proxy 92a-256;Re: Your plan failedThe humans were not intimidated at all. Send reinforcements. Encounter log attached. (first blogged here)

Humans always wore encounter suits with mirrored visors, but on day two-hundred and six of the thirteenth-hundred cycle of Vark by the Baralian reckoning, Tharg learned exactly why. It all started when…

(first blogged here)

The sewer elves are causing trouble again

Your new house has a serious pixie infestation

Something just escaped from your computer game

You work as a process server. You must deliver subpoenas to everyone in this photo.

You work as an investigator. Your job is to find ghosts that do not want to be found.

You work as a process server. You must deliver an injunction to one specific cat. You have until midnight.

Everywherre you go, you see the same pair of eyes watching you

Your best friend just confessed that she’s not from Earth.

You work as a process server. You must deliver this summons to Death himself.

Next year you will invent time travel

So, it turns out your best friend is a shapeshifter.

They’re missing.

She fell in love with the man who had murdered her

The old man’s parrot

Ever the prankster, just before he died, the man trained his parrot to say phrases like, “help me, I’ve turned into a parrot” and “don’t tell anyone about…