Author: Matthew BrownPage 8 of 25
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.
Overnight, a tall tower of metal beams appeared on the outskirts of town. No one seems to know why it is there or who made it. Local birds…
It has been a long and hot summer. Autumn should have arrived with rain and falling leaves. Summer continues uninterrupted anyway. You know why. It turns out the…
We have all thought about killing a character. Most of us probably have killed a character. But how do you feel when you kill one of your characters?
You were the weakest and least athletic person on the ship. So you were surprised when you were the only one to survive the crash onto this undiscovered…
An alien ship packed filled with unknown technologies has crashed in the Arctic Ocean. Now the race is on to recover the craft and claim the technology.
The invention of time travel marked the end of the human race. That was the first thing you read after your trip; the Time Travel Device still warm…
The rain had been falling for days. A relentless hammering on the windows served to remind you that now was not the time to go outside. Sometimes the…
You have been assigned to The Potent Void VFP – one of the faster ships in the fleet. The problem is the ship AI has very strong opinions…
Despite your Master’s Degree in psychology, you ended up working in Advanced Computers because that was where the work was. This has left you uniquely qualified for a…
Blaze is hired by a beautiful jazz singer. She wants his help recovering a missing diamond pendant. She says that Franky Chayan took the gem but Chayan died…
Grand Elder Tashmin has ordered you to give a presentation to the Star Magus Council explaining why humans are not the ideal familiars they think they are. The…
It is a little know fact that Goblins live among us. They usually refrain from making contact with non-magical humans because our portrayal of goblins in fiction and…
You arrive home to discover your parents have finished off nine two-hundred-year-old bottles of wine. They were still reminiscing about the grape harvest that year when you went…
You have the ability to see who a person’s dream partner is. You don’t even need to see someone in person – a photograph or a good description…
The post-war apocalypse is boring. So you invented a time machine to go sightseeing in times where there were a lot more people and a lot less radiation….
Six months after the founding of the second Martian colony, it declared war on the first Martian colony. You have been sent to find out what they are…
Every few years your country identifies a prophecied Chosen One to sit on the imperial throne and lead the army in war. The first duty of a chosen…
Colin has finally rounded up a bunch of missing pixies only the client, the pay, and all evidence of a contract have vanished. Also, the landlord is due…
A two-foot-tall man is sitting on the end of your bed. He says that you are living in a simulated reality. He’s sorry but he can’t get you…
Colin Blaze was in Hyde Park looking for pixies when he is arrested on suspicion of possession of kittens. Stunned, Blaze goes with the police officers willing. Thus…
Try this writing challenge on for size. Write about your character witnessing a storm but use your description of the storm to reflect the character’s inner struggle.
Colin Blaze has been hired to locate seven missing pixies. He has also been hired to stop a man who can enter paintings and pictures like they were…