Leeron Heywood Writing

fantasy

A More Bombastic Paradigm

Of all the people to be locked in a workshop with…! “Stop trying to touch the bombs!!”

urban fantasy

Lurk Laugh Love In Style

The group’s torches panned around the dank space, the lonely beams glinting off the murky water pooling on the uneven stone floor and dripping down the walls. “My word…”

scifi

Chasing A Dream Door

This art came to me in a dream. At least, I hope it was a dream. Not - it wasn’t scary or anything. It would just be a bit too BIG if it were real...

horror

Seeing What Lingers Via Afterimages

It was a vital step in finding ghosts, but Alfred had never gotten used to staring directly at a bright light.

urban fantasy

Fortuitously Synchronised Treat Placement

Caroline vainly tried to ignore the fey spider dangling overhead - now the comparative size of a pony. She just had to get to the cookie jar. That was the deal.

horror

A Fascinating And Dangerous Psychological Case Study

Isaac knew it was projection making the brain look ominous; you couldn’t guess the contents of a mind from its appearance. That's why the NeuroLink Delver was necessary.

horror

A Bout Of Unprecedented Sleepwalking And Nothing More

“My life is a lie. And I’m winning.” That’s what the note said. And it certainly looks like my handwriting. I don’t understand…

urban fantasy

Bold As That Midnight Muse

I just put the alumnus stream on for something to listen to while dusting, I never expected to have THAT MOMENT flung in my face, much less like this…

urban fantasy

A Load-Bearing Poison Divinely Banished

Of all the old gods to bring about the end times, nobody would’ve bet on Hermes. Nor did they expect the curse he laid: “That’s it, no more lying.”

scifi

Eliminating Jammy Tells

CHUNK. The twice-carboniser disgorges the recarbonised slabs. My test begins.

urban fantasy

Librarian, Schoolteacher, And Oldest Fragile Friend

On the grandchildren’s previous visits Laura had completely ignored her grandma’s cherished doll collection. But this time…

scifi

Remember To Forget

“Now, you’ve read the information pack, yes?” I smile. I nod. I don’t scream at him.

fantasy

Lottie's First Crowning

Lottie’s never made it to the other side of the board before! Which means she has to put on a grown-up hat, and deal with a whole new set of Rules…

horror

The Owner Of The Simmons Toyshop

Stanley was pleased to be left Mr Simmons’s old toy shop. He had so many plans for the place…

fantasy

A Pair Of Cornered Scrags

When I saw the lean creature skulking about our root shed I assumed the worst; scrag raids have been ever more frequent and vicious.

realistic fiction

Floundering Over A Cafe Breakfast

“You look happier.” Jill’s words are careful. Her tone mild. It’s what she doesn’t say that stabs; “Wow, you really hated your mother, didn’t you?”

urban fantasy

The Doughthumper Goes Under New Ownership

It was fortunate vampires were hard to intimidate, for Gulthrug was taking the prospect of turning his orcish bakery into a tearoom as well as expected…

urban fantasy

Fresh And Juicy Country Fair Gossip

“Bessie!” Doris tilted her head back so she could beam from under her beribboned straw hat. “I thought you weren’t coming, this year.”

horror

Don't Feed The Well

“Money makes the world go wrong.” That’s what granddad always used to say. I didn’t understand until after he died…

urban fantasy

A Haunting Cohabitation

It’s a truly peaceful night; a light rain patters on my roof and everything, for once, is completely under control. Then the door to the basement rattles.

fairytale

The Youngest Son Of Bébinn

While Maryann had frequently wondered about her husband’s oddities, until that night she’d never imagined…

urban fantasy

Redivivus Writing Meets

Because you shouldn’t let a small fact like being dead stop you from chasing authorial dreams.

fantasy

A Suitably Harsh Group Review

Dust rose in two clouds along the southeast road, billowing from the angry mob waving farming tools while a smaller arrowhead cloud marked the two swindlers fleeing before them.

fantasy

The Storied History Of Boocord University

Boocord is an odd place, even by the standards of quaint little university towns. Why would anyone live HERE? Let me explain about the dragon…

fantasy

Earning Dreamwielder Marks

Tanya strode into the cave without hesitation, for mundane darkness was no barrier to a Dreamwielder. And, given the sulphurous tang, she suspected she was in the right place…