tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57281222533204079732024-03-14T07:45:36.056-07:00Stroud Short StoriesStroud Short Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07942625561889171286noreply@blogger.comBlogger152125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728122253320407973.post-2840438853334121812024-03-01T03:50:00.000-08:002024-03-10T11:00:33.992-07:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span>We are open for submissions for our 12 May event </span>'Something Better Change' on the theme of <i>change</i>. Here are the Important Dates for the Selection Process</span></h1><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcaUfC-Uc589z33tq29LaKHE4zyz2LT9gKUhq5UDucXTVoUO0pMdzW1ifiokhF6wogyiNzeOK6nm4jphnZUWzmIxdeYEmQ-eFrYalhgL7uQMRArg7QcoDYpo2Z50KWXrfreSAxtfJqmO5MlqroiDvBFbLJErI_nOdXbbxoHDswmrrAEpFLM9oRXO0rb7ug/s1754/SSS_No27_Event_100124_210%20x%20297_B.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1754" data-original-width="1240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcaUfC-Uc589z33tq29LaKHE4zyz2LT9gKUhq5UDucXTVoUO0pMdzW1ifiokhF6wogyiNzeOK6nm4jphnZUWzmIxdeYEmQ-eFrYalhgL7uQMRArg7QcoDYpo2Z50KWXrfreSAxtfJqmO5MlqroiDvBFbLJErI_nOdXbbxoHDswmrrAEpFLM9oRXO0rb7ug/s320/SSS_No27_Event_100124_210%20x%20297_B.jpg" width="226" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The theme for the 27th SSS event is change/changes/changing. <b>We close for submissions on Sunday 24 March at 23.59 (one minute to midnight). </b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Here are the selection process dates -</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Sunday 24 March - We close for submissions at 23.59 (one minute to midnight)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Thursday 28 March - *The Long List is announced</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Sunday 7 April - *The Short List is announced</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Wed 10 April - The Final Ten stories to be read at the event are announced - with authors' names</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Friday 12 April - Tickets, priced at ยฃ12, go on sale from the <a href="https://www.cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk/whats-on" target="_blank">Cotswold Playhouse website</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Sunday 12 May - 'Something Better Change' event at the Cotswold Playhouse at 7.30 (doors 7.00)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>* The S/L and L/L are announced only to those writers who have submitted stories for this event, and only by title to retain author anonymity</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The event will not be recorded.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Tips for writing for SSS <a href="https://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/tips-there-are-no-rules-for-writing.html" target="_blank">here</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rules and How to Submit </span><a href="https://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/rules.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">h</span></a></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/rules.html" target="_blank">ere</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Please see the earlier post (below) for more information about the theme, the judges, etc</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">John</span></p>Stroud Short Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533882505063112212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728122253320407973.post-31259856316923026662023-11-27T05:48:00.000-08:002024-02-25T13:05:42.605-08:00<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">We are open for submissions for our 12 May 2024 event on the theme of Change/Changes/Changing</span></h2><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Our 27th event is on Sunday 12 May 2024 and is on the theme of Change, Changes or Changing.</b> </span><b style="font-family: arial;">Submissions are OPEN. We close on Sunday 24 March at 23.59.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjurAgJ3j9qmEwow3cl2SAPEs7l_u1Vs3vbZhnTBQ12ruUc1pjs5DmozHnsMN8tRovC8q7maV1YWhxoFtGpJSSQa7TThOp0F8ExtSj2nM0k5KKtO-v0UK3p0xhhssu9UF-EBcNuU6iYLperEt7Z6x37j-BQGJTAJybmEM99-xqOQgRN6CIOaBslSBms_uM7/s1754/SSS_No27_Invite_210%20x%20297_C.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1754" data-original-width="1240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjurAgJ3j9qmEwow3cl2SAPEs7l_u1Vs3vbZhnTBQ12ruUc1pjs5DmozHnsMN8tRovC8q7maV1YWhxoFtGpJSSQa7TThOp0F8ExtSj2nM0k5KKtO-v0UK3p0xhhssu9UF-EBcNuU6iYLperEt7Z6x37j-BQGJTAJybmEM99-xqOQgRN6CIOaBslSBms_uM7/s320/SSS_No27_Invite_210%20x%20297_C.jpg" width="226" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Writers, please view the <i>change</i> theme as widely as you like - everything from climate change and changes in society to changes of season, lives, mood, </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">mind, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">direction, opinion, heart, habits, behaviour, plan, sides, gear, appearance, clothes, home, rooms, courses, schools, nappies, circumstances, state, name, law, train, flight, diet, hairstyle, tastes, styles, roles, partner, places, spots, the guard, physical, mental or emotional changes. You name it! You can decide.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Stating the obvious, it must be a short story.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ten stories will be selected from those submitted and the authors will read their work to a packed audience of around 150 people. The event will be held at the </span><a href="https://www.cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk/whats-on" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Cotswold Playhouse</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> in Parliament Street, Stroud on Sunday 12 May 2024 at 7.30pm (doors 7.00).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/rules.html" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">The rules and how to submit are here</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. As always, it will be free to submit and we will accept both unpublished and previously published stories.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I will be co-judging with the brilliant short story author and novelist Ali Bacon this time. <a href="https://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/judges-2015.html" target="_blank">Here are our judges</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It's important to check out <a href="https://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/tips-there-are-no-rules-for-writing.html" target="_blank">my tips for writing for SSS which are here.</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Under our legendary Rule 11 (now 12!) the authors who read at the November 2023 event are unable to submit to this event.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Ali and I are very much looking forward to reading your brilliant stories.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">John</span></p>Stroud Short Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533882505063112212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728122253320407973.post-5458424839796823032023-11-26T06:10:00.000-08:002023-11-26T06:31:43.567-08:00<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">What they said about 'Love is Strange' our Nov 2023 event - Audience quotes.</span></h2><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"A variety of stories from excellent writers and readers and with top class organisation."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"What a fantastic evening."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"I thought it was an absolute triumph and enjoyed all the stories immensely."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"Some wonderful stories - from the beautiful to the sad and uplifting. An inspiration."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"Great evening. One of the best I have attended."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"It's been a great evening with great stories and a great atmosphere, and I loved John Holland's humourous introductions. A big thank you to all who organised it."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"Wonderful variety of thought-provoking stories, brilliantly read and some, quite frankly, hilarious."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"Great night. I really enjoyed it."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Stroud Short Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533882505063112212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728122253320407973.post-24397452950080445652023-11-07T03:27:00.004-08:002023-11-08T08:38:21.471-08:00<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqO7V5TzcUB4f3FUxsx0Z4UX_xtM_aEUli5VXLsculg7r-5H4D_S5JeoqDhUW97ja-CJCYJizwgJiSCrwCNMQVLWV8qnyKCNGDOqOhq7o4oyUDdtn1Pi2-waFWeEUy1n6boEWnl17r3m3-D-fZOz-g6K8SFOxCczgr2vG4n5Z6VSY7zAlJBjTGNKz6Ln1/s1754/SSS_No26_Event_A4_C.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1754" data-original-width="1240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqO7V5TzcUB4f3FUxsx0Z4UX_xtM_aEUli5VXLsculg7r-5H4D_S5JeoqDhUW97ja-CJCYJizwgJiSCrwCNMQVLWV8qnyKCNGDOqOhq7o4oyUDdtn1Pi2-waFWeEUy1n6boEWnl17r3m3-D-fZOz-g6K8SFOxCczgr2vG4n5Z6VSY7zAlJBjTGNKz6Ln1/s320/SSS_No26_Event_A4_C.jpg" width="226" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Thank you to everyone who attended our event 'Love is Strange' which was our 26th event and also part of the <a href="https://stroudbookfestival.org.uk/events-2023/" target="_blank">Stroud Book Festival</a>. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">There was a sell-out audience of 150 firework refuseniks at the Cotswold Playhouse on 5 November. And what a warm and responsive audience it was!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Happily, SSS accepts previously published stories so here's a link to our final story of the evening <b><i>Obituaries</i> by Rebecca Klassen </b>published by <i>Well Read</i> online mag in April this year. A brilliant 947 words -<a href="https://issuu.com/wellreadmagazine/docs/april_2023_magazine_final/s/22827354">https://issuu.com/wellreadmagazine/docs/april_2023_magazine_final/s/22827354</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Below are images of the ten authors who read their wonderful stories. They are in the order in which they read.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Grateful thanks to <a href="https://angelafitchphotography.co.uk/" target="_blank">Angela Fitch</a> for the images.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2qdUyKBCSkz2a1I-NCFcSx8buqt3e7U0I41Rte3khtC35Qz0VrVqEzjUH0DfIus_xakvT6dorR2zPpkk_84WzK1JkFHnqz_lx4dTOF4cgTMA_M37XRZ-ifyiQhclQihrH8vDnxg7OWKFbO5RxDZJMl0V6tbpssqgWUUEuSqcCp_xQhsKXngG_wHTgRzmY/s4801/SSS%20Autumn%2023-02.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4801" data-original-width="4801" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2qdUyKBCSkz2a1I-NCFcSx8buqt3e7U0I41Rte3khtC35Qz0VrVqEzjUH0DfIus_xakvT6dorR2zPpkk_84WzK1JkFHnqz_lx4dTOF4cgTMA_M37XRZ-ifyiQhclQihrH8vDnxg7OWKFbO5RxDZJMl0V6tbpssqgWUUEuSqcCp_xQhsKXngG_wHTgRzmY/s320/SSS%20Autumn%2023-02.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Georgia Boon who read 'For Darkness is as Light to You'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAxRIy1MB79waLG2T_lPQolGwL_jJ2OqnT_yz-8vCXovRrrV25u0GH9uIld8NWJI1iMRxctT1vxcSw7qGCCcP1vWbuKuEVOCccHSIEBlVEHg6nrG_IkGfbnDGqzjfIdQsBkijF8PrYo_NTQxu9yTIaH3Y7RcrHU9wzITxuG_Prr5ECRzWS7HUKSt-sqAMf/s4972/SSS%20Autumn%2023-04.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4972" data-original-width="4972" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAxRIy1MB79waLG2T_lPQolGwL_jJ2OqnT_yz-8vCXovRrrV25u0GH9uIld8NWJI1iMRxctT1vxcSw7qGCCcP1vWbuKuEVOCccHSIEBlVEHg6nrG_IkGfbnDGqzjfIdQsBkijF8PrYo_NTQxu9yTIaH3Y7RcrHU9wzITxuG_Prr5ECRzWS7HUKSt-sqAMf/s320/SSS%20Autumn%2023-04.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">James Sinkinson who read 'A Second Shot'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBvUBK5Orur2OBF6OPMLMCTmMptQndQRpwe5v1MJ7whF87-w398VZAriqKXmYcaHv71n5M6q-Oj3weWmH2nXCyIXunInotOz8j31Pu9Y9JBJYuWY4o9qRRjJcmHtArxrIuI8J7epVpGyUgktzcHlUe9UNPlROqsJtHb04XlzIxSh3dfCEhI3nVcIez5Sfq/s3037/SSS%20Autumn%2023-10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3037" data-original-width="3037" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBvUBK5Orur2OBF6OPMLMCTmMptQndQRpwe5v1MJ7whF87-w398VZAriqKXmYcaHv71n5M6q-Oj3weWmH2nXCyIXunInotOz8j31Pu9Y9JBJYuWY4o9qRRjJcmHtArxrIuI8J7epVpGyUgktzcHlUe9UNPlROqsJtHb04XlzIxSh3dfCEhI3nVcIez5Sfq/s320/SSS%20Autumn%2023-10.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Alfie Fox who read 'Date Night'</span><br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_yzGz00ueLJIGBzdqlGnlrQieLVGPtedGJ9PIhbRYdylVribz8dyxeivAjdTz4q-V85Imzan5rCjjVdAZH8RvjjeZLkIKB6-Z2I3Yc_FMHrN1zbNfknFnaOI5deO9VpvkH5WnEApZ3D0RDhwhzZK2WWuxG4JM3ztiXRDOTXnI2V0Zrw2lWtn3ncwmJ5r/s5417/SSS%20Autumn%2023-08.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5417" data-original-width="5417" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_yzGz00ueLJIGBzdqlGnlrQieLVGPtedGJ9PIhbRYdylVribz8dyxeivAjdTz4q-V85Imzan5rCjjVdAZH8RvjjeZLkIKB6-Z2I3Yc_FMHrN1zbNfknFnaOI5deO9VpvkH5WnEApZ3D0RDhwhzZK2WWuxG4JM3ztiXRDOTXnI2V0Zrw2lWtn3ncwmJ5r/s320/SSS%20Autumn%2023-08.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Gillian Metheringham</span> <span style="font-family: arial;">who read 'Your own Pre-Meditated Pelt'</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhW7jQMdJ7jW94sfEYrNiUPoRj1eV9jF_WvDlThkcc0QHgGYEGu2id720cxcA3nnOw6AO7ekUr5E7ZIxFMQh3Wo61ot0Zi7awheFgYnPwi4EJZEH4lvYhHoylSYVXvnm3o66MMJSdWS7Y6-4xtqpXcN8TSMyeDH9tRRy9PQWCsdVmY1MgTnDYxonP8mwl-/s5025/SSS%20Autumn%2023-09.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5025" data-original-width="5025" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhW7jQMdJ7jW94sfEYrNiUPoRj1eV9jF_WvDlThkcc0QHgGYEGu2id720cxcA3nnOw6AO7ekUr5E7ZIxFMQh3Wo61ot0Zi7awheFgYnPwi4EJZEH4lvYhHoylSYVXvnm3o66MMJSdWS7Y6-4xtqpXcN8TSMyeDH9tRRy9PQWCsdVmY1MgTnDYxonP8mwl-/s320/SSS%20Autumn%2023-09.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Mark Rutterford who read 'She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGeTKyLOJCf7cKThp-5ykWqzSw_iJoh_HRTePxPrOAaIhd3sbpN1KM13YvnkcyObD5aoApRVuU8-2an1m6ZtMdkssMubhnNIg58enCsq7TUhfLJWLPrHuvn7xGpxlT_-puMEInpVk4U5oe3IH3AJkhGBg2T_kRY_5VDetleZZdxyY3MYJZwMhAsTwIbibH/s4901/SSS%20Autumn%2023-05.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4901" data-original-width="4901" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGeTKyLOJCf7cKThp-5ykWqzSw_iJoh_HRTePxPrOAaIhd3sbpN1KM13YvnkcyObD5aoApRVuU8-2an1m6ZtMdkssMubhnNIg58enCsq7TUhfLJWLPrHuvn7xGpxlT_-puMEInpVk4U5oe3IH3AJkhGBg2T_kRY_5VDetleZZdxyY3MYJZwMhAsTwIbibH/s320/SSS%20Autumn%2023-05.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Sean W. Quigley who read 'The Dreaming'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl6n9Zrl3JZYRo4XTfv2qP6foZXDdl0zYX_qSS5oQNMNNWQTCaVmhGw-zBH2Fq8NZlQRUZ5Ek4hF30CrYD7Ol1xGscGgFrcd_PKOQvRxGbc060TTjHls7HvSC3RduoJfXdy1xCJHb54lKQMV1hhs98LOcmn_D-N_hMnKzwT8S-EJsaDMQx1LFnd6eTVUDw/s5033/SSS%20Autumn%2023-06.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5033" data-original-width="5033" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl6n9Zrl3JZYRo4XTfv2qP6foZXDdl0zYX_qSS5oQNMNNWQTCaVmhGw-zBH2Fq8NZlQRUZ5Ek4hF30CrYD7Ol1xGscGgFrcd_PKOQvRxGbc060TTjHls7HvSC3RduoJfXdy1xCJHb54lKQMV1hhs98LOcmn_D-N_hMnKzwT8S-EJsaDMQx1LFnd6eTVUDw/s320/SSS%20Autumn%2023-06.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Steve Wheeler who read 'The Composer's Tall Trees'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtgcaNry7jeVyBcJghhq2VtxuGV0TCaR8Y33IKRCl7Jam1yA0MGJamNp7xJ6MK0yaViDzhsdEvoYisKYvH5NpVYtQlBJxqMzGy-xSSF_8Dxsn0bzAxt56sxV7GbeYA5CixCzxdgwOajAaQ040D3VDX8e_G_StbyRrSPqsgSCuqI_kFP5CDPtCcCR6JcIm2/s4522/SSS%20Autumn%2023-03.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4522" data-original-width="4522" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtgcaNry7jeVyBcJghhq2VtxuGV0TCaR8Y33IKRCl7Jam1yA0MGJamNp7xJ6MK0yaViDzhsdEvoYisKYvH5NpVYtQlBJxqMzGy-xSSF_8Dxsn0bzAxt56sxV7GbeYA5CixCzxdgwOajAaQ040D3VDX8e_G_StbyRrSPqsgSCuqI_kFP5CDPtCcCR6JcIm2/s320/SSS%20Autumn%2023-03.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Keith Errington who read 'Prey for Love'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm0him-pzNKFZK1TKvJ1lCt35d8v4_eUrJI0iRwYAQwn_pvH0kf0ytNVjNl-onZm5MzDK0QAbteGlG6HoAvdDBnoLswE_ImukmljbXia6GM_2hp9vcanFF0j3H278RT-98zgJqVmf-cBTFfQ0GBGlqRGDEKnwaSJXAk6zLEuCjfYO-Nez7CtfUhijDfYVO/s4267/SSS%20Autumn%2023-07.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4267" data-original-width="4267" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm0him-pzNKFZK1TKvJ1lCt35d8v4_eUrJI0iRwYAQwn_pvH0kf0ytNVjNl-onZm5MzDK0QAbteGlG6HoAvdDBnoLswE_ImukmljbXia6GM_2hp9vcanFF0j3H278RT-98zgJqVmf-cBTFfQ0GBGlqRGDEKnwaSJXAk6zLEuCjfYO-Nez7CtfUhijDfYVO/s320/SSS%20Autumn%2023-07.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Sallie Anderson who read 'At the Nail Bar'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPfXi-njOpOZUy7nZ-UXZnPF2ZkJnYtYoaL3lXtrmtFJY_vLoq7c3gpwRdmN7jfSz_wUmuEcwk29f0rqs5s31NoNaEvwMj8DHxrMACdeqAY7lvECPCYUhoSbYkRb8JR5nvs5tY51c18OzzIgz-VD4DybuEYZaHI2GnfBxV3iZMhyphenhypheno2THbeP9V-jhbQmEw9/s4794/SSS%20Autumn%2023-01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4794" data-original-width="4794" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPfXi-njOpOZUy7nZ-UXZnPF2ZkJnYtYoaL3lXtrmtFJY_vLoq7c3gpwRdmN7jfSz_wUmuEcwk29f0rqs5s31NoNaEvwMj8DHxrMACdeqAY7lvECPCYUhoSbYkRb8JR5nvs5tY51c18OzzIgz-VD4DybuEYZaHI2GnfBxV3iZMhyphenhypheno2THbeP9V-jhbQmEw9/s320/SSS%20Autumn%2023-01.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Rebecca Klassen who read '<a href="https://issuu.com/wellreadmagazine/docs/april_2023_magazine_final/s/22827354" target="_blank">Obituaries</a>'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p>Stroud Short Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533882505063112212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728122253320407973.post-70078037728375666822023-10-11T02:43:00.012-07:002023-10-25T06:36:28.801-07:00<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>'Love is Strange' on 5 November 2023 is now SOLD OUT + the Ten Stories and their Authors</span></h2><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVxQG-ncbNLxDB8sNULP99-I9X5XqLvz38cGadF9ntG-yQpZcieaYnE1OOz-nMj4MDPIJZNT463g4irX0TREb6IbzZeOglZsy318iMdbvZdZMizMINEjGXn8ng3cKfhlNfNhhu2HvrmHF3lQatVYdxIlPGr8nvsLPID2jEwgxZ9ElMSpD3cWK8ShD5_eWn/s338/image0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVxQG-ncbNLxDB8sNULP99-I9X5XqLvz38cGadF9ntG-yQpZcieaYnE1OOz-nMj4MDPIJZNT463g4irX0TREb6IbzZeOglZsy318iMdbvZdZMizMINEjGXn8ng3cKfhlNfNhhu2HvrmHF3lQatVYdxIlPGr8nvsLPID2jEwgxZ9ElMSpD3cWK8ShD5_eWn/s320/image0.jpeg" width="299" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">On sale for just a week and a half, all tickets for 'Love is Strange' have now SOLD OUT so our ten authors will read to an audience of 150 people. 17 of our last 18 events sold out in advance. Thank you to everyone who has bought tickets.</span><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The event takes place at the Cotswold Playhouse, Parliament Street, Stroud, GL5 1LW on Sunday 5 November at 7.30 (doors 7.00). There is a bar.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">'Love is Strange' is the opening event of the <a href="https://stroudbookfestival.org.uk/events-2023/" target="_blank">Stroud Book Festival</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">These brilliant stories will be read by their authors -</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">At the Nail Bar - Sallie Anderson (Cheltenham)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Composer's Tall Trees - Steve Wheeler (Tewkesbury)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Date Night - Alfie Fox (Stroud)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Dreaming - Sean W. Quigley (Gloucester)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">For Darkness is as Light to You - Georgia Boon (Stroud)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Obituaries - Rebecca Klassen (Gloucester)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Prey for Love - Keith Errington (Stroud)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A Second Shot - James Sinkinson (Kingswood, Wotton-under-Edge)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not - Mark Rutterford (Filton, S.Gloucs)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Your Own Pre-Meditated Pelt - Gillian Metheringham (Stroud)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We particularly welcome our newcomers, Alfie and Keith, who will be the 128th and 129th writers to read at SSS. We also welcome back James after an 8 year break.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The event will have an amazing range of stories - from the beautiful, poignant and sad to the witty and hilarious and, in one case, the terrifying. Don't miss it!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">John </span></span></p>Stroud Short Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533882505063112212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728122253320407973.post-76181720035972420202023-10-02T00:55:00.012-07:002023-10-02T08:40:35.701-07:00<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>We are now closed for submissions for the 5 November event 'Love is Strange'. HUGE t</b></span><b style="font-family: arial;">hanks to everyone who submitted their stories.</b></span><b style="font-family: arial;"> </b></span></h2><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkTEGokzUksUTSeJpLDBwyr44xsC-amRO78GodH_k6xBGcRsd8r0d6tvVe6Y_uYMM8hjwqd6nmaxvNgOsLXjlbhRUL9wzTvtyCmHyBbUd3ezprKAGc5mv1hISi5ANEEMhUEnFjkZfiG6aQOGmG1lE-2o1f3zIUijBzgPku8wr1iOVI9DukF0c5yceKIxP/s1754/SSS_No26_Event_A4_C.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1754" data-original-width="1240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkTEGokzUksUTSeJpLDBwyr44xsC-amRO78GodH_k6xBGcRsd8r0d6tvVe6Y_uYMM8hjwqd6nmaxvNgOsLXjlbhRUL9wzTvtyCmHyBbUd3ezprKAGc5mv1hISi5ANEEMhUEnFjkZfiG6aQOGmG1lE-2o1f3zIUijBzgPku8wr1iOVI9DukF0c5yceKIxP/s320/SSS_No26_Event_A4_C.jpg" width="226" /></a></div>We received a total of 106 stories, some 22 more than for our last event. These were the work of 79 local writers.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">My co-judge Debbie Young and I will announce the ten winners who will read their stories at the 5 November 'Love is Strange' event on <b>Wednesday 11 October. </b>Please check out this website.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>TICKETS</b>, priced at ยฃ10, are available from the <a href="https://www.cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk/whats-on" target="_blank">Cotswold Playhouse website</a> on Friday 13 October.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The event takes place at the Cotswold Playhouse in Parliament Street, Stroud on Sunday 5 November at 7.30pm (doors 7.00). This is the opening event of the <a href="https://stroudbookfestival.org.uk/events-2023/" target="_blank">Stroud Book Festival</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This event will not be recorded.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">John</span></p>Stroud Short Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533882505063112212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728122253320407973.post-35162677793191464052023-08-31T02:35:00.012-07:002023-09-09T12:45:26.344-07:00<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">We are currently open for your stories for our 5 November event 'Love is Strange'. Submissions close on Sunday 1 October at 23.59 (one minute to midnight). </span></h2><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixz8OEK4vguIDs1xJt3KqYIf9yGNS4smumNUFywzPkq1h93T_0QPh2nnNB7JncG1G9PMyJmh-5jnmMuXze5jepA4X6m56SF4jrg7f1q65bN1jff6T_oVWvsGyAj-QdZ6aasmIkUZZqjM-XGteSdB7gOkkPvB9xvNH7VHY_OzdDc2KdPg-_Z7X0cFGKv0IM/s1754/SSS_No26_Event_A4_C.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1754" data-original-width="1240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixz8OEK4vguIDs1xJt3KqYIf9yGNS4smumNUFywzPkq1h93T_0QPh2nnNB7JncG1G9PMyJmh-5jnmMuXze5jepA4X6m56SF4jrg7f1q65bN1jff6T_oVWvsGyAj-QdZ6aasmIkUZZqjM-XGteSdB7gOkkPvB9xvNH7VHY_OzdDc2KdPg-_Z7X0cFGKv0IM/s320/SSS_No26_Event_A4_C.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Love Stories and Stories about Obsessions are t</span><span style="font-family: arial;">he joint themes.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Here is the timetable -</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">1 October at 23.59 - Submissions close</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">4 October - *Long List announced</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">8 October - *Short List announced</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">11 October - Final Ten announced</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">13 October - Tickets, priced at ยฃ10, go on sale on the <a href="https://www.cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk/whats-on" target="_blank">Cotswold Playhouse website</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">5 November at 7.30 (doors 7.00) - 'Love is Strange' event at the Cotswold Playhouse</span></p><p><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">* The L/L and S/L </span><span style="font-family: arial;">are only announced to the writers who have submitted for this event, and </span><span style="font-family: arial;">are only by title to maintain author anonymity </span></span></i></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The event is part of the <a href="https://stroudbookfestival.org.uk/" target="_blank">2023 Stroud Book Festival</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This event will <b>not</b> be recorded.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Rules and How to Submit <a href="http://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/rules.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Essential Read -</b> Writing Tips: What we're Looking for <a href="http://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/tips-there-are-no-rules-for-writing.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Please see the earlier post (below) for more information about the themes, submitting, the rules, judges and writing tips...</i></span></p>Stroud Short Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533882505063112212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728122253320407973.post-50376237910549765372023-06-03T05:31:00.014-07:002023-09-09T12:46:32.775-07:00<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>We are now open for your submissions for our next event 'Love is Strange' which will take place on Sunday 5 November 2023 at the Cotswold Playhouse</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Love Stories or Stories about Obsessions</i><b> are the joint themes</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Submissions close on Sunday 1 October at 23.59</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUxfPtrAlF4FVCHpva8ZxPy6HzyBa19SlBcvXRx-Jt-fV13BAPpvQBIU9GDaQn_9NPO2WPZnGH05LGqfcaFX95f4VrCydIhmvtZNHtKE2VOWJLHL3rmxSylpG18uOGfQX5AxA2WqmTHdU_NZb9XZGtI7fQZ69ccEaYzdWVCmuMhzTDuXeVHrLUHd1V3g/s1754/SSS_No26_Event_A4_C.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1754" data-original-width="1240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUxfPtrAlF4FVCHpva8ZxPy6HzyBa19SlBcvXRx-Jt-fV13BAPpvQBIU9GDaQn_9NPO2WPZnGH05LGqfcaFX95f4VrCydIhmvtZNHtKE2VOWJLHL3rmxSylpG18uOGfQX5AxA2WqmTHdU_NZb9XZGtI7fQZ69ccEaYzdWVCmuMhzTDuXeVHrLUHd1V3g/s320/SSS_No26_Event_A4_C.jpg" width="226" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We select ten stories to be read by their authors. Any (every?) Gloucestershire writer may submit. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">As ever, it will be free to submit two short stories up to 1,500 words each. We accept both published and</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> unpublished work. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Submissions are judged 'blind' to ensure that the judges don't know the identity of the authors during the selection process. </span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We are looking for all kinds of stories about love - romantic, silly, dark, ironic, quirky etc. Not just the love of people (although we do want these) but love of anything! So we welcome stories about obsessions too.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">The title of the event is our little homage to the fabulous song <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DbyAdxp4DQ" target="_blank">'Love is Strange'</a> by the r&b duo Mickey and Sylvia.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This will be our first evening of love stories since 2017! </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Read to a packed house at Stroud's 150-seat </span><a href="https://www.cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk/" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Cotswold Playhouse</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. The event is also part of the <a href="https://stroudbookfestival.org.uk/" target="_blank">2023 Stroud Book Festival</a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>My co-judge</b> this time will be the icon that is </span><a href="http://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/judges-2015.html" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Debbie Young</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>The Rules & How to Submit</b> are <a href="http://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/rules.html" target="_blank">here</a>. (We also have a new rule this time - no AI-generated stories please).</span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Also, it's really important to check out <b>my tips for writing</b> for SSS <a href="http://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/tips-there-are-no-rules-for-writing.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Subscribe</b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> now </b>so you are kept</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> up to date with all the latest info about submissions and about ticket sales. Subscribe </span><a href="http://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/contact.html" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></i></span></p><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The event takes place at the Cotswold Playhouse in Stroud at 7.30 (doors 7.00) on Sunday 5 November. </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Tickets</b>, priced at ยฃ10, go on sale on Friday 13 October from the </span><a href="https://www.cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk/whats-on" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Playhouse website</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Stroud Short Stories Volume Three 2018-2022 Short Listed for the prestigious Best Anthology Award in the 2023 Saboteur Awards</span></h1><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOg50cgfjV6QDfKIMLuybzOjbgrOLDgd9JtIQvu2l48i7o6w91gX-4nKELN5-nfTVH6gZ3kvJXtqbqGe1txs8gL4fi83CvUlxGV7x9PcAgFYFMHY9PjIINoqa8IuqNXl-ZaDx78GnHiM_XHUOBNjnaO2UKcqLGtVHF1XPr1bcC2SOLh9-9N93vEdNGXA/s2560/Saboteur-Awards-2023-scaled.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="2560" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOg50cgfjV6QDfKIMLuybzOjbgrOLDgd9JtIQvu2l48i7o6w91gX-4nKELN5-nfTVH6gZ3kvJXtqbqGe1txs8gL4fi83CvUlxGV7x9PcAgFYFMHY9PjIINoqa8IuqNXl-ZaDx78GnHiM_XHUOBNjnaO2UKcqLGtVHF1XPr1bcC2SOLh9-9N93vEdNGXA/s320/Saboteur-Awards-2023-scaled.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Our latest anthology was one of just five anthologies Short Listed for the prestigious 2023 Saboteur Award for Best Anthology in the UK published in 2002-23.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">SSS Vol 3 was the only anthology of <b>SHORT STORIES</b> in the country to be short listed. The four other nominees were poetry and flash fiction anthologies.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">John</span></div>Stroud Short Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533882505063112212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728122253320407973.post-6400823185139789622022-11-03T06:36:00.013-07:002023-01-05T01:52:18.212-08:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Our New Anthology Vol Three 2018-22 + Videos of our seven Greatest Hits stories at Cheltenham Literature Festival</span></h1><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJf7mMi3E1vAM7xv-K8rVMJ7dhMdKEPCvaIwqQwLym--4MdVGuVDKeAlZtOGs3it46NAN3l2ioQ_QnjR-nvh0T8cqoD9p4NqfKasP_vOBLbxG7VepSZ113Isr2Nefg-qLGYyu2nwLHibNV3k_m17jb9Z1dX-JV-k2T45ICkN4096uhqjDPUFwpXDhpxg/s2016/IMG_2791.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJf7mMi3E1vAM7xv-K8rVMJ7dhMdKEPCvaIwqQwLym--4MdVGuVDKeAlZtOGs3it46NAN3l2ioQ_QnjR-nvh0T8cqoD9p4NqfKasP_vOBLbxG7VepSZ113Isr2Nefg-qLGYyu2nwLHibNV3k_m17jb9Z1dX-JV-k2T45ICkN4096uhqjDPUFwpXDhpxg/s320/IMG_2791.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>You can buy <a href="http://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/anthology.html">the new antholog</a>y in local shops or order it online for postal delivery from the same outlets. They are <a href="https://www.madeinstroud.co.uk/collections/stroud-gifts/products/stroud-short-stories-volume-3-paperback-book-sss" target="_blank">Made-in-Stroud</a> in Kendrick Street, Stroud and the <a href="https://yellowlightedbookshop.co.uk/product/stroud-short-stories-volume-3-2018-2022-john-holland-editor/" target="_blank">Yellow-lighted Bookshop</a> in Nailsworth. </span></span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It contains 69 stories by 48 Gloucestershire authors in 316 pages and sells for ยฃ12. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">More information about the anthology is <a href="http://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/anthology.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On 10 October we celebrated our ten year</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> anniversary and our new anthology with a special Stroud Short Stories event at Cheltenham Literature Festival by presenting my seven favourite stories from the</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> 69 in the new anthology </span><a href="http://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/anthology.html" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Stroud Short Stories Volume Three 2018-2022</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">If you pop over to the <a href="http://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/youtube-channel-videos.html" target="_blank">SSS YouTube page</a> you can see the videos of all seven stories being read by their authors - Geoff Mead, Sally Jenkinson, Robin Booth, Emma Kernahan, Steve Wheeler, Jason Jackson and Sarah Hitchcock.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Simply unmissable. Please w</span><span style="font-family: arial;">atch <a href="http://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/youtube-channel-videos.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">John </span></p></div></div>Stroud Short Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533882505063112212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728122253320407973.post-1554938700775679412022-11-01T07:09:00.003-07:002022-11-01T07:12:20.345-07:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Time Event 30 October 2022</span></h1><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheQmJGA4r4fMx3t-k0c2hBuBko0pV8VHHQZzZqcKIbbDdHnuTJfpoeQa61mlaUc_YGlVgBtglxBzWiFAwdVxgYfnP09wrhAKk35tHRL0q9-V3lFSD4yKIbLdV-Yb4cPcUSOyBrTbqzRbgOMB0lPJARqx2qmoVeKIRmBhB2P79tbKuhp6wqsIDVIHwecg/s1754/SSS_No25_Event_C_A4.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1754" data-original-width="1240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheQmJGA4r4fMx3t-k0c2hBuBko0pV8VHHQZzZqcKIbbDdHnuTJfpoeQa61mlaUc_YGlVgBtglxBzWiFAwdVxgYfnP09wrhAKk35tHRL0q9-V3lFSD4yKIbLdV-Yb4cPcUSOyBrTbqzRbgOMB0lPJARqx2qmoVeKIRmBhB2P79tbKuhp6wqsIDVIHwecg/s320/SSS_No25_Event_C_A4.jpg" width="226" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Thank you to everyone who came along to our Time-themed event on Sunday 30 October at the 150-seater Cotswold Playhouse. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The event was a sell-out with a fabulous audience showing their full appreciation of the ten wonderful stories read by their authors. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This was our 25th event and the opening event of the <a href="https://stroudbookfestival.org.uk/events-2022/" target="_blank">2022 Stroud Book Festival</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are the authors in the order in which they read. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Huge thanks</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> for the images to <a href="https://angelafitchphotography.co.uk/" target="_blank">Angela Fitch</a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdxDCOlMOzsRpDY_HPMvLBy3ZofDo29dLfV9jdQz5S80Vvo4Vp1_BjFqffZFqW0IshQ9O2aUxfq58sfE2OrmfxOJGYweFKv_tvj7hMeM5lcoLJPTst8G00nw_mpqHfoWpYD4T9zyslM7WgcFBLN_qo6r3Yh9J90krMJE0OMesNzYUu8h9eJgYTHS6TVw/s4814/Robin%20Booth%20SSS%20Oct%2022-18.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4814" data-original-width="3288" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdxDCOlMOzsRpDY_HPMvLBy3ZofDo29dLfV9jdQz5S80Vvo4Vp1_BjFqffZFqW0IshQ9O2aUxfq58sfE2OrmfxOJGYweFKv_tvj7hMeM5lcoLJPTst8G00nw_mpqHfoWpYD4T9zyslM7WgcFBLN_qo6r3Yh9J90krMJE0OMesNzYUu8h9eJgYTHS6TVw/w438-h640/Robin%20Booth%20SSS%20Oct%2022-18.jpg" width="438" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Robin Booth who read Shelf Life</span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYYCiFXG9dqDuM-UA59E9aZcwNQIWfhYpH1cZ-DVcF-b0Nf4xxL2WmDPdupRKZ9oXIaa6Vu7RruGjVE-ZRBEbLvnkI8OOj62r1kkpvPPQguWCrwpFoifvHPwF8p-GSzNOGsysmwsWVHesnByQOJ51MPO5jzcARhWKdZk1aHGZcu_kZcSMuSahAlcAWQ/s3025/Hannah%20Glickstein%20SSS%20Oct%2022-22.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3025" data-original-width="1931" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYYCiFXG9dqDuM-UA59E9aZcwNQIWfhYpH1cZ-DVcF-b0Nf4xxL2WmDPdupRKZ9oXIaa6Vu7RruGjVE-ZRBEbLvnkI8OOj62r1kkpvPPQguWCrwpFoifvHPwF8p-GSzNOGsysmwsWVHesnByQOJ51MPO5jzcARhWKdZk1aHGZcu_kZcSMuSahAlcAWQ/w408-h640/Hannah%20Glickstein%20SSS%20Oct%2022-22.jpg" width="408" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Hannah Glickstein who read And is it too late now to learn Hebrew?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI9OMonpMpyY9RcJ5gf4UYi677wrv6XBBaW3hvlKqZfS3qZeDfrceCBP3j_3IcYoRHFDwixECV2orYJokehXO_GI9zRVDEPlE3BuVxcfaSGL9gVVrbz2JGpqOvW_VxW3BFat8frYuSX28OTf2mkM-rr1Zd6mOXnxmQ-nUJ-oXzDEic7mcq4Oxe5_syQA/s3562/NIMUE%20BROWN%20SSS%20Oct%2022-14.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3562" data-original-width="2629" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI9OMonpMpyY9RcJ5gf4UYi677wrv6XBBaW3hvlKqZfS3qZeDfrceCBP3j_3IcYoRHFDwixECV2orYJokehXO_GI9zRVDEPlE3BuVxcfaSGL9gVVrbz2JGpqOvW_VxW3BFat8frYuSX28OTf2mkM-rr1Zd6mOXnxmQ-nUJ-oXzDEic7mcq4Oxe5_syQA/w472-h640/NIMUE%20BROWN%20SSS%20Oct%2022-14.jpg" width="472" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Nimue Brown who read Swallowed by Time</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div></blockquote></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyxuzuDDKVy8Z75Bp36Mm2zrnO8ZbMN3kp6whmgk2farAeJLKM3Q4x0rNS1kIvXtFn6qzhX2W0EBnKta1r9HPaLo3q2OGVDLVNeMeMRZ7I8H44uzl-LF4JyOAYxXfaDd9l6JgTvEv9klU6r9qtnRYB70PeEoo5J898DIJbNlFV6mpOxN2oS1yztr32dA/s3967/Mhairi%20Gray%20SSS%20Oct%2022-17.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3967" data-original-width="2748" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyxuzuDDKVy8Z75Bp36Mm2zrnO8ZbMN3kp6whmgk2farAeJLKM3Q4x0rNS1kIvXtFn6qzhX2W0EBnKta1r9HPaLo3q2OGVDLVNeMeMRZ7I8H44uzl-LF4JyOAYxXfaDd9l6JgTvEv9klU6r9qtnRYB70PeEoo5J898DIJbNlFV6mpOxN2oS1yztr32dA/w444-h640/Mhairi%20Gray%20SSS%20Oct%2022-17.jpg" width="444" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Mhairi Gray who read Silk Bomb</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh57fFfCCC5pKkPnX6R5Movw5PLQ3XsGT3rb8Nw6c_VeXqqK59y_B-fEhBZBNHstJZiTgmXYJ-fwAv4B7yNOvpr_zT2n2kgBRpiTzdLPdv1A5Mlb_NbMGpmERbHKB2uaFh-XfLuKMgozWQ0s08WQgoOXaCo3idwV0HWRPrKpzEIfZGkUsrRqgfPzzlTgQ/s3605/Archie%20Woolls%20SSS%20Oct%2022-23.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3605" data-original-width="2361" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh57fFfCCC5pKkPnX6R5Movw5PLQ3XsGT3rb8Nw6c_VeXqqK59y_B-fEhBZBNHstJZiTgmXYJ-fwAv4B7yNOvpr_zT2n2kgBRpiTzdLPdv1A5Mlb_NbMGpmERbHKB2uaFh-XfLuKMgozWQ0s08WQgoOXaCo3idwV0HWRPrKpzEIfZGkUsrRqgfPzzlTgQ/w420-h640/Archie%20Woolls%20SSS%20Oct%2022-23.jpg" width="420" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Archie Woolls who read The Basement</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyvvCieJ-u3O9FeQUXPpA_KvvZz5JRTSmEvG9VZ_PSjZs3ngO_pIuDfRq2qk_5Y7FNj-bFdMC2YsNUrsKaSOjH234l_8n7EOymBEuv-u6Wzv-UY4zsMnmQTMp8hkwS8y_IMy1c7PG914agflAkPz_cNmtWV6s35lGmfFxDoD75QVbzXKXt9-TfXhmHjg/s4210/Nick%20Adams%20SSS%20Oct%2022-19.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4210" data-original-width="2701" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyvvCieJ-u3O9FeQUXPpA_KvvZz5JRTSmEvG9VZ_PSjZs3ngO_pIuDfRq2qk_5Y7FNj-bFdMC2YsNUrsKaSOjH234l_8n7EOymBEuv-u6Wzv-UY4zsMnmQTMp8hkwS8y_IMy1c7PG914agflAkPz_cNmtWV6s35lGmfFxDoD75QVbzXKXt9-TfXhmHjg/w410-h640/Nick%20Adams%20SSS%20Oct%2022-19.jpg" width="410" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Nick Adams who read No-time</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQMyAXipT-loWpCJN3uYGDaSTldV_otr1I5-75v5k_fkphurfqPNfiUfUh3m49SJ2BgAyEYmB1fh3gtIIUBti2l1Vcm0Smp9LxsLCZyW8FJwden2DzoOM47s5TF9BWwUitn9s2-pxDKYeW/s2919/VAL+OCKWELL+2+SSS+Oct+22-21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2919" data-original-width="2393" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQMyAXipT-loWpCJN3uYGDaSTldV_otr1I5-75v5k_fkphurfqPNfiUfUh3m49SJ2BgAyEYmB1fh3gtIIUBti2l1Vcm0Smp9LxsLCZyW8FJwden2DzoOM47s5TF9BWwUitn9s2-pxDKYeW/w524-h640/VAL+OCKWELL+2+SSS+Oct+22-21.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Val Ockwell who read The Arrangement</span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYfh286jbpqu8TuZ3MxCXNQkuWIV_4d4Be7WvuCYPjTaafXNL8pP7R9mGswjmMKBLglKTFjv7CJsayP9cUGhxxMUH8hTbDBNFnKnar3fcTCFoEV5lVJ5OpvMiKbf-YoRI7C_4HrU90yPBmniB8Qg6lsEkEgHxL9icwOT9dpbNodAyOI0KXdvWLZ1vNw/s2934/FINAL%20IMAGES%20SSS%20Oct%2022-20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2934" data-original-width="2225" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYfh286jbpqu8TuZ3MxCXNQkuWIV_4d4Be7WvuCYPjTaafXNL8pP7R9mGswjmMKBLglKTFjv7CJsayP9cUGhxxMUH8hTbDBNFnKnar3fcTCFoEV5lVJ5OpvMiKbf-YoRI7C_4HrU90yPBmniB8Qg6lsEkEgHxL9icwOT9dpbNodAyOI0KXdvWLZ1vNw/w486-h640/FINAL%20IMAGES%20SSS%20Oct%2022-20.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Philip Douch who read That Question</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxrPfJenfi4SIeiEhFjgATqkUJnz0QuVarw15Q6w_tIIx6PpW8fMs_k2TeEAZAb_yetL8ep51d43Fw1VqRqUAzg2DRK_Y8bpgd6PpZ5PJoZkhgj7eoavKSv6DSuRuTiuZsD_98934mmfEeD9YZo4wPWWrNTzm6aP1jTPqZABOhW3QPj9ZKwq8A9u04w/s3775/Simon%20Piney%20SSS%20Oct%2022-15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3775" data-original-width="2939" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxrPfJenfi4SIeiEhFjgATqkUJnz0QuVarw15Q6w_tIIx6PpW8fMs_k2TeEAZAb_yetL8ep51d43Fw1VqRqUAzg2DRK_Y8bpgd6PpZ5PJoZkhgj7eoavKSv6DSuRuTiuZsD_98934mmfEeD9YZo4wPWWrNTzm6aP1jTPqZABOhW3QPj9ZKwq8A9u04w/w498-h640/Simon%20Piney%20SSS%20Oct%2022-15.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Simon Piney who read Birthday Present</span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdxJnzQSBN5hjvJitjszBHyhrzZ5hpUgC-kniqb3EEaJX1i6OEh_xNmfRQCQC5kWT8t1p9ehRzYBhrX7A69iPxozwmAyUMbS1f06OyI3n46fNUGLTb_Zux4tnvk3UJ2rsPHXoc32brasTVJJP6bCz9eRPriXmRtrEcFKJKIgB6aOQzhPrXLiKBxsNjyQ/s4010/Sarah%20Hitchcock%20SSS%20Oct%2022-16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4010" data-original-width="3062" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdxJnzQSBN5hjvJitjszBHyhrzZ5hpUgC-kniqb3EEaJX1i6OEh_xNmfRQCQC5kWT8t1p9ehRzYBhrX7A69iPxozwmAyUMbS1f06OyI3n46fNUGLTb_Zux4tnvk3UJ2rsPHXoc32brasTVJJP6bCz9eRPriXmRtrEcFKJKIgB6aOQzhPrXLiKBxsNjyQ/w488-h640/Sarah%20Hitchcock%20SSS%20Oct%2022-16.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Sarah Hancock who read The Globe</span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div>Stroud Short Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533882505063112212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728122253320407973.post-21779309161944443662022-06-07T07:54:00.096-07:002022-10-30T04:45:31.174-07:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; font-weight: normal;">It's a busy time at Stroud Short Stories this autumn...see below</span></h1><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>1. Our TIME-themed event is on Sunday 30 October - <i>THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT</i></b></span></span></div><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2. Images from SSS Greatest Hits at Cheltenham Literature Festival</span></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>3. New Anthology Vol 3 2018-22 now available</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Read on...</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>1. O</b></span><b style="font-family: arial;">ur Sunday</b><b style="font-family: arial;"> 30 October event is on the theme of Time</b></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><i>THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT</i></b></span></h1><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEqbQX072f1_px6iEuFYSHH7fkrAzKgjERzFisvTl4o8tcsKDHz0SE5Cmey4jdqNgsrPwagysmEhBhWm3pDgvQ7sSXc9GOkxySY-R_Gf_8CctLu9hzxOd582Ju8XZnSQ5fBf1jzCpo39XzQt-7qKP2SPppKPwBxSpQT804TbIX6BKqvzj7mcD9sq2Wrg/s1754/SSS_No25_Event_C_A4.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1754" data-original-width="1240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEqbQX072f1_px6iEuFYSHH7fkrAzKgjERzFisvTl4o8tcsKDHz0SE5Cmey4jdqNgsrPwagysmEhBhWm3pDgvQ7sSXc9GOkxySY-R_Gf_8CctLu9hzxOd582Ju8XZnSQ5fBf1jzCpo39XzQt-7qKP2SPppKPwBxSpQT804TbIX6BKqvzj7mcD9sq2Wrg/s320/SSS_No25_Event_C_A4.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>TICKETS</b>, priced at ยฃ10, are no longer available from the <a href="https://www.cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk/whats-on" target="_blank">Cotswold Playhouse website</a> for </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">our 25th event on </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Sunday 30 October 2022 at the fabulous <a href="https://www.cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk/whats-on" target="_blank">Cotswold Playhouse</a> in Stroud, GL5 1LW.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> Starts at 7.30; Doors 7.00. There will be an interval and a bar.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It's the first event in this year's </span><a href="https://stroudbookfestival.org.uk/events/stroud-short-stories-no-25-time/" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Stroud Book Festival</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Thank you to everyone who submitted stories for our Time-themed event. We received 84 stories from 66 Glos and South Glos writers.</span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Ten stories have been selected by my co-judge Chloe Turner (to whom enormous thanks) and me through our 'blind' judging process and will be read by their authors. </span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here are the ten writers who will read their work -</span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nick Adams - No-Time</span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Robin Booth - Shelf Life</span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://druidlife.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Nimue Brown</a> - Swallowed by Time</span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.philipdouch.org.uk/" target="_blank">Philip Douch</a> - That Question</span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://hannahglickstein.blog/" target="_blank">Hannah Glickstein</a> - And is it too late now to learn Hebrew?</span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mhairi Gray - Silk Bomb</span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sarah Hitchcock - The Globe</span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Val Ockwell - The Arrangement</span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Simon Piney - Birthday Present</span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Archie Woolls - The Basement</span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">For the <i>Time</i> event we welcome two newcomers, Val Ockwell and Archie Woolls, who will be the 126th and 127th writers to read at an SSS event since its inception in 2011. Well done and huge congrats, Val and Archie.</span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">For our 25th event, it's also great to welcome back the other eight, all of whom have read at SSS before.</span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">This event will not be recorded. I hope you can come along and support all these brilliant writers.</span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">We will be selling copies of <a href="http://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/anthology.html" target="_blank">our new anthology</a> at this event.</span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">2. Images from Stroud Short Stories Greatest Hits at Cheltenham Literature Festival on Monday 10 October</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It was a great honour for SSS to be at Cheltenham Literature Festival.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">The event featured my favourite seven stories from the 69 stories in </span><a href="http://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/anthology.html" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">the new anthology</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> read by their authors. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">These images of the authors are in the order in which they read. Huge thanks to <a href="https://pamelahphotography.co.uk/" target="_blank">Pamela Harridine</a> for the images.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjARvg0YqiELfbM_wH2ikq6vLcg6bG-2nau99ULdqVdkQ1f--ARIEgJFfU6lDEnWvMPsEDyL7vYXDxWl0ggA6Gr9VyzfJy5iAO5CZFlJk6AQaMoWZ-ovewkdznBKyexIxXA81RW5V-mzSS3nb5wWR4ERSGg6KexrSD5Gl9RjpOQ9-qcdNOzeCMQ9uPH-Q/s989/757CB810-1984-4FD6-856A-2846A7FF4978.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="989" data-original-width="742" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjARvg0YqiELfbM_wH2ikq6vLcg6bG-2nau99ULdqVdkQ1f--ARIEgJFfU6lDEnWvMPsEDyL7vYXDxWl0ggA6Gr9VyzfJy5iAO5CZFlJk6AQaMoWZ-ovewkdznBKyexIxXA81RW5V-mzSS3nb5wWR4ERSGg6KexrSD5Gl9RjpOQ9-qcdNOzeCMQ9uPH-Q/w480-h640/757CB810-1984-4FD6-856A-2846A7FF4978.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Geoff Mead who read Raku</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQi5z2OK8Vd75QX7Z5spIj_XwgiFi9FKQXZT5D9qLui5bDjs9QncBgkAhZscF9kwTqh3QuyZ8ZulKgy8phIwdElpzYlatSxEi-0yu4aJGOvyzvxuJiePYHSKX35EbDs3nGjNgrvahNVOISYfl5lrKMjbu2aQMZ4n-VaHR1NSkSsQ7dA7NHDQV358QoQ/s1080/351F964E-E4F7-48A7-86FE-969172E3405E.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="810" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQi5z2OK8Vd75QX7Z5spIj_XwgiFi9FKQXZT5D9qLui5bDjs9QncBgkAhZscF9kwTqh3QuyZ8ZulKgy8phIwdElpzYlatSxEi-0yu4aJGOvyzvxuJiePYHSKX35EbDs3nGjNgrvahNVOISYfl5lrKMjbu2aQMZ4n-VaHR1NSkSsQ7dA7NHDQV358QoQ/w480-h640/351F964E-E4F7-48A7-86FE-969172E3405E.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Sally Jenkinson who read Sharp Stars and Old Magic</span><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"> <br /><br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_aW93lnAQcFqfhO0oL5Cssd1iLkVzj8fjFtHzGD1PbG_-T4l-RqyJlTJOksiks0tIkXD-st7ZMZPCJftlB4WWUuxiida7f9qCijrtoqeOVWHf50p0WdsXFJ5pfQ2ATl9540HVom0_BsumpsBr0YBF-RdSV1QoN9gq22Ih2wYZzieeuwegkdezSi9ZDA/s948/5CB9B2C4-84D7-4A6B-B7B1-37F4FE0F2017.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="948" data-original-width="711" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_aW93lnAQcFqfhO0oL5Cssd1iLkVzj8fjFtHzGD1PbG_-T4l-RqyJlTJOksiks0tIkXD-st7ZMZPCJftlB4WWUuxiida7f9qCijrtoqeOVWHf50p0WdsXFJ5pfQ2ATl9540HVom0_BsumpsBr0YBF-RdSV1QoN9gq22Ih2wYZzieeuwegkdezSi9ZDA/w480-h640/5CB9B2C4-84D7-4A6B-B7B1-37F4FE0F2017.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robin Booth who read Two Towns<br /><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYFsD8FfUHDEJWe3vntkLpcTVZov-Tx6z9DupZfpKbhBrRQ4qg3HSqjj_70i6J0sCEgRUtyOCY_Jqmq3vUXgpc65zHex62dgDfDZa2gZgVXZOyEE9uj39EDFkug3BZ6iFMSBYZA6z_moQ_Fy7s9q4LBfDah4JU5zRTtx9FL_HR5hHAENj5FoVA7akOEA/s1018/9E7B76DC-0B43-49C0-B270-8D32CB28DB65.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1018" data-original-width="764" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYFsD8FfUHDEJWe3vntkLpcTVZov-Tx6z9DupZfpKbhBrRQ4qg3HSqjj_70i6J0sCEgRUtyOCY_Jqmq3vUXgpc65zHex62dgDfDZa2gZgVXZOyEE9uj39EDFkug3BZ6iFMSBYZA6z_moQ_Fy7s9q4LBfDah4JU5zRTtx9FL_HR5hHAENj5FoVA7akOEA/w480-h640/9E7B76DC-0B43-49C0-B270-8D32CB28DB65.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emma Kernahan who read A Brief History of Lady Charlotte, Duchess of Beaumont</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1WB95ox-UwSQIgpI3WrWER1gAg_0b3FIwFzfmuejGMvzyRDsI3iy5Qr2wchr0qSkZRalF5_2CsI8H0OIj1pNzf9x80BIbynN4BiFBBy4M-vMcaoS3kqMXwgErbSo4iOM1fX-EEaYGTDMP_M2azoVziGIqt3mfG5kBirvULjGygc1ggv-AZhQIa5PgqQ/s1080/FB4737FC-4BB0-4692-A7FA-23EF10D99516.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="810" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1WB95ox-UwSQIgpI3WrWER1gAg_0b3FIwFzfmuejGMvzyRDsI3iy5Qr2wchr0qSkZRalF5_2CsI8H0OIj1pNzf9x80BIbynN4BiFBBy4M-vMcaoS3kqMXwgErbSo4iOM1fX-EEaYGTDMP_M2azoVziGIqt3mfG5kBirvULjGygc1ggv-AZhQIa5PgqQ/w480-h640/FB4737FC-4BB0-4692-A7FA-23EF10D99516.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steve Wheeler who read Puffballs</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZN9IwGrDH6WJAHUhx0zPaR9VlRAtr2mB1LUhGHYHfLYsdsyRBf67YpNltLej1xDXtr3wFweNck4zoz7ApGd_vivWH_NSB99v_lQKH_cq4RDwHFfuFQZfV1nYYT33ssdNFkYxal9fx65xHzv_Wki0vIzFfEj2PZLmW9o5PRq0ZNK9LTYGE2I8aXUHdg/s942/68C40C82-435F-4B90-94BD-A98CE3A041EA.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="942" data-original-width="706" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZN9IwGrDH6WJAHUhx0zPaR9VlRAtr2mB1LUhGHYHfLYsdsyRBf67YpNltLej1xDXtr3wFweNck4zoz7ApGd_vivWH_NSB99v_lQKH_cq4RDwHFfuFQZfV1nYYT33ssdNFkYxal9fx65xHzv_Wki0vIzFfEj2PZLmW9o5PRq0ZNK9LTYGE2I8aXUHdg/w480-h640/68C40C82-435F-4B90-94BD-A98CE3A041EA.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jason Jackson who read Fat Man in Neon</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"> </div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"> </div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkO6OJUyCTFhv-ELLIlpehUHbDKvqWf-9z5P2DzAfalkx86N1PfD4jMWwMkRtgZaO5PomHynBD9BrrKtV9U3mb9ZAHn7RsO5QmlvXaEzFcSCtazMfLIJJdCrp4rUBORE7d0qhRDVWbmu6AFo7i50wKVXE0Socu4qq6HjfQbv6aYoWo9nWqfzzSFZrAjg/s878/D8929A08-2563-47FC-9F06-B535927DAE8A.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="878" data-original-width="659" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkO6OJUyCTFhv-ELLIlpehUHbDKvqWf-9z5P2DzAfalkx86N1PfD4jMWwMkRtgZaO5PomHynBD9BrrKtV9U3mb9ZAHn7RsO5QmlvXaEzFcSCtazMfLIJJdCrp4rUBORE7d0qhRDVWbmu6AFo7i50wKVXE0Socu4qq6HjfQbv6aYoWo9nWqfzzSFZrAjg/w480-h640/D8929A08-2563-47FC-9F06-B535927DAE8A.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sarah Hitchcock who read The Day I took my Zombie to Alton Towers</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span>3. We've launched our new anthology <i>Stroud Short Stories Volume Three 2018-2022</i></span> </span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFw3CiiFZ85S_amxk3GNw7NUHu7--q5Ue6PXfrQqrT9LkUAuGrou68ucBU7Qst_xbvVpiO2JylS9dtoTnwNrate7-u2BxJuk0FFprhO_oD3OFY7jU2ATz27iDdF-XP8xUO1wQiTkFeZ5JVp9xzjTBPKnt_OZ7VdPubCncx2Zp0l6glqFXhY2wlxFxkyg/s2016/image3%20(2).jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFw3CiiFZ85S_amxk3GNw7NUHu7--q5Ue6PXfrQqrT9LkUAuGrou68ucBU7Qst_xbvVpiO2JylS9dtoTnwNrate7-u2BxJuk0FFprhO_oD3OFY7jU2ATz27iDdF-XP8xUO1wQiTkFeZ5JVp9xzjTBPKnt_OZ7VdPubCncx2Zp0l6glqFXhY2wlxFxkyg/s320/image3%20(2).jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>The brand new anthology covers the seven SSS events from Nov 2018 to May 2022, that's 69 stories by 48 Gloucestershire writers. At a whopping 316 pages, it retails at ยฃ12.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The anthology is available locally from <a href="https://www.madeinstroud.co.uk/collections/stroud-gifts/products/stroud-short-stories-volume-3-paperback-book-sss" target="_blank">Made-in-Stroud</a> in Kendrick, Street, Stroud and from the <a href="https://yellowlightedbookshop.co.uk/?s=stroud+short+stories&search_id=default" target="_blank">Yellow-Lighted Bookshop</a> in Nailsworth as well as from Amazon.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">More information is <a href="http://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/anthology.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">John</span></div>Stroud Short Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533882505063112212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728122253320407973.post-71715699235800496102022-05-11T09:51:00.009-07:002022-05-12T01:47:42.473-07:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Images from our 8 May event 2022 'The Orange Tree & Other Stories'</b></span></h1><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnHB5HX2mL9NtUb1xBoKIfbJH5LqKEKULgx-uqmgoPLdLyQ4KEfhwJX45Yg-BdMXLYmB_ZnOwOlpyFJmtyKUpQjAnFVoC9WKcDnJF465x8bkupkQF7UMJhmD84VRB-px7aptcF2PiuOqJHvBzrX8BOoxZLKfK4rdABSVvCi4cvBu1IjhcdjPnyBXBvyg/s1754/SSS_No23_Event_A4_Colour.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1754" data-original-width="1240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnHB5HX2mL9NtUb1xBoKIfbJH5LqKEKULgx-uqmgoPLdLyQ4KEfhwJX45Yg-BdMXLYmB_ZnOwOlpyFJmtyKUpQjAnFVoC9WKcDnJF465x8bkupkQF7UMJhmD84VRB-px7aptcF2PiuOqJHvBzrX8BOoxZLKfK4rdABSVvCi4cvBu1IjhcdjPnyBXBvyg/s320/SSS_No23_Event_A4_Colour.jpg" width="226" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Many thanks to everyone who came along to the Cotswold Playhouse on Sunday to enjoy ten Gloucestershire writers reading/performing their stories. The event, called 'The Orange Tree & Other Stories' attracted 115 people.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The audience response was absolutely terrific and many have said that this was one of the best ever SSS events. I agree. We are lucky to be blessed with so many superb writers in our county.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Here are the authors in the order in which they read. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Images by <a href="https://angelafitchphotography.co.uk/" target="_blank">Angela Fitch</a> and <a href="http://moore.photos/" target="_blank">Geoff Moore</a>, to whom thanks are certainly due.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">John</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqCuKnSJXsIuEPr4NIZ1iydeDjOEUnzBWFwDAC1LDkoHT98MHqHFnasr6eXoCxLQPlwiDup5i1JHmGjBbNc0sJWMVQYYDHH2AWFRd7RWotySoezeWdP2sOQ53bvcP6Zmjb1uxF-fHLM0o05broJg7mv8eRlQLhvRsd6lGbqDNO2q-WOG8151DPAOR4KA/s2048/STEVE%20WHEELER%20850_1381.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqCuKnSJXsIuEPr4NIZ1iydeDjOEUnzBWFwDAC1LDkoHT98MHqHFnasr6eXoCxLQPlwiDup5i1JHmGjBbNc0sJWMVQYYDHH2AWFRd7RWotySoezeWdP2sOQ53bvcP6Zmjb1uxF-fHLM0o05broJg7mv8eRlQLhvRsd6lGbqDNO2q-WOG8151DPAOR4KA/w400-h400/STEVE%20WHEELER%20850_1381.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Steve Wheeler who read 'The Orange Tree'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlFGj7_ErNcMx4oPMyAGrrJT8l-xxuULB4J8J_ySdS9899NVkd0PiOdlKN_Zx60L4fT1hTKJbwGXvlGUwuXtCMvUaXiGJ9lyzWqhazESEBQ00MgFuZIKJmiSVGs6Oft9R4hafNUmQQyq87IqXVDaT4lIebMn8BgTMw806Umw4zm7AxxlReP0-qMdgmXw/s2048/GILLIAN%20METHERINGHAM%20850_1308.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1739" data-original-width="2048" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlFGj7_ErNcMx4oPMyAGrrJT8l-xxuULB4J8J_ySdS9899NVkd0PiOdlKN_Zx60L4fT1hTKJbwGXvlGUwuXtCMvUaXiGJ9lyzWqhazESEBQ00MgFuZIKJmiSVGs6Oft9R4hafNUmQQyq87IqXVDaT4lIebMn8BgTMw806Umw4zm7AxxlReP0-qMdgmXw/w400-h340/GILLIAN%20METHERINGHAM%20850_1308.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Gillian Metheringham who read 'Release'<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1RYX2vw2m_loV5g1izFwixFlEeEnb9rbcX9XD5W5Rgz6U5a9kKxfc0Qic5FoY6qfTKSVpTjPW3fLsJwryVolFp3w4EHNaulmzkEqk3_0_fzLWqcJgdF9_sa6p04Xoa6DULrN48WOrxfy7H1sx9s8alFX4rsuZq9VNh3Lhtq_PPf3kA3PFbiMcOq3DZw/s2048/ANTHONY%20HENTSCHEL%20850_1338.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1RYX2vw2m_loV5g1izFwixFlEeEnb9rbcX9XD5W5Rgz6U5a9kKxfc0Qic5FoY6qfTKSVpTjPW3fLsJwryVolFp3w4EHNaulmzkEqk3_0_fzLWqcJgdF9_sa6p04Xoa6DULrN48WOrxfy7H1sx9s8alFX4rsuZq9VNh3Lhtq_PPf3kA3PFbiMcOq3DZw/w400-h400/ANTHONY%20HENTSCHEL%20850_1338.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Anthony Hentschel who read 'An Ill Wind'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65HKAdXmmtVzSNiD8k_FY_IX8uYUxe0aRvoCbOGm0dbNLxuRNLUHp8WmkGV4WThT0Vl1dthyCxz3LcnYaPDd7Sq2FwCWAC7VywzaHe0IEyF44piEQCYVSSqjnOClYHEvzxNul_zjPiiQ_y2Kx97XJF5f3MYtNowqgq4ucBs3ZZ3eU81UzXbrnhNTKGg/s2048/LAURA%20KINNEAR%20850_1351.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65HKAdXmmtVzSNiD8k_FY_IX8uYUxe0aRvoCbOGm0dbNLxuRNLUHp8WmkGV4WThT0Vl1dthyCxz3LcnYaPDd7Sq2FwCWAC7VywzaHe0IEyF44piEQCYVSSqjnOClYHEvzxNul_zjPiiQ_y2Kx97XJF5f3MYtNowqgq4ucBs3ZZ3eU81UzXbrnhNTKGg/w400-h400/LAURA%20KINNEAR%20850_1351.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Laura Kinnear who read 'Little Chestnut Hare'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMetG3JN265dS6kMRwu5do9-d6eJ1pHVKuI8t6rZ8PO_8ntDU6mkJbB0pmr0rXCbS8g5-XxSpwFDMxiNQX_0PmEuyUw7UHqxe6oGVJQjimmai1wwURjXYvnJjY-flusvnJCiECfFT1ljoJchkCwVgTWeJSBTPNCEanhYmggV4CkD3M59cuNuqVbevXHA/s2048/SEAN%20W%20QUIGLEY%20850_1287.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMetG3JN265dS6kMRwu5do9-d6eJ1pHVKuI8t6rZ8PO_8ntDU6mkJbB0pmr0rXCbS8g5-XxSpwFDMxiNQX_0PmEuyUw7UHqxe6oGVJQjimmai1wwURjXYvnJjY-flusvnJCiECfFT1ljoJchkCwVgTWeJSBTPNCEanhYmggV4CkD3M59cuNuqVbevXHA/w400-h400/SEAN%20W%20QUIGLEY%20850_1287.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Sean W. Quigley who read 'The Benny Hill Gang'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghMDs6FRLGk2Agxfv_cOrbTwj4SqksB1UhptraaPLb7kYwAKGxUAN_LpXBTME9ca5OqCXVX4iyyFzVizDodQyphX_F5g-dyTZKek_Q8RXio02_AdbFvJULMYJdrtIzE9X9K0cZ4JfAnxsEXUT34xQg9emgN86eeAo2h-cjOuk-dw0wbZhxFE4DvHHi2A/s2048/SOPHIE%20FLYNN%20850_1373.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghMDs6FRLGk2Agxfv_cOrbTwj4SqksB1UhptraaPLb7kYwAKGxUAN_LpXBTME9ca5OqCXVX4iyyFzVizDodQyphX_F5g-dyTZKek_Q8RXio02_AdbFvJULMYJdrtIzE9X9K0cZ4JfAnxsEXUT34xQg9emgN86eeAo2h-cjOuk-dw0wbZhxFE4DvHHi2A/w400-h400/SOPHIE%20FLYNN%20850_1373.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Sophie Flynn who read 'Still Hoping'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwe5tRxu56C8-pKVm5xVbNBbwupb3VjT09EFnKDNZib7GimdByKdnqsEebuXMuCIdU1mXlIuK4R8lW5acJQCb6OxPwP-JMg4ZIWr52oTAQOpzMYdySoywOZOPCCZ5RPzMxG1-pKhQH1W_KtSSDFZHnLBQ8RxUBss14Erim6-SFZs5OCvTveqi_0IhwYQ/s2048/DAVID%20GOODLAND%20850_1322.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwe5tRxu56C8-pKVm5xVbNBbwupb3VjT09EFnKDNZib7GimdByKdnqsEebuXMuCIdU1mXlIuK4R8lW5acJQCb6OxPwP-JMg4ZIWr52oTAQOpzMYdySoywOZOPCCZ5RPzMxG1-pKhQH1W_KtSSDFZHnLBQ8RxUBss14Erim6-SFZs5OCvTveqi_0IhwYQ/w400-h400/DAVID%20GOODLAND%20850_1322.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">David Goodland who read 'The Purple Rinse'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAanDYSfP71YdjVNywUdOQKJBZix8LKJpKMYsndY54YpIlclCaU7PkOluLCe7NfBNzUp9bMw8axVfISk_ijmtijugzn0Tn_8Hd6CAHNJXbjLfkZysEqQymihNpw4-WBi8i8N2ZYNSc0rIRsBL5mDbWMxkPBbmX7DmneU92QNfQ8pOLx_lXrEwRcHYPDA/s2048/CHLOW%20TURNER%20850_1334.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAanDYSfP71YdjVNywUdOQKJBZix8LKJpKMYsndY54YpIlclCaU7PkOluLCe7NfBNzUp9bMw8axVfISk_ijmtijugzn0Tn_8Hd6CAHNJXbjLfkZysEqQymihNpw4-WBi8i8N2ZYNSc0rIRsBL5mDbWMxkPBbmX7DmneU92QNfQ8pOLx_lXrEwRcHYPDA/w400-h400/CHLOW%20TURNER%20850_1334.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Chloe Turner who read 'I won't tell you about all the days that I spend looking for her'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8SMxH1GEr5Hbxhu40bxF4g2x7nCqZAr6_9bs9veJVRaO2toglULLl2WS-DuEUDY0sGodolgFzyX42Pd93Aj99tAHqP5ithyVhH7kGUjdVggmakZR2D7sQlYQ0RmJH0De-Ht4MujAn2IcyVd1kDkRpT2uzgbFk0nUHG63x4DNRDbWtrU3U4Pjg5PTKg/s2048/JASON%20JACKSON%20850_1299.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8SMxH1GEr5Hbxhu40bxF4g2x7nCqZAr6_9bs9veJVRaO2toglULLl2WS-DuEUDY0sGodolgFzyX42Pd93Aj99tAHqP5ithyVhH7kGUjdVggmakZR2D7sQlYQ0RmJH0De-Ht4MujAn2IcyVd1kDkRpT2uzgbFk0nUHG63x4DNRDbWtrU3U4Pjg5PTKg/w400-h400/JASON%20JACKSON%20850_1299.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Jason Jackson who read 'He Loves to Stand on Clifftops'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinnpwaE5yyo5B7LsoUyA65wQzRr8lBjp2uAv3L16zDkNAzdt4SDCewBk09Kk58HLdnDpwnJGA6k0TaUEALE8evi7CnA-BUksNEF_pcc4WfEsZ0bcGBds4aZi5SOKGj2QqFMk94HbRRXNhXBQv72b8n4aRZDee7v2jGk1_txW0ScwpIWmrhvNAJx4RdHg/s2048/ANDREW%20STEVENSON%20850_1291.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinnpwaE5yyo5B7LsoUyA65wQzRr8lBjp2uAv3L16zDkNAzdt4SDCewBk09Kk58HLdnDpwnJGA6k0TaUEALE8evi7CnA-BUksNEF_pcc4WfEsZ0bcGBds4aZi5SOKGj2QqFMk94HbRRXNhXBQv72b8n4aRZDee7v2jGk1_txW0ScwpIWmrhvNAJx4RdHg/w400-h400/ANDREW%20STEVENSON%20850_1291.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Andrew Stevenson who read 'Relatively Dead'<br /><br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><br /></div>Stroud Short Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533882505063112212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728122253320407973.post-67213018252708055642022-03-27T23:43:00.024-07:002022-05-02T03:33:38.666-07:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span>Sunday 8 May Event - </span>Tickets now on Sale - The Ten Authors and Their Stories</span> </h1><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJwjWGFbQSTGV-4nO1jP3n6ESoRN646NgZH1eFckJgrEKLcpygCwPznITeAiglIPzoSNnFr_aLq-S5x5ODFOmvZbxihdjj6wOB3KJZ7isfPQ-KR05IxHqWESJy2Bzbi2VG0dla8GIzu4Ws1LOuVpIdABXfsQ8WS53YPtih2plCAWHv4JlQMW1Dzz3wmg/s1754/SSS_No23_Event_A4_Colour.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1754" data-original-width="1240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJwjWGFbQSTGV-4nO1jP3n6ESoRN646NgZH1eFckJgrEKLcpygCwPznITeAiglIPzoSNnFr_aLq-S5x5ODFOmvZbxihdjj6wOB3KJZ7isfPQ-KR05IxHqWESJy2Bzbi2VG0dla8GIzu4Ws1LOuVpIdABXfsQ8WS53YPtih2plCAWHv4JlQMW1Dzz3wmg/s320/SSS_No23_Event_A4_Colour.jpg" width="226" /></a></div>Many thanks to everyone who submitted their stories. 73 Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire writers submitted a bumper 99 stories.</span></span><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The </span><span style="font-family: arial;">event, now called <i>The Orange Tree And Other Stories,</i> takes place</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> at the Cotswold Playhouse, Parliament Street, Stroud, GL1 5LW on Sunday 8 May. Doors 7.00; Starts 7.30. There will be a bar.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The ten authors listed below will be reading their stories. Huge congratulations to them. This is going to be a superb event and not one you should miss.</span></span></p><p><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">Tickets</b></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span><span><span>Tickets, priced at ยฃ9, are now on sale from </span><span>the</span><span> </span><a href="https://www.cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk/whats-on" target="_blank">Cotswold Playhouse website</a><span>. (Or you can order by phone 0333 666 3366 but it costs an extra ยฃ2).</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This event will not be recorded.</span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">When booking, you are able to select exactly where you want to sit. The 150-seater auditorium is raked so all seats have a good view. </span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Playhouse now has a fresh air heating and ventilation system for your safely.</span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>The Authors and their Stories</b></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Please note, this is not the running order.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://sophieflynn.com/" target="_blank">Sophie Flynn</a> (Moreton-in-Marsh) - Still Hoping</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://youtube.com/channel/UCL0Dvge83TPPFJgFFpBD6YQ" target="_blank">David Goodland</a> (Nailsworth) - The Purple Rinse</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Anthony Hentschel (Nailsworth) - An Ill Wind</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jason Jackson (Kingswood, S.Gloucs) - He Loves to Stand on Clifftops</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Laura Kinnear (Stroud) - Little Chestnut Hare</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Gillian Metheringham (Stroud) - Release</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sean W. Quigley (Gloucester) - The Benny Hill Gang</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Andrew Stevenson (Nailsworth) - Relatively Dead</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://turnerpen2paper.com/" target="_blank">Chloe Turner</a> (Minchinhampton) - I won't tell you about all the days I spend looking for her</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://stevenjohnwriter.com/" target="_blank">Steve Wheeler</a> (Tewkesbury) - The Orange Tree</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">John</span></span></p>Stroud Short Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533882505063112212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728122253320407973.post-25323888252948152282021-11-22T03:59:00.024-08:002022-03-27T13:22:26.363-07:00<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span>Submissions are open until</span> Sunday 27 March - for our 8 May 2022 event</span></h2><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br />Our next event will be another LIVE one. It will take place on Sunday 8 May 2022 at the <a href="https://www.cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk/" target="_blank">Cotswold Playhouse</a> in Parliament Street, Stroud, GL1 5LW at 7.30 (doors 7.00). </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKq6j3BHU2pkX-gyVf_tU_92YxYLy5hKhbB14IIyngyAGO-zCPpwAN1WR5G8dFCSLvlWwv68tlbWSinwS1tsnLX1RbK12z1svt6pk6fM21dCGviijNRdwFpMV3BevWIKl-5op9QkZstWp9t6KLrFfrKqwP2xdpp9fi4EqUR6YFK-11obJoZxiJjZz8Ew=s3508" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3508" data-original-width="2480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKq6j3BHU2pkX-gyVf_tU_92YxYLy5hKhbB14IIyngyAGO-zCPpwAN1WR5G8dFCSLvlWwv68tlbWSinwS1tsnLX1RbK12z1svt6pk6fM21dCGviijNRdwFpMV3BevWIKl-5op9QkZstWp9t6KLrFfrKqwP2xdpp9fi4EqUR6YFK-11obJoZxiJjZz8Ew=s320" width="226" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Submissions are now open and close at the end of Sunday 27 March ie at 23.59 - one minute to midnight.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This, our 23rd event, will have an <i>Open Theme</i> so you can write about anything and in any style - so long as it's a short story of between 500 and 1,500 words.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ten stories will be selected for their authors to read at the event. It will be free </span><span style="font-family: arial;">to submit - </span><span style="font-family: arial;">as ever. My co-judge on this occasion will be six-times SSS author-reader </span><a href="https://alibacon.wordpress.com/" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Ali Bacon</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. Judging is 'blind' so we do not know the identity of the writers submitting.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Check out our <a href="http://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/rules.html" target="_blank">Rules and How to Submit here</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Check out <a href="http://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/judges-2015.html" target="_blank">the Judges here</a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Check out our <a href="http://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/tips-there-are-no-rules-for-writing.html" target="_blank">Writing Tips here</a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Please note that in the event of increased community health concerns, we will record the writers selected individually in an ultra-safe environment and broadcast their stories our YouTube channel, as we did in </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">November 2020 and </span><span style="font-family: arial;">May 2021.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Tickets</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> go on sale from the </span><a href="https://www.cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk/" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Cotswold Playhouse website</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> on Friday 8 April. This event will not be recorded.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I </span></span><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">am also currently working on </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>the</b><b> </b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>new anthology </b><i>Stroud Short Stories Volume Three 2018-22</i> which will be published in September. <i>The ten stories chosen for this event will be the last ten in the new anthology.</i></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">John</span></span></p>Stroud Short Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533882505063112212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728122253320407973.post-86564124003687452472021-11-11T02:44:00.007-08:002021-11-12T01:00:35.968-08:00<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Images from our 7 November 2021 sell-out event WILD! at the Cotswold Playhouse</span></h2><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Thank you to everyone who came along to the Cotswold Playhouse on Sunday 7 November for our WILD! event. It was a delight to see such a large audience enjoying the ten wonderful stories read by their authors.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">My co-judge Debbie Young provides a personal view of the Stroud Book Festival and our WILD! event <a href="https://authordebbieyoung.com/2021/11/09/what-i-did-at-stroud-book-festival-2021/">here</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are the authors - in various poses and at various times during the evening - </span><span style="font-family: arial;">in the order </span><span style="font-family: arial;">in which they read.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Images by <a href="https://www.angelafitchphotography.co.uk/" target="_blank">Angela Fitch </a>and <a href="http://moore.photos/" target="_blank">Geoff Moore</a>, to whom huge thanks.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Please note that this event was not recorded.</span></span></p><p><br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdP0v2ONyuNtZXA8INSNZcjDn6IN_vZWU0OM3wtXRiyNcDo9bFwfgv9Ok2Iga9vHuyhGTgBEVWwAzJ8MXZIp9LOOwA23-HgFvWVupg47PpHK9ge5bc-xuMHl3JdYPuSOpV_cmYCVQqqPhh/s2048/Geoff+-+Pauline01.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdP0v2ONyuNtZXA8INSNZcjDn6IN_vZWU0OM3wtXRiyNcDo9bFwfgv9Ok2Iga9vHuyhGTgBEVWwAzJ8MXZIp9LOOwA23-HgFvWVupg47PpHK9ge5bc-xuMHl3JdYPuSOpV_cmYCVQqqPhh/w400-h400/Geoff+-+Pauline01.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Pauline Masurel - Fledglings</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_0Y9lHB7SUab9FhVOhdgWtIoGeqPkvv0cQqQcDdI3RSYqGNdsrD4YIPPUOXId69SBPGqvVls5Yc0zaS6FkVPMQ6fDq9YdxRHHux-i-oA6BiGt0Mzy-0-fGQlyJnQ7xZoUrus34TMrFcsb/s2048/LRClaire01.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_0Y9lHB7SUab9FhVOhdgWtIoGeqPkvv0cQqQcDdI3RSYqGNdsrD4YIPPUOXId69SBPGqvVls5Yc0zaS6FkVPMQ6fDq9YdxRHHux-i-oA6BiGt0Mzy-0-fGQlyJnQ7xZoUrus34TMrFcsb/w400-h400/LRClaire01.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Claire Jaggard - The Wild Woman</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJpXViTu_QnnZ32bIkIrL205-bV6rKXNHacuCr4OeOyxzF6O4ZItPzNsS7MOpWrKZVof1SNbxnyTDRnFM0XyG62A2QPrF87pwyoEznCEWQGnOLPDa2zdRPgz92ec4vD-aLed1Fv2CsW8V/s1600/SSS+%2528171+of+292%2529.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJpXViTu_QnnZ32bIkIrL205-bV6rKXNHacuCr4OeOyxzF6O4ZItPzNsS7MOpWrKZVof1SNbxnyTDRnFM0XyG62A2QPrF87pwyoEznCEWQGnOLPDa2zdRPgz92ec4vD-aLed1Fv2CsW8V/w266-h400/SSS+%2528171+of+292%2529.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Ali Bacon - The Pig and I</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4mdx-k-qD3uFEUVmw33m0L3aFWfmqGi83ebCPE8o8fXS_lJQqqQsaBAZ0gdtjtfb8zbBGR9pFlgebf8dBSo7ONbjy9C08d_ZneC-m34BrYtkNkvR1G4HYiinFnGlip7M6fAYtwBYz65uE/s1232/SSS+%2528147+of+292%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1232" data-original-width="1067" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4mdx-k-qD3uFEUVmw33m0L3aFWfmqGi83ebCPE8o8fXS_lJQqqQsaBAZ0gdtjtfb8zbBGR9pFlgebf8dBSo7ONbjy9C08d_ZneC-m34BrYtkNkvR1G4HYiinFnGlip7M6fAYtwBYz65uE/w346-h400/SSS+%2528147+of+292%2529.jpg" width="346" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Jasmin Izagaren - Jumping Season</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia8ZfT8bWP83PV3EuFr5j74xoTAqyy6o1ScYkXQHMko_ghFTbi-coo5FsXppIA3Ojje0WS6-LHPJVlDJrmTEq9k8K_p9Aq3c7Fkisnd-Xpjk0w47wNG6danjnq1Mh-_NZmLbdws2848HZH/s2048/LRMelanie01.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia8ZfT8bWP83PV3EuFr5j74xoTAqyy6o1ScYkXQHMko_ghFTbi-coo5FsXppIA3Ojje0WS6-LHPJVlDJrmTEq9k8K_p9Aq3c7Fkisnd-Xpjk0w47wNG6danjnq1Mh-_NZmLbdws2848HZH/w400-h400/LRMelanie01.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Melanie White - City Girl</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggAFjLsgQeNeM-K6G0kLSoXmHTodTK1tw907Tk1UEC7Z5_iwVYB-Il-XL6W6hEFw_XFtrij0JmZCIrQeehyphenhyphenWbpBif1FrHSZLrrB1azrfl1C5XFCYd59lgGQI54R18zZ7fh6R8ZbP5yNL9L/s2048/LRNICK+EDITCandid04.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1671" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggAFjLsgQeNeM-K6G0kLSoXmHTodTK1tw907Tk1UEC7Z5_iwVYB-Il-XL6W6hEFw_XFtrij0JmZCIrQeehyphenhyphenWbpBif1FrHSZLrrB1azrfl1C5XFCYd59lgGQI54R18zZ7fh6R8ZbP5yNL9L/w326-h400/LRNICK+EDITCandid04.jpg" width="326" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Nick Adams - Demolition</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQccQkjRvegz83erF7Q_PT80pJx84TfRAWYwOe4eoFAWHg_n3AQ_Gevg0gkAJPq2dOpO6b7R73UxkBbGIyj4Y9TYaIbWIN3TwhhL9wAKOmvmbxkjxI6Jp9Vyg6K8VWeroJNECVHcVcJwmj/s2048/Geoff+-+Georgia01.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1492" data-original-width="2048" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQccQkjRvegz83erF7Q_PT80pJx84TfRAWYwOe4eoFAWHg_n3AQ_Gevg0gkAJPq2dOpO6b7R73UxkBbGIyj4Y9TYaIbWIN3TwhhL9wAKOmvmbxkjxI6Jp9Vyg6K8VWeroJNECVHcVcJwmj/w400-h291/Geoff+-+Georgia01.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Georgia Boon - Johnny Maunder came to the Well</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKwobEB_rqOSm5nMjkSbUUMoKHRpGd4BrwrsSqlZlkgEjEtYaD3if-1DBbf2Mp6Cm0HgTqq9e0XPLLGykCLJE18IuKippsGCEjEccW4Mh5xcLFByCXPpIY-H3rAzCBGm_D8IHZbHydknOm/s2048/Geoff+-+EDIT+Hannah01.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1609" data-original-width="2048" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKwobEB_rqOSm5nMjkSbUUMoKHRpGd4BrwrsSqlZlkgEjEtYaD3if-1DBbf2Mp6Cm0HgTqq9e0XPLLGykCLJE18IuKippsGCEjEccW4Mh5xcLFByCXPpIY-H3rAzCBGm_D8IHZbHydknOm/w400-h314/Geoff+-+EDIT+Hannah01.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Hannah Glickstein - Wild Serenade</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWhFRkKSghRXPOlGHdgILOAnRK7yBcbu3QYSdfwT6Ko1yiWIrAc-5pHo2srjJMPvNohjhVWbb7F8UvbA59mE5v24wv4oeBHHV5HEnoXzDYvu9u4bgRAVs_0vWF5Npw6xTBXhnTVliMi7qf/s2048/Geoff+-+Rebecca01.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWhFRkKSghRXPOlGHdgILOAnRK7yBcbu3QYSdfwT6Ko1yiWIrAc-5pHo2srjJMPvNohjhVWbb7F8UvbA59mE5v24wv4oeBHHV5HEnoXzDYvu9u4bgRAVs_0vWF5Npw6xTBXhnTVliMi7qf/w400-h400/Geoff+-+Rebecca01.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Rebecca Klassen - Clothed in Sacrifice</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgRB-aF1UkvWcW5uaw6Zx2tJ912s8dnE77nexN2lttBPtVqhDfA2xl1fEOcWFGdSEt89S5r_NTP5gKLJlkk6GOUDzy1Dx_f0ouf7AWfGhBIiNBOg5CbieE5PaMMcbLthqM2CsBH5F-lS5w/s2048/LRRobin02.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgRB-aF1UkvWcW5uaw6Zx2tJ912s8dnE77nexN2lttBPtVqhDfA2xl1fEOcWFGdSEt89S5r_NTP5gKLJlkk6GOUDzy1Dx_f0ouf7AWfGhBIiNBOg5CbieE5PaMMcbLthqM2CsBH5F-lS5w/w400-h400/LRRobin02.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Robin Booth - Painted Ladies</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Stroud Short Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533882505063112212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728122253320407973.post-45547800912508398762021-11-09T04:05:00.002-08:002021-11-09T08:04:45.920-08:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you to everyone who attended our sell-out event WILD! on Sunday 7 November at Stroud Book Festival</span></span></h1><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtx9GgJJys4iB9PeW1EoQmhYjpZD3pJUQf1ZrLvkJvVc1gK1k-PMBA0IlFBtlo55dcA158nV-1R7FpKqS3739tnkzGH05UOhLtNz1_I-wQN28cJf7zDxhE9OSjB6OMOxa0y0V7F5wLiFoq/s1587/SSS_No22_Poster_Black.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1587" data-original-width="1123" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtx9GgJJys4iB9PeW1EoQmhYjpZD3pJUQf1ZrLvkJvVc1gK1k-PMBA0IlFBtlo55dcA158nV-1R7FpKqS3739tnkzGH05UOhLtNz1_I-wQN28cJf7zDxhE9OSjB6OMOxa0y0V7F5wLiFoq/s320/SSS_No22_Poster_Black.png" width="226" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br />This was our 15th sell-out event in succession. Images will follow.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In the meantime, here's a little review of the SSS WILD! event and the Stroud Book Festival by Debbie Young -</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://authordebbieyoung.com/2021/11/09/what-i-did-at-stroud-book-festival-2021/">https://authordebbieyoung.com/2021/11/09/what-i-did-at-stroud-book-festival-2021/</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">John </span></p>Stroud Short Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533882505063112212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728122253320407973.post-35815404555973335902021-09-19T23:58:00.025-07:002021-10-28T10:02:15.640-07:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Tickets Now on Sale + The Ten Authors and their Stories for our 7 November event WILD! </span></h1><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMitAgeA137IWYz8d8tipkT-NcGIfc8Qcd1gv2ePdHJZPo6CcvKHMQy4npdSzFAuklSKXW3PFAy_cST5xG0voWbEcV9RSUOHXJX4kAvToz4ky29_hQva1ksFMpuEYDrHm4L02wKnJWqCqR/s1587/SSS_No22_Poster_Colour.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1587" data-original-width="1123" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMitAgeA137IWYz8d8tipkT-NcGIfc8Qcd1gv2ePdHJZPo6CcvKHMQy4npdSzFAuklSKXW3PFAy_cST5xG0voWbEcV9RSUOHXJX4kAvToz4ky29_hQva1ksFMpuEYDrHm4L02wKnJWqCqR/s320/SSS_No22_Poster_Colour.png" width="226" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><strong style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">TICKETS for WILD! </strong></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">The event takes place at the <a href="https://www.cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk/whats-on" target="_blank">Cotswold Playhouse</a>, Parliament Street, Stroud, GL1 5LW on Sunday 7 November. Starts 7.30/doors 7.00. There is a bar.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b>Ten authors will read ten stories (see below). After two years on YouTube, I am excited to say that this will be a live event. <i>Please note that this live event will <strong>not</strong> be recorded.</i> </span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>TICKETS</b>, priced at ยฃ9, are now on sale on the <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk/whats-on" href="https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/cotswoldplayhouse/t-ogjmey" target="_blank">Cotswold Playhouse website</a>. You are able to pre-book your seats, so you can decide where you want to sit. The auditorium is raked and all seats offer excellent views. We use a microphone so there should be no problem hearing the stories.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Our last 14 live events all sold out.<br /><br /></span></div>The Playhouse's Covid information is <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk/everything-else/covid" href="https://www.cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk/everything-else/covid" target="_blank">here</a>. Please note that the wonderful spacious 150-seat Playhouse has recently installed a ยฃ50,000 fresh air-based ventilation and heating system for your safety. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Thank you to everyone who submitted stories for this, our 22nd, event WILD! 77 stories were submitted by 62 writers. My co-judge Debbie Young and I were absolutely delighted by the standard of submission.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Competition was as hot as usual, but judging is now completed and the following authors will read their brilliant stories on Sunday 7 November at the <a href="https://www.cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk/" target="_blank">Cotswold Playhouse</a>. This will be our first LIVE event for two years.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Nick Adams (Stroud) - Demolition</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://alibacon.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Ali Bacon</a> (Emersons Green, S.Glos) - The Pig and I</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Georgia Boon (Stroud) - Johnny Maunder came to the Well</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Robin Booth (Stroud) - Painted Ladies</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://disneyatemydaughter.com/" target="_blank">Hannah Glickstein</a> (Stroud) - Wild Serenade</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Jasmin Izagaren (Chalford, Stroud) - Jumping Season</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://clairejaggard.com/" target="_blank">Claire Jaggard</a> (Cromhall, S.Glos) - The Wild Woman</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Rebecca Klassen (Gloucester) - Clothed in Sacrifice</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.unfurling.net/" target="_blank">Pauline Masurel</a> (Winterbourne Down, S.Glos) - Fledglings</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://melaniecarowhite.com/" target="_blank">Melanie White</a> (Cheltenham) - City Girl</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We welcome five authors who will make their debuts at SSS - Nick, Jasmin, Claire, Rebecca and Melanie. They will be the 120th, 121st, 122nd, 123rd and 124th authors to read at SSS. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">And we welcome back Pauline, who last read in 2013. Ali will be reading for the sixth(!) time, Robin for the third time, and both Georgia and Hannah for the second time. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">HUGE congratulations to these authors. We are delighted they submitted their brilliant stories to SSS. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">And thank you to my co-judge <a href="https://authordebbieyoung.com/" target="_blank">Debbie Young</a> whose experience, knowledge and dedication to the task were wonderful.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The event is part of the </span><a href="https://stroudbookfestival.org.uk/events-2021/" target="_blank">2021 Stroud Book Festival</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. </span>It's going to be a great evening of short stories. Don't miss it.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I hope to see you there.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">John</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Stroud Short Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533882505063112212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728122253320407973.post-88879592602073030282021-06-01T07:04:00.035-07:002021-09-16T09:36:46.143-07:00<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span>Submissions for our </span>next event 'WILD!' close on Sunday 19 September at 23.59</span></h2><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg64IoJWtGcmeQOq0eakBbMZB2EOun5WFt4gwnaVfkV3bHiIqRrcug6QkfajSABIGeUCAaX_Z4ezAgxCHYleW1TehXVjysfhnOoXMaS5HDGb1mrolPtvDcM6vXhztQCYXSTWI7Rz4KW2j1e/s1587/SSS_No22_Poster_Colour.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1587" data-original-width="1123" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg64IoJWtGcmeQOq0eakBbMZB2EOun5WFt4gwnaVfkV3bHiIqRrcug6QkfajSABIGeUCAaX_Z4ezAgxCHYleW1TehXVjysfhnOoXMaS5HDGb1mrolPtvDcM6vXhztQCYXSTWI7Rz4KW2j1e/s320/SSS_No22_Poster_Colour.png" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The theme for our 22nd event is </span><b style="font-family: arial;">'WILD!' </b><span style="font-family: arial;">and the event is part of the <a href="https://stroudbookfestival.org.uk/" target="_blank">2021 Stroud Book Festival</a>. </span></span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Submissions are currently open but close at the end of Sunday 19 September ie at 23.59 one minute to midnight.</span></span><div><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The event will take place live at <a href="https://www.cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk/" target="_blank">the Cotswold Playhouse</a>, Parliament Street, Stroud, GL1 5LW at 7.30pm (doors 7.00) on Sunday 7 November 2021.</span><span style="font-family: arial;">(Should Covid cause increased health concerns then the authors will be recorded for our <a href="http://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/youtube-channel-videos.html" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a>).</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The live event will <b>not </b>be videoed.</span></span></p><p></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">My co-judge on this occasion will be short story author, novelist, blogger, festival organiser and self-publishing guru Debbie Young. More info on <a href="http://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/judges-2015.html" target="_blank">the judges</a> here.</span><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi41ErSiyc0intuLX6jh-kvNAuEI3008rirQn-n7h_LWCVh7cdp7uqdRMkrnJz4ByMXqMPJvzgBiP4BlN6DCeApG0lg2qSRPtjr3mHSpfqYNywctVyTaqJKpsdAZ4c9ystZAM524PU0R109/s1123/SSS_No22_Invite_A4_Colour.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1123" data-original-width="794" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi41ErSiyc0intuLX6jh-kvNAuEI3008rirQn-n7h_LWCVh7cdp7uqdRMkrnJz4ByMXqMPJvzgBiP4BlN6DCeApG0lg2qSRPtjr3mHSpfqYNywctVyTaqJKpsdAZ4c9ystZAM524PU0R109/s320/SSS_No22_Invite_A4_Colour.png" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;">Think about the theme <b>WILD!</b> as widely as possible. Consider nature, wildlife, flora and fauna, as well as </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">foraging/wild food,</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> t</span><span style="font-family: arial;">he wild wes</span><span style="font-family: arial;">t, weather, seas, wild </span><span style="font-family: arial;">parties, nights out, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">singing, dancing,</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> craziness, passion, affairs, out of control emotions, wild swimming, anger, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">enthusiasm, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">uncivilised behaviour, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">etc etc.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It is free to submit. We accept submissions from all Gloucestershire and South Gloucs writers. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">The full rules and info on how to submit are </span><a href="http://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/rules.html" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Check out my (helpful?) tips for writing for SSS <a href="http://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/tips-there-are-no-rules-for-writing.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Tickets for the event, priced at ยฃ9, will be available from <a href="https://www.cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk/" target="_blank">the Cotswold Playhouse website</a> from Friday 8 October. The Cotswold Playhouse has recently invested in a ยฃ50,000 fresh air heating and ventilation system for your safety.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">John <br /></span></p></div></div>Stroud Short Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533882505063112212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728122253320407973.post-79174072135599504752021-05-09T11:04:00.000-07:002021-05-09T11:04:27.384-07:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Here are the stories for our 9 May 2021 10th Birthday Event 'Sharp Stars and Old Magic & Other Stories'</span></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Watch/listen on YouTube via the links below</span></span></h1><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirKCNV3RYyicqi28xDwZy90Uqt9nDLorBWFKOn3Xv7VvXItVDBmxTe8T8BVVpOj6YUKF0fQfdfilyQ1FaqCT8OX686vgg7ykQ2J2nE0bHqQ7HAdBPVq0VlKT9m_RE_RoSzpml4lxCNK5T-/s1754/SSS_No21_Event_A4_Colour.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1754" data-original-width="1240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirKCNV3RYyicqi28xDwZy90Uqt9nDLorBWFKOn3Xv7VvXItVDBmxTe8T8BVVpOj6YUKF0fQfdfilyQ1FaqCT8OX686vgg7ykQ2J2nE0bHqQ7HAdBPVq0VlKT9m_RE_RoSzpml4lxCNK5T-/s320/SSS_No21_Event_A4_Colour.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Grab a cuppa or maybe something stronger, sit back and listen to these ten great stories. All human </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(and some non-human)</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">life is here. I have put the stories in an order which I thinks works well but, of course, you can pick and choose. Just</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> click on each link.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Huge thanks to my co-judge Chloe Turner, to SSS administrator Christiane Holland, to Dr Steve Goodwin of the Cotswold Playhouse for the videos and, of course, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">to everyone who submitted a story. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">John </span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfGMs7ajzSg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhueuM4U-JTA_XTYzsqAX2ASoF9hDW4zmqIyxHwdgdwoNU7kpquQzw0LmKy_fJkVkz9wA3SQFcX66y-BOo69vKgV0WzctJRzvqrd4xgtEUJYykLVvA6dO4g5ryVWeQoaU78INXt34Oc0Z5U/s320/John+Holland+DSC00094.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfGMs7ajzSg" target="_blank">๐SSS Organiser/Editor John Holland introduces the 10th Birthday Event</a> (and reveals the theme for November's event)</span></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTRyf12JsvM" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLebekG1VXBCZHVcPJXYobfP_4o7n5wwH628fXSZfSn_pOj2JVxvnhC23M1JFuYstS02fNjHFd6EK8L4a7sFOteiKg-vTCt5b55M3lsC0_cYnhUi0hvCDf5DrGN4iIi-j2abzIyp3-eo7q/s320/Kate+Keogan+DSC00073.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTRyf12JsvM" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">๐There's more to a mob of rowdy crows than meets the eye. </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kate Keogan reads </span><i><span style="font-size: medium;">The Blue in the Black of his Wing</span> </i></span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEpE0KSbf9Y" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-i8mEqysGkh5p16-zYLUIQeOKwfXVXmLwIq5_D4jUxEcOHjr50Khut_nDWRiSZYiWKJ9_MQ7S9qrODV499j6nyWJ51zOirTZxGkJEkwXi6I2tMhjJ_x-EfiJixEDKZP9esZhQZfXjsF6o/s320/Sean+W.+Quigley+DSC00107.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEpE0KSbf9Y" target="_blank">๐A grown man loses a comic - and much more besides. Sean W. Quigley reads T<i>he Rubbish Collector</i></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT-oJZy_-3U" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNv94rPifkmgZHtVRE3hyphenhypheniwD-NFg0e0vCwOq4XeOR6DEu-A_HzIcyAAMvglW1kZpU_U0kZLuO7ojlCatRcJyk4vSTD3qJfLiAFwV_ZvFm38Ki2n-QWaDCG73b1fgpBtVOcTGpOuy6nNaGW/s320/Nastasya+Parker+DSC00127.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT-oJZy_-3U" target="_blank">๐A seamstress, a sailing crew, a soldier and an heiress take you to the world's edge. Nastasya Parker reads <i>The Flat Earth Society</i></a></span></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ3ITX30Bas" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2JlccqPmDhzJHW1fyOn7uYr4fmatBIUnMSdze3H1RmKlOk_twXAfM-fDlY7HBhB6KDOCymw9G15i1KGFH9y6nCND0g7HdCaZmT8eU8bx1_3u6Xc6GTgsLEwP09u1h9w1ZviGIss00XS90/s320/Diana+Humphrey+DSC00109.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div></span><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ3ITX30Bas" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">๐An old man searches for a moment of supreme importance. Diana Humphrey reads </span><i style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">That Old Tune</i></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIGFQ5npUz8" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj71e8au0VELNGmB-WDpMOXvqTuTg8PGqVRAF2cWh1j681QXrVZhc5ijvNKmfFjyef6HvXpC-h_c9me5-rWW8zbEc1JpmB96_6vhADR-mNon1Ux6Qw3vYkWmcdH7lF52hvo9PGbOvjoeRx9/s320/Jason+Jackson+DSC00070.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIGFQ5npUz8" target="_blank">๐An exploration of what gets left behind when someone disappears. Jason Jackson reads <i>How You're Gone</i></a></span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AvA-pk9Z1k" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVJhQL5WFih_BiGz_a7jjJDvWdkrCDjf-pE6t1okmpY5nx32qVcTxKyMo1Zh0D0_uKaJzzC8RENB9FTPhyBoCd2OBjDa3y18vkgPsxhy74Fe77piUYMadvCLRmGp9ox3nE6CJiimCTCbG/s320/Cheryl+Burman+DSC00083.jpg" width="320" /></a></i></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AvA-pk9Z1k" target="_blank">๐Agnes never trusted the river, Sabrina - as temperamental as any goddess. Cheryl Burman reads </a></span></span><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AvA-pk9Z1k" target="_blank">Sabrina Rising</a></span></i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v9th_lLZZE" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXytk1q9dB8RFfa-U1hYScYMiOwvL8Xsk3p3tjkQ0msy7HyI3GYgoboZnbHCHbwRGW6kCaMy2YHG_XeDoJhwDToNIhqAobN0QN0svAbZx7R4tbf0OtVghux5dXGPdi52Xrz7zIW-OY6Z6P/s320/David+Goodland+DSC00059+%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></i></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v9th_lLZZE" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">๐The ribald tale of the sexual misadventures of two Cotswolds housewives. David Goodland reads </span><i style="font-family: arial;">The Dress</i></a></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2S8u4QU7OY" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA40M-BFk5gwEPUjL4RqPH3wATEIknzePNXjZ_qNBZCSBZ-lWU1bL8fvwVUB-pwqQZuE8WOXg6HwfJvB6czZ1x4tmz46JfR5WCcnXt83MvrY9Pa8vLWeVFsGDwnaDq-3IsAf1IOmfit-jw/s320/Nimue+Brown+DSC00119.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2S8u4QU7OY" target="_blank">๐Mark thinks his poetry is brilliant and misunderstood - but he may be alone in this. Nimue Brown reads <i>He Nearly Checked his Privilege</i></a></span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWoW2mCU9VA" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2QgOIHn8e29b07pVZXNhSL43wjw__4IVimyTz7cqSQ3y50XUa6EUU66a_Mr-nqdOw0rHTY9gxHmqwQ8-hacGmswRKRQDSXtnr1xFLPdwij4Ko7pf682UXqpkKv7YPmBB1NDFqcivLS669/s320/Mhairi+Gray+DSC00063.jpg" width="320" /></a></i></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWoW2mCU9VA" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">๐Strategies for healing amputee starfish. Mhairi Gray reads </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Forgetting to Heal</i></a></span></p><p><i style="font-family: arial;"><br /></i></p><p><i style="font-family: arial;"><br /></i></p><p><i style="font-family: arial;"><br /></i></p><p><i style="font-family: arial;"><br /></i></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIw1DV2AK4E" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinm_2ULBAaMr3JN6v1qjRImXX-6B5__ex_bEMMrKA-zAcD3p5-Yo9ZbzT80_6yAAAZenojWeGS0bdX2JvrfEZU72El3f23DQByDWITSp8gLxub2QPWmeC43zHZSGBJYP_hM2ECsM7a0NB4/s320/Sally+Jenkinson+DSC00087+%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></i></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIw1DV2AK4E" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">๐A foster carer receives a much-longed-for invitation from </span><span style="font-family: arial;">the</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> past. Sally Jenkinson reads</span><i style="font-family: arial;"> Sharp Stars and Old Magic</i></a></span></p><p><i style="font-family: arial;"><br /></i></p><p><i style="font-family: arial;"><br /></i></p><p><i style="font-family: arial;"><br /></i></p><p><i style="font-family: arial;"><br /></i></p></div>Stroud Short Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533882505063112212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728122253320407973.post-65892179191581993092021-04-01T05:44:00.021-07:002021-05-07T08:45:14.071-07:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The Ten Authors and their Stories for our FREE 10th Birthday Event on Sunday 9 May from 7.30pm on YouTube</span></h1><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1g5M6Pi5ImX1RPr_gJ3GJ7dTrYCrgavRZ81_9EZKjGyyFp2tM9WF3lP44wzASvZVseLy-zQNusv-zS5Oa-uMJXSXktdsaPhq1uM8Ys3OG41ZZtX5ufrkIA8r8jd7PBlB7VGsdOWnA_n46/s1720/EVENT+POSTER+image+%25283%2529.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1720" data-original-width="1214" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1g5M6Pi5ImX1RPr_gJ3GJ7dTrYCrgavRZ81_9EZKjGyyFp2tM9WF3lP44wzASvZVseLy-zQNusv-zS5Oa-uMJXSXktdsaPhq1uM8Ys3OG41ZZtX5ufrkIA8r8jd7PBlB7VGsdOWnA_n46/s320/EVENT+POSTER+image+%25283%2529.png" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">THE EVENT is free and unticketed and available world-wide on our YouTube Channel, with links from this website, on Sunday 9 May from 7.30pm. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">These the authors and stories for our 10th Birthday Event 'Sharp Stars and Old Magic and Other Stories' on YouTube on Sunday 9 May at 7.30.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">90 Gloucs</span><span style="font-family: arial;">/South Gloucs writers submitted 125 stories - 4 short of our all-time record. We have shared with those writers our Long List of 36 stories and then our 19-strong Short List.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">These are the ten which my co-judge Chloe Turner (to whom my heart-felt gratitude) and I selected -</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://druidlife.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Nimue Brown</a> (Stroud) - He Nearly Checked his Privilege</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://cherylburman.com/" target="_blank">Cheryl Burman</a> (Blakeney) - Sabrina Rising</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">David Goodland (Nailsworth) - The Dress</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Mhairi Gray (Woodmancote) - Forgetting to Heal</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Diana Humphrey (Stroud) - That Old Tune</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Jason Jackson (Kingswood) - How You're Gone</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Sally Jenkinson (Cinderford) - Sharp Stars and Old Magic</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="http://kathedron.co.uk/" target="_blank">Kate Keogan</a> (Gloucester) - The Blue in the Black of his Wing</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="http://nastasyaparker.com/" target="_blank">Nastasya Parker</a> (Dursley) - The Flat Earth Society</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Sean W. Quigley (Gloucester) - The Rubbish Collector</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Huge congratulations to these authors for creating such brilliantly imagined and magically written stories which will provide wonderful readings for our 10th Birthday event. Within the ten are an extraordinary range</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> of writing styles and </span><span style="font-family: arial;">story lines, everything from the challenge of being a foster parent to reaching the edge of the flat world and strategies for healing amputee starfish. FABULOUS!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">There are five newco</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">mers to SSS, so I am delighted to welcome Cheryl Burman, David Goodland, Mhairi Gray, Sally Jenkinson and Sean Quigley who will be the 115th, 116th, 117th, 118th and 119th authors to read at an SSS event.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A special mention for Diana Humphrey who last read at SSS in October 2010. Welcome back, Diana, as well of course as old friends Jason, Kate, Nastasya and Nimue.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I note too that this is the first time in our 21 event history that Stroud area writers have not been in the majority.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">See you on Sunday 9 May! </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Be there or be rectangular.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">John</span></p><p><br /></p>Stroud Short Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533882505063112212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728122253320407973.post-16015160842090952402021-03-21T17:10:00.007-07:002021-03-24T12:24:41.572-07:00<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Thank you to everyone who submitted stories for our 9 May event celebrating our 10th Anniversary</span></h2><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you to all the local writers who have sent us their stories for consideration for our 10th birthday event to be broadcast on YouTube on Sunday 9 May. Submissions are now closed.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">90 local authors sent us 125 stories which is just 4 stories away from our all-time record!</span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A list of the ten stories selected and their authors will be posted here by 2 April.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">John </span></p>Stroud Short Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533882505063112212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728122253320407973.post-64190904875516753742021-01-04T06:49:00.034-08:002021-03-20T09:24:14.222-07:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ten Years Up! </span>Submissions close on Sunday 21 March at 23.59 - one minute to midnight</span></h1><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZn_X6yZRmKOWbW1Lep7N856syqwFyIEUvWdGMj5HplMTRqDVmC44xYHD1wrwDbFyov9HsrnYrw9EfMGjZWIWNN5wleXKprQ3ckelIZuJ5p9FOQTXcNISnMJayj6mQVNHwkBDOn-w18MuP/s1123/SSS_No21_Invite_A4_Colour.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1123" data-original-width="794" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZn_X6yZRmKOWbW1Lep7N856syqwFyIEUvWdGMj5HplMTRqDVmC44xYHD1wrwDbFyov9HsrnYrw9EfMGjZWIWNN5wleXKprQ3ckelIZuJ5p9FOQTXcNISnMJayj6mQVNHwkBDOn-w18MuP/s320/SSS_No21_Invite_A4_Colour.png" /></a></div>We are currently open for your submissions for our Sunday 9 May event. We will close at the end of Sunday 21 March ie at 23.59 (one minute to midnight).</span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">To celebrate our tenth birthday (the first SSS event was in June 2011), it's an <b>open theme</b> this time, so write about anything you like in any way you like (so long as it's a short story). You have complete freedom.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">As ever it's free to submit and we accept both unpublished and published pieces.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ten stories by Gloucestershire/South Gloucs authors will be selected. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">For safety's sake, we have now decided that the event will be on the <a href="http://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/youtube-channel-videos.html" target="_blank">SSS YouTube Channel</a>, like November's event, and will be broadcast on Sunday 9 May at 7.30 pm</span><span style="font-family: arial;">. It will be free, accessible to everyone globally and unticketed.</span></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>We will choose a safe and mutually convenient time for each selected author to be individually videoed at the <a href="https://www.cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk/" target="_blank">Cotswold Playhouse</a> in Stroud.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">My co-judge will be the brilliant 2020 Saboteur Award winner <b>Chloe Turner</b>. More about the judges <a href="http://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/judges-2015.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">All ten stories selected will be published in our next anthology.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>IMPORTANT </b>- The Rules and How to Submit are <a href="http://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/rules.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I've also just added a new <a href="http://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/tips-there-are-no-rules-for-writing.html" target="_blank">Writing Tips</a> section to this website.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Our last 14 live events all sold out. And the YouTube videos of <a href="http://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/youtube-channel-videos.html" target="_blank">the online November 2020 event 'Disruption'</a> have received a total of around 1,700 views to date.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>After this terrible year we really are desperate to read some great stories. It's down to you now.</i></span></p>Stroud Short Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533882505063112212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728122253320407973.post-36177843133816731832020-11-08T11:04:00.003-08:002021-01-28T13:27:31.221-08:00<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Stroud Short Stories 20th Event 'DISRUPTION' - part of the 2020 Stroud Book Festival held on 8 Nov 2020</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>YouTube links here </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Grab a cup of tea or something stronger and click on the links to see the authors read their stories. I have placed the stories in an order which I think works well, but you can, of course, pick and choose as you wish.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This event is dedicated to the late Rick Vick - author, creative writing tutor, events organiser and SSS alumnus.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Many thanks to Dr Steve Goodwin of the Cotswold Playhouse/Amberley Music Makers for the videos; to Ali Bacon, my co-judge on this occasion; and to Stroud Book Festival for their support.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGE-AkHZ0hI&t=14s" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1776" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCJ63qQFVQVUjrgbnInZgjwsNVsPKM24OMxpCZIGJ4_qc2FDeRPZagAeToXuRks5zwp9tdT4ERjr-vQqD_UaSmpKy46hS9lkp6hgiPl63AwL32aGxONzOz2dYldEsJgzngnd-nMDPAjrTS/s320/JOHN+HOLLAND+TAKE+4+Capture.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGE-AkHZ0hI&t=14s" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">๐ </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Stroud Short Stories Organiser John Holland introduces the event</span></span></b></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EQXGF04u4Q&t=6s" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1813" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM6LwluEQ5zqySjzyp_tYOKxdrLL97D6D6b_zF2B8ANFf7nQFPQQF-_n4u69BNQStyDKjsJE4v_xYitWKX7OQUyZ6W_v1eBjzn8DgB7vmF-tdEJxWnJd6bHuWbO_193uN1Da32k1c66_7Z/s320/Steve+Wheeler.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div>๐ He followed her up the footpath and across the meadow as though retracing her route would somehow bring her back - </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EQXGF04u4Q&t=6s" target="_blank">Steve Wheeler reads <i>Puffballs</i></a></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /><i><br /></i></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFB0xs-dyQQ&t=22s" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="931" data-original-width="1807" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi32Bf7iE7yqKkUmGoDD9HWob6QvBdyfpqQKpSU8IR2RvSnybsh7QLG-kKBoPfdnMguqWG_wYOH4vosKfDX6conwOXOZRFaWLWK5QT7qMoIcIoUfbbYWBGUNqy8VQPGwv8B1Rqd4RlY9ucS/s320/Robin+Capture.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>๐ A crack has split the town in two and even the dogs are afraid to cross it - <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFB0xs-dyQQ&t=22s" target="_blank">Robin Booth reads <i>Two Towns</i></a></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsLquInW6WY" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="1804" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW3jMz4CuGD0IH_YrZyHJ8pVtS-72zJstmCZO7TEhmX1QRcwLDyPgLygCPtfmer2bZA0eg0XYbUJY-mZdKsIGm_1qv47NUCLwAWaDNBh5YNIenRPQ0dFz-WB8WbhVewZSXD-7udU_-6GP1/s320/Claire+Harrison+Capture.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">๐ Feel the tension when three </span><span style="font-family: arial;">siblings come together at their
mother's hospital bed - </span><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsLquInW6WY" target="_blank">Claire Harrison reads <i>Peace Lily</i></a></b></p></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSLFQCgafN4&t=1s" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="1808" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hdRicofO98-6uk3QAYiUW0VSWPs-wJjcA3rCw3N13gRNEznTYqOjIsZpTRRix5AxQW8cWI0RibguDA_pSLX2MPikxYnGaJ9lwaBCUH1RrKopUb8SUk_K7uChbgRi4DILlO9feMUkn5FG/s320/Mark+Rutterford+Capture.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></b></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">๐ What happens when the Big Man says he is very, very sorry - </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSLFQCgafN4&t=1s" target="_blank">Mark Rutterford reads <i>Correcting an Error</i></a></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HkYo-Ad51o&t=2s" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="1805" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtOAKE94Alc0YNdCoG9m8ZfHuXFcQWmwGQBiqtBEo7TbombyGcAR_0BPNxYlFqRgwYQ7Uvf8vR00Wp6uGlzBCUWYECDPgzaITJdjEynQz7gFbOFkDvbpb18ZGPJrE_N-45Md_6JskNgQK1/s320/Geoff+Capture.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">๐ An elegy for lost love and an exploration of what can happen when you live alone - </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HkYo-Ad51o&t=2s" target="_blank">Geoff Mead reads <i>White Christmas</i></a></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hyDbORLtSs&t=1s" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="1805" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixOdlAu0K7xsuaIJ6vfZnMyGlY2r0Q3iQN9xNVxC9xtDlYLTduHTU0i3tAW00lJSD5fmfY32YE90qxLyEKzQllF1fRRz9uea0MSYSE82wxaN3E47f_rt45Zl-SRLoy6-wc0iuESNbLHaDV/s320/Hannah+G+Capture.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">๐ A minor accident makes a teenage boy face up to his grandfather - </span></span><b style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hyDbORLtSs&t=1s" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hannah Glickstein reads <i>Roadkill</i></span></a></b></span><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qhhbej5th0" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="921" data-original-width="1802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJFxTXZzn8M1baRdojH443x88I4dbSd1bDfpixPUW-TX4L4j4fRTcIUWMdXUrHssVjRGq7pvocuWO4gKk3DtXc997MenrY78T2Pe5kJ_YVsgyYs1L7MGIDJBnEsxIuQtKyUTXCK5cWrWMp/s320/Simon+Piney.Capture.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">๐ How long will a man lie i the earth ere he rot? <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qhhbej5th0" target="_blank">Simon Piney reads <i>Waking the Dead</i></a></b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc7H44ppo1U&t=39s" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="1800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUWIh-qsuvJxu3eR2UrabrL1aoYopgcxJ0PXC0Job5hLPqTLqh1N9NPnHtfWQABc_KmSeX_r4qhOMMdtUZef3GPMn89MNx2OTU0xWDtIpXrwP0URPZxIkIVMUjXQMirk-jdOaIwQfbzOvJ/s320/Sharon+Webster.Capture.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">๐ Is there a line that you wouldn't cross?</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"> </span><b style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc7H44ppo1U&t=39s" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sharon Webster reads <i>Jumping the Queue</i></span></a></b></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deg9Wp9ZBiE&t=1s" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="917" data-original-width="1777" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL9ii0a6QlCNfIOEmnX7gPzSAcmO0MmpMDc8JlgXi11nmFL2ZF-uSJDZilsWrK3uW9XCHhJd9yaI1w6sBYZpvAd0rNXgcSSoTcmWT-QApCLFHl7eebeAO2kinnswbSc58TSGDIud9XXsP2/s320/Stephen+Connolly+Capture.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">๐ Isolated during a pandemic, Frank begins to suspect a connection between the virus and the climate change protesters camped outside his home - </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deg9Wp9ZBiE&t=1s" target="_blank">Stephen Connolly reads <i>The Corvidae Diary</i></a></b></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; line-height: 23.46px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9B2VeY48qk&t=3s" style="clear: left; display: inline; float: left; font-family: arial; font-size: large; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="1811" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvpUN-6Qjk9s2WuZ6rFQ8rRo4aLEnftesIKmam08sQI5cJLF2Cq__dsZiPGX5fQS5CIvwSVbY-r5BLKpW4_x8ItDd1-R1lKxC8RYY6wRc1sehp1C-wOFvIhVAd_wHMcD-mTiE1P_HfQnM/s320/Emma+.JPG" width="320" /></a></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 23.46px; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 23.46px;"><b></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 23.46px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 23.46px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 23.46px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">๐ Death comes to </span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 23.46px;">Derbyshireโs fourth largest tourist attraction - <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9B2VeY48qk&t=3s" target="_blank">Emma Kernahan reads <i>A Brief History of Lady Charlotte, Duchess of Beaumont</i></a></b></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;"><i><b>If you enjoyed the stories, or just want to support SSS, why not buy the book? Six of tonight's authors have stories in the SSS Anthology 2015-18. In all there are 57 stories by 45 Gloucestershire authors. More info and links to buy <a href="http://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com/p/anthology.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</b></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span></div>Stroud Short Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533882505063112212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728122253320407973.post-2187535547276150702020-07-21T00:50:00.016-07:002020-11-07T02:09:02.889-08:00<h4 style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="5">Join us HERE on Sunday 8 November SSS 2020 from 7.30pm for our 20th event - on the theme of 'Disruption' - it's FREE!</font></h4><div><font face="arial" size="5"><br /></font></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The need for everyone's safety means that the </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Stroud Short Stories event 'Disruption' (!) </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">will take place online.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I hope you'll join us on the SSS YouTube channel via links here on our website </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">from 7.30 on Sunday 8 November</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">to enjoy ten Gloucestershire authors reading/performing their stories. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(</span><span style="font-family: arial;">Please note that there is no access to the SSS event on the Stroud Book Festival YouTube channel.)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The event, which is our 20th and is dedicated to the late Rick Vick, will feature the ten stories initially selected </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">from the 119 stories submitted </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">for the postponed April event.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Just a reminder of the stories which will be read by their authors. (</span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Click on the links for the authors' websites) -</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>A Brief History of Lady Charlotte, Duchess of Beaumont - <a href="https://crappyliving.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Emma Kernahan</a> (Stroud)</span><br style="font-size: medium;" /><span>Correcting an Error - <a href="https://www.markrutterford.com/" target="_blank">Mark Rutterford</a> (Filton, South Gloucs)</span><br style="font-size: medium;" /><span>The Corvidae Diary - <a href="https://stephenconnollywriter.com/" target="_blank">Stephen Connolly</a> (Siddington, Cirencester)</span><br style="font-size: medium;" /><span>Waking the Dead - Simon Piney (Eastcombe, Stroud)</span><br style="font-size: medium;" /><span>Jumping the Queue - Sharon Webster (Leckhampton, Cheltenham)</span><br style="font-size: medium;" /><span>Peace Lily - <a href="https://claireharrison.blog/" target="_blank">Claire Harrison </a>(Charlton Kings, Cheltenham)</span><br style="font-size: medium;" /><span>Puffballs - <a href="https://stevenjohnwriter.com/" target="_blank">Steve Wheeler</a> (Sheepscombe)</span><br style="font-size: medium;" /><span>Roadkill - <a href="https://disneyatemydaughter.com/" target="_blank">Hannah Glickstein</a> (Stroud)</span><br style="font-size: medium;" /><span>Two Towns - Robin Booth (Brimscombe, Stroud)</span><br style="font-size: medium;" /><span>White Christmas - <a href="http://www.cominghometostory.com/" target="_blank">Geoff Mead</a> (Kingscote, Tetbury)</span></span></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">These are brilliant stories, so please join us here </span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">from 7.30 on Sunday 8 November</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">on the SSS website when I will post links to the ten readings/performances on YouTube. Please note that there is no access to the SSS event on the Stroud Book Festival YouTube channel.</span></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our last 14 events sold out. You will not need a ticket for this one. And there will be no charge to watch/listen to the videos.</span></span></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">MAY 2021 Event - We will open again for submissions in late January for our Sunday 9 May 2021 event. There will be an open theme - so any subject, any genre, any approach so long as it's a short story of 1,500 words or less. COVID allowing, it will take place at the <a href="https://www.cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk/" target="_blank">Cotswold Playhouse</a> in Stroud or, failing that, online again.</span></span></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">John </span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Stroud Short Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533882505063112212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728122253320407973.post-25391953603886471002020-03-20T00:55:00.000-07:002020-03-20T02:54:22.825-07:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am delighted to announce the authors and titles of the stories for our re-arranged 20th event at the <a href="https://www.cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk/whats-on" target="_blank">Cotswold Playhouse</a> on Sunday 8 November 2020. The event is on the theme of Disruption (!) and is dedicated to the late Rick Vick. It will also be part of the <a href="https://stroudbookfestival.org.uk/" target="_blank">Stroud Book Festival</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">90 Gloucestershire/South Gloucestershire writers submitted 119 stories. We have shared with those authors our Long List of 44 stories and then our 16-strong Short List. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">These are the ten stories which my co-judge, Ali Bacon, and I have selected for this event (in alphabetical order by title). Click on the links for the authors' websites -</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A Brief History of Lady Charlotte, Duchess of Beaumont - <a href="https://crappyliving.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Emma Kernahan</a> (Stroud)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Correcting an Error - <a href="https://www.markrutterford.com/" target="_blank">Mark Rutterford</a> (Filton, South Gloucs)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Corvidae Diary - <a href="https://stephenconnollywriter.com/" target="_blank">Stephen Connolly</a> (Siddington, Cirencester)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">ICMP - Simon Piney (Eastcombe, Stroud)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jumping the Queue - Sharon Webster (Leckhampton, Cheltenham)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Peace Lily - <a href="https://claireharrison.blog/" target="_blank">Claire Harrison </a>(Charlton Kings, Cheltenham)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Puffballs - <a href="https://stevenjohnwriter.com/" target="_blank">Steve Wheeler</a> (Sheepscombe)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Roadkill - <a href="https://disneyatemydaughter.com/" target="_blank">Hannah Glickstein</a> (Stroud)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Two Towns - Robin Booth (Brimscombe, Stroud)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">White Christmas - <a href="http://www.cominghometostory.com/" target="_blank">Geoff Mead</a> (Kingscote, Tetbury)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Huge congratulations to these authors for creating such brilliantly-crafted stories which will provide a wonderful evening for our audience on 8 November.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Seven of our Final Ten authors have read at SSS before, but, as always, we have SSS newcomers. I am delighted to welcome Hannah Glickstein, Claire Harrison and Sharon Webster, who will be the 112th, 113th and 114th authors to read at an SSS event!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>TICKETS </strong>for Sunday 8 November<strong> </strong>will be on sale later in the year and I will add that information here on the SSS website when it's available. It's going to be a great evening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thank you <b>EVERYONE </b>for submitting your stories. And <b>STAY SAFE.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">John</span>Stroud Short Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533882505063112212noreply@blogger.com