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  • Hotel’s hidden extra … Alan Dale’s chilling tale The False Note

    A couple staying in a hotel; an article about superstition; a creaking window; flickering candles; the sound of horses approaching; a headless coachman. Alan Dale is recognised by fellow Woking Writers Circle members as a masterly exponent of flash fiction, and The False Note is a fine example of his craft. Settle back and listen… →

  • Alan Dale is runner-up in international short story competition

    Congratulations to Woking Writers Circle member Alan Dale, who has won second prize in an annual short story competition organised by the British Czech and Slovak Association (BCSA). The BCSA was launched by Alexander Dubcek in 1990 and aims to be “a major British, Czech and Slovak platform where awareness is raised and ongoing dialogue… →

  • Thrilling moment for Alan Dale as he publishes his first novel

    Many congratulations to Woking Writers Circle member Alan Dale, who has just published his first novel. The title of his thriller is Theta Double Dot, and publishers Austin Macauley describe it thus: “Saddled with the project everyone dreaded, Mark Hammond finds himself ensnared in a nightmare that threatens his marriage, career, sanity and, finally, his life.… →

  • Cherry blossom time: how WWC members bloomed in response to a homework theme

    Each month members of Woking Writers Circle respond to a “homework” subject set the previous month by producing a piece of work with the subject as the theme. Some more than others, it has to be said. It’s not compulsory, of course! But in April Carla Scarano D’Antonio’s offerings on haiku and the Japanese haiku… →

  • My Friend, The Enemy

      This short story by Woking Writers Circle member Hilary Hughes won the David Lodge trophy in a 2017 competition run by the National Association of Writers Groups:     I am the running man. That’s me, the man who runs up mountains, across deserts and rivers, through marriages – you get the picture. But… →

  • The birthday party

    To mark the Shakespeare 400 anniversary, Dermot Hoare takes a light-hearted look at the Bard’s 40th birthday celebrations   It was a hive of activity in the kitchens of The New House on the High Street in Stratford-on-Avon that morning.   The date was Saturday, 23rd of April 1604, and it had only been a few… →