A dystopian moment for your reading pleasure

There's a slice of my dystopian imaginings over at Visual Verse, less than 500 words so it won't take you long and you can read it via this link. I recommend dipping in to the other responses to the prompt photo as well, it's amazing the variety that one image can spark off.

I don't have anything else new for you to read yet, but I did have an editor express interest in the sound of the sci-fi noir novel (the one I'm reworking, if you recall) this week. A good sign, and simultaneously confidence-boosting and terrifying. Will the manuscript live up to its description? Only time will tell.

This month has brought a spate of near-miss rejections full of praise, urging me to submit again soon, but ultimately unable to find a home for my stories. The one that included the line This is the best flash fiction I've read this year almost made me cry - if I'm hitting the heights and still can't make it, what chance is there? All is not doom and gloom, however. I have a cliche-ridden 150 word story available for your amusement (story number 16 on this list) as part of a project arising from a recent flash fiction festival which is intended to grow into a charity anthology. I've also got a story coming out at The Fiction Pool soon, I will of course give you the link once it exists.