Ian Vince

Joined October 2020

127 stories

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Erstwhile non-fiction author, ghost & freelance writer for others, finally submitting work that floats my own boat, does my own thing. I'll deal with it if you can.

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Life in the Slow Lane
By the time I took the photograph above, I had almost completed one of the most ridiculous journeys of my life. It was a challenge, like the best tests we can pit against ourselves, that taught me a very important, but contradictory, lesson: You can be vulnerable and strong. By the time this photo was taken, I had spent almost three weeks on a journey that was essentially pointless and inspirational.
By Ian Vinceabout a year ago in Photography
Merry Christmas, You're Fired.
By Sir Edward Bicycle Do you sometimes feel that, with the world tumbling in on us all, there's a very real lack of candour in our dealings with the powers-that-be? Here, at the Department of Social Scrutiny, we feel the same.
By Ian Vinceabout a year ago in Humor
The Apocolympics. Top Story - December 2024.
Greetings from the 51st Century. Earth’s Most Esteemed Leader, Barry Turdhammer from Estates and Resources Facilitation, has always been an advocate of the brilliance of our forebears in the Dark Arts of Middle Management. An omnixpert at formication, and a Gold Belt Middle Master Guru of the August Institute of Procedural Malignancy, Barry Turdhammer was raised on stories of derring-do in the field of Early Administrative Productivity.
By Ian Vinceabout a year ago in Humor
Genius Loci
The path, a chalky ribbon winding between hedgerow and field, was more than a thoroughfare. It was a stage, a whispered conversation, a library of rustling leaves and bird calls. Here, nestled in the fold of the downs, the genius loci held court, a parliament of landscape ghosts and presiding spirits.
By Ian Vinceabout a year ago in Fiction
Firefly-ku
Firefly flickers fast Twilight's ephemeral stars A galaxy drifts
By Ian Vinceabout a year ago in Poets
Lung Story, Short
I’m not the Marlboro’ Man, but we do share the same cough. I imagine that Jake, Blue, Ted, Crudd, or whatever his name is, has - like me - long suffered from Obstructive Pulmonary Disease on account of all those softly-glowing, aromatic death sticks he looked so dependable and rugged gazing into the sunset with.
By Ian Vinceabout a year ago in Humor
Silence
Stillness, no sound, under thunder clouds clearing In tranquility’s hold, the heavens find grace. Lambent-lit sky and peace resolved as an
By Ian Vince2 years ago in Poets
Yahweh’s Revenge of Death
Lazy clouds slung low, a corpulent, stubborn underbelly of the sky slowed to stop, stuck fast to the vault of Heaven. A heavy atmosphere, loaded, laced and ready for some cruel, as yet, unstated purpose, lay over the town.
By Ian Vince2 years ago in Fiction
A Moon of Two Halves
20 July is International Moon Day Tomorrow, July 21, is the 55th Anniversary of humanity's first step on a world other than our own.
By Ian Vince2 years ago in FYI
Not Me, Only Us.
The room was small. Too small. Grey walls pressed close, a low hum from fluorescent tubes overhead. Alex sat alone at a metal table, hands flat on cold steel. Sweat beaded on her furrowed brow.
By Ian Vince2 years ago in Fiction
Life in the Least Likely Paradise
Despite its industrial surroundings, Kent’s Isle of Sheppey offers an intimate experience of rare wildlife that thrills BBC Countryfile presenter Steve Brown and his nephews. Here, discover more about what the island has to offer with Steve Brown's guide to the local birdlife.
By Ian Vince2 years ago in Earth
The Woken Stones
Every summer solstice (and winter too) the town of Windelton came alive with the traditions of its impossibly long history. While the usual Yule and Christmas customs dominated midwinter in much the same way they gripped the rest of the country, summer solstice was special.
By Ian Vince2 years ago in Fiction