Simon Collings

stories, poetry, reviews

Tag: short prose

Lost masterpiece

I have three micro-fictions in Terror House Magazine https://terrorhousemag.com/motifs/. An artist tries to recreate a fictional painting described in a Balzac story. A film maker searches for visual motifs for her work. The hapless Bill tells Frank he’s worried he worries too much. Thanks to Editor Matt Forney for publishing these.

Two new short prose pieces

I have had a couple more short prose pieces in International Times in the last few weeks. The first of these The Baobab Tree includes an oblique reference to Walter Benjamin’s essay ‘The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction’. The second, Turf Wars, published today, is a sort of parable of the times.