On spec

August 9, 2017 at 9:06 am | Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments
Tags: ambition, author, book, bookshop, dream, fate, fiction, life, literature, mars, sci-fi, science fiction, Short Story, speculative fiction, writer, writing

 

Long ago, but not very far away, a young man wandered with scant purpose

through Melbourne’s CBD.

He happened upon a bookshop (now gone) specialising in speculative fiction.

In its window was a handsome periodical (now defunct) dedicated to same.

The man was young enough to vow – and mean it – that one day his writing would appear

in that magazine.

In rather less time than anyone expected, this dream came gloriously true.

Twenty years on, the same man writes

to remind himself

why he is here.

And what he can achieve

if he follows his dreams to

the end.

 

Brought to you by Imagine Day.

 

 

 

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