Short Stories

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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

THE MISSING VILLAGE

THE MISSING VILLAGE by STEVEN LAMBERT The rain lashed against the windscreen, as John drove through the night. He pulled the car up when he reached the causeway to check on the outgoing tide, then drove on. Even with the storm the mist never cleared and John wondered if he had taken the right turn.... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

The Hall

THE HALL This story is based on the history of my own village, and most of this actually happened! The mists cleared very slowly as the small boat made its way up the river. "This is the land the King has given us", said the monk as he stepped carefully from the boat. He looked nervously around him,... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Factory Life: Short story.

This was written back in the 80’s, when life was a lot simpler. Computers and tax dodges were a lot easier to do. See what you think? Steve. Go to ImageShack® to Create your own Slideshow FACTORY LIFE BY STEVEN LAMBERT The idea first came to him as he sat at the bar of the local pub that Sunday... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, July 19, 2008

The boy who won the lottery P 3

Go to ImageShack® to Create your own Slideshow Latter, Helen made John buy the latest editions of the English press, to follow the saga of his friends. Their drinking spree was world headline news now, and the growing outrage of their antics and behaviour, echoed around the world. The latest part of... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Part 3 Theboy who won the lottery

Life continued like this for some time. When he went back to the village all they talked about was how they were going to spend his money, and every time he came up to London to see his accountants, all they talked about was how much more he had accumulated. Now, John had never been a great reader.... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Part 2

Untitled Document The boy who won the lottery part 2 Thanks to all those who have put up with this so far. Remember I’m only airing this to give it a little life before it disappears for ever. Not to be taken at all seriously(after all it was never finished) I think I’m posting this to get rid of a... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

WORKING TITLE: THE BOY WHO WON THE LOTTEREY

WORKING TITLE: THE BOY WHO WON THE LOTTEREY This is a strange little piece I found hiding in my old Works file. Not to be taken seriously as a piece of work. It was an experiment at trying out a novel. The polished work went on to become “Lottery Dreams” and became a very different work. I’m proud... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, June 15, 2008

The Box

The Box sci-fi about a man who finds a machine to make every one left wing, peace loving. This is a strange little story I found when cleaning out some old files. See what you think. Steve. Ernie walked along the pavement, neither looking to his right or his left. He almost stepped over the box when... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Story Idea

Story Idea One of the things I like doing is to think of story ideas that could be turned into novels. Mostly science fiction, and mostly concerning the war. Harry Turtledove once wrote a series of book, I read years about aliens invading the Earth during world war 2. Right in the middle of the... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, November 16, 2005

VR World? To be or not to Be!

Interesting article on the BBC web site about supercomputers. They hold a list of the top supers’ in the world and one called: The Blue Gene/L machine has doubled in size since the last list was compiled and now holds the computational power of more than 130,000 processors. Although it set a record... Sign in to see full entry.

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