Tuesday’s Sermon

When I got back Harsvold was by the window, typing. It was best not to disturb him. Between my bags at the hydrangeas someone had left a plumped sack of petals, meant as a pillow. It could only have been Espen I thought. I lay amidst the scents and watched the motionless sun. Was it … Continue reading "Sommarøy Part 3" Stephen McGivern StoriesSongsPeople is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://hitswriting.home.blog/

Sommarøy Pt.2 I flew from Glasgow to Oslo before transferring onto a cramped Cessna. After thirty minutes, I could see Sommarøy below in bleached sunlight. The pilot didn’t speak much English. He walked with me along the tarmac to a small outbuilding. Above the doorway a sign read- Sommarøy Flypassen.  He took off his hat … Continue reading "Part 2 – Sommarøy" Stephen McGivern StoriesSongsPeople is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://hitswriting.home.blog/

Sommarøy Part 1 It was on my Graduation day that I discovered Sommarøy.  Calderwood told me there was a Careers Fair after our Conferment. I said I would go with him. We met in the University Cloisters 10 minutes or so after the ceremony. We were the only graduates without family guests. ‘This is all … Continue reading "Part 1 of Sommarøy" Stephen McGivern StoriesSongsPeople is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://hitswriting.home.blog/

It has been several months since I blogged and podcasted. I have recently moved house and finally recovered my equipment from a pyramid of cardboard boxes. For the last year I have been working on and off on a new short story about the coastal village of Sommarøy in Norway. The village was in the … Continue reading "Sommarøy" Stephen McGivern StoriesSongsPeople is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://hitswriting.home.blog/

I decided to challenge myself to write a short story each day for a week on the theme of infection. Each story is no longer than 500 words and 4 minutes in length. Some are serious others less so. Find the text of the seventh and final story below but you can also listen on … Continue reading "Sunday is a day of Less" Stephen McGivern StoriesSongsPeople is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://hitswriting.home.blog/

I decided to challenge myself to write a short story each day for a week on the theme of infection. Each story is no longer than 500 words and 4 minutes in length. Some are serious others less so. Find the text of the sixth story below but you can also listen on my podcast. … Continue reading "Stay Away Saturday" Stephen McGivern StoriesSongsPeople is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://hitswriting.home.blog/

I decided to challenge myself to write a short story each day for a week on the theme of infection. Each story is no longer than 500 words and 4 minutes in length. Some are serious others less so. Find the text of the fifth story below but you can also listen on my podcast. … Continue reading "Friday is for Dreamers" Stephen McGivern StoriesSongsPeople is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://hitswriting.home.blog/

I decided to challenge myself to write a short story each day for a week on the theme of infection. Each story is no longer than 500 words and 4 minutes in length. Some are serious others less so. Find the text of the fourth story below but you can also listen on my podcast. … Continue reading "Shake Hands It’s Thursday" Stephen McGivern StoriesSongsPeople is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://hitswriting.home.blog/

I decided to challenge myself to write a short story each day for a week on the theme of infection. Each story is no longer than 500 words and 4 minutes in length. Some are serious others less so. Find the text of the third story below but you can also listen on my podcast. … Continue reading "On Wednesday a Cure was found" Stephen McGivern StoriesSongsPeople is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://hitswriting.home.blog/

I decided to challenge myself to write a short story each day for a week on the theme of infection. Each story is no longer than 500 words and 4 minutes in length. Some are serious others less so. Find the text of the second story below but you can also listen on my podcast. … Continue reading "Tuesday’s Sermon" Stephen McGivern StoriesSongsPeople is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://hitswriting.home.blog/