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It was a very painful moment. But I felt I had to do it. I deleted Taylor Takes Charge from the site. It was very tempting to leave it here, but, now it has been published, I knew it would be unfair to the publishers.

In the meantime, do feel free to read my rather silly short stories. And I will try to ensure there is a period when the sequel to Taylor can be put here before it is published.

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I am a catholic reader, meaning I read a wide variety of books, good, bad and indifferent. But I have to admit that my favourite authors are Anthony Trollope and Maria Bustillos.

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Injustice - and Other Short st....

Charles Utley

A collection of short stories. Not brilliant, but, I hope, not absolutely awful.


Chapter one for Injustice

Chapter two for The Girl in Black

Chapter three for Judgeitis

Chapter four for Despair

Chapter five for The Office Party

Chapter six for a true story about our children.

Chapter seven for a haunting ghost story.

Chapter eight for a war story.

Chapter nine for a new ghost story.

Chapter ten for The Lonely Road (written for an anthology of short stories called "Words to Music", but not good enough to be included)

Chapter eleven for One Day (a contribution to "Little Devil's" anthology, though it is not to be included in the published version)

Chapter twelve for a bit of nonsense about a midnight swim.

Chapter thirteen for another contribution to Little Devil's anthology (though it will not be in the published version). This one is about cerebral palsy.
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Chapter fourteen for a silly story about actors

Chapter fifteen for a story about some of the deadly sins

Chapter sixteen for a glimpse into the future

Chapter seventeen for a story about servitude

Chapter eighteen for Percival House

 

Preposterous Tutorials

Charles Utley

A collection of posts from the forum at Authonomy


I have been asked to collect my foolish tutorials together in one place. They are here.

They are my ill thought out reflections on writing.

To get their true worth you should find the threads and read the far more intelligent comments of others.

You can safely ignore chapter two: it is just one of my short stories, here to bring the word count up.

 

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kristylo wrote 7 days ago

HELLO, How are you today.my name is kristy,i saw your profile today ....

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Hi Charles! Just wanted to say hi. I rarely visit Autho now - I'm su....

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Hi Charles Given what's on your shelf - I thought my book might fit ....

Andrew Hughes wrote 50 days ago

Hi Charles, “Informers and blackmailers, phrenologists and dissect....

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I wrote 272 days ago

Goodness me. What a splendid book. I need to read a lot more than I have read so far, but I am confident that this will make the grade. It does need an edit, but that is true of most first drafts. You have a remarkable talent. I will be very proud, in a year or two, to say I spotted that tale... view book

I wrote 372 days ago

I keep being told that the HC review has been made public, but it's still not there. I would love to read it, but of course accept you have the right to keep it private. Whatever happens, I do wish you the best of luck. Charles P.S. When I was in this position I had made a resolution to mak... view book

I wrote 457 days ago

I will have to spend more time reading this. I have only had a quick look (first three chapters). But what I have seen so far tells me you can (and do) write very well. "Chick Lit" isn't exactly my cup of tea, but there is more to this book than that. Well done. Charles view book

I wrote 487 days ago

Your two short stories (chapters 28 and 29) are excellent. I would love to be able to write as well as you do. Charles view book

I wrote 488 days ago

Heaven and Hell is what they call a "roller coaster of emotions". It could almost stand as it is, but one is desperate to read more, to see how it all works out, if it does. Maybe a tiny bit of editing is required, but this story would be perfect for your new anthology. a triumph. Thank you. C... view book

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