Philip Hurst

Philip Hurst

20
Oct

Short Story - The Trouble With Tombs (The Whale)

I'd like to introduce you to another short story set on The Whale, my madcap, insane, FUN, Discworld
9 min read
06
Oct

Flash Fiction - Quartermaster's Rules (The Whale)

A return to The Whale! I've been pulling together some short stories as I ease back into the
3 min read
22
Sep

Poetry - Baggage

This was close to being a piece of flash fiction, but I think it works well broken up like this
1 min read
16
Sep

Flash Fiction - He Left

A bit of a change of subject matter and style this week. Something more grown up. I've pulled
2 min read
08
Sep

Poetry - Jelly in my Pants

Another short poem for children. I came up with four verses for this but I may well revise it if
31
Aug

Poetry - EasyJet

This poem has proven a helpful way for me to come to terms with the sheer cheek of a large
1 min read
04
Aug

Poetry - Societal growth / History of Pop Punk

A list of words that either document the rise and fall of political and societal trends, or the early 2000&
28
Jul

Short Story - Badger Hunt

Last year I decided to write loads of short stories to break things up and to fit around my other
21
Jul

Poetry - Finding the Unicorn Hatchery

This is the start of an EPIC children's poem, three blog posts long. I don't know
1 min read
14
Jul

Poetry - Between the lines [stop it]

A short poem today based on some of the complaints I see on some Facebook groups. When the complaint is
1 min read