Kaleidoscope

By Blair MacKinnon

This collection of short stories was inspired by fantasy, science fiction and other worlds.
From the poignant and prescient "Appointment" to the comic "Henley Saves the Day", these stories were completed in 2019 and now form the final collection of Blair's writing.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Blair MacKinnon
• Release date: Oct 21, 2020
• ISBN: 9781005019600

Blair MacKinnon

I started writing stories seriously when I completed an online Creative Writing course at FutureLearn (https://www.futurelearn.com/) in autumn 2014. The course was brilliant and a lot of fun (I highly recommend it) and during it I discovered my literary muse Henley Bear (that's him in the picture with me). I live in a quiet village in rural South Norfolk, England with my wife and constant inspiration Manda, and Henley. My interests include cosmology, chaos theory, quantum physics, spirituality and spiritual places, the tao of physics, SETI, cultural history & mythology, citizen science and photography so I expect these themes will appear in my stories (one of them is Henley's story which he is rather chuffed about).I am currently writing a novel length follow-up to And My Heart Beats titled Phoenix Rising. It tells the story that goes before, during and after the events of And My Heart Beats.

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