Jonathan Antony Strickland

• Jan-1998
• / General Fiction
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• Sep-2012
• / Horror
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“The Curse Of The Cowboy” is about three cowboys who acquire a map that leads to an old Indian graveyard containing buried treasure. However, things don’t go as planned and you’ll learn many things: such as the benefits and problems of being ...

• Sep-2012
• / Epic Fantasy
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On the small island of Pagzuire something nasty stalks the night. No’ one knows what, but whatever it is it has the power to steal through the streets unseen and unheard, entering into houses unnoticed and without waking anyone within, kill and tak...

• Sep-2012
• / Science Fiction
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This is a story about Seglaman the Snow God, and how other God’s use his sorry tale as a reminder to younger less experienced God's as a warning to never become too comfortable when ruling over mortals who worship them.If you read this story then I...

• Oct-2012
• / Science Fiction
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This is the story “Pain Is So Close To Pleasure”, a short comedy story I wrote several years ago. The story looks at an alien race who has recently come into contact with our own. To learn more about each other, ourselves and the aliens d...

• Oct-2012
• / Science Fiction
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Extremely short story about the problems with time travel.Recently (October 5th 2012) I was in the pub with Mick Carter discussing short story writing. As the conversation got to what could be achieved with the shortest amount of words yet be able to...

• Nov-2012
• / General Fiction
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The world is in danger of becoming dull and boring. Evil has gone and the goody-two-shoes have taken over. Without evil all creativity will be lost. The music charts will fill up with boy-bands and rock and roll will die out. This will not do! There...

• Feb-2013
• / General Fiction
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A few light-hearted pieces I have written and decided to compile together here. This includes poems, riddles, quotes, short stories and a silly story-like-thing called “The Egg”. Anyone who reads this, I would much appreciate a review (be it goo...

• Feb-2013
• / Fantasy
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A bitter hate filled wizard seeks revenge against one who has cheated him of his rightful place to rule the city of Lardenmuk.But the question is how was he cheated? His only clue lies within one unknown word. Maferentuss!If you read this story, I wo...

• Mar-2013
• / Science Fiction
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Who are we? Us, who live like savages, hunted by orks and wargs both day and night. And what part do the strange creatures we call the babblers have to play in all of this? This is the story of a father and daughter and the part they played in discov...

• Apr-2013
• / Fantasy
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A short comic fantasty/sword and sorcery type story.In times of old, when the worlds had just formed, and mankind was still fresh and young, the One God fought for his right to rule over all. But as Gods go, he was not as clever or unique as he first...

• Jun-2013
• / Action Adventure
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A short story in which YOU are the monster! You roam your lair, killing and eating all who are forced to enter... That is until “HE” shows up!Inspired by the Choose Your Own Adventure books, created by the great Steve Jackson and Ian Livi...

• Jul-2013
• / General Fiction
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Funny and rather rude children's story that soon becomes very adult (not in an X-rated sort of way, so all you pervs have been warned). In a way it takes a look at the writer, and the battle he has when dreaming up a story. It's very st...

• Sep-2013
• / Fantasy
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""The Towering Inferno Versus the Mighty Quinn" is about a woman working in a sleazy strip-joint who has to use her guile and wit if she's to overcome a mysterious lust filled fire demon type thingy (thingy being the optimum word here) that is inte"...

• Sep-2013
• / Thriller
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Story about two young friends/rivals who haven't seen eachother for some time, meet up again to reminisce about the past and to take part in a local cooking competion. Unknown to one though, hatred and madness has grown within the other. If...

• Jan-2014
• / General Fiction
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26 minds on standby SMASHWORDS introWe are all very very different. And this story shows exactly how very different twenty six minds inside a pub can be. The following story comes in 26 separate parts (kind of like 26 pieces of flash...

• Aug-2014
• / Mystery
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Detective story were uncouth detective Kirk the kipper McClacket recounts to us a very unusual and dangerous situation that he found himself in.I wrote this around 12 or 13 years ago. I remember this was part of a writing challenge (see my story smas...

• Oct-2014
• / Fantasy
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On a dark lonely night, a young lad, having missed his taxi, walks home after a night out with his mate. During the long slog back to Tremwell from Durham he encounters a girl in a pink dress in very unusual circumstances. However, after an awkward i...

• Dec-2014
• / Horror
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On Christmas day, a man sits, contemplating his life and how the things outside, the indescribable horrors, will soon break through his defences. But this is of no concern to him, for his now miserable life and the hand of fate that has forced him...

• Feb-2015
• / Horror
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When two teenagers enter the Tremwell cemetery to cause as much pain to a strange classmate in an elaborate revenge plot, they soon find that the damage they cause breeds something altogether different and evil. The artwork for the story was...

• Apr-2015
• / Science Fiction
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A short story involving the reader reading this story and finding themselves forced into making a horrible decision. This is done by the reader being given six possible endings to the story and having to choose one!...

• May-2015
• / General Fiction
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A few light-hearted pieces I have written and decided to compile together here. This includes poems, riddles, quotes, short stories and a silly story-like-thing called “The Egg”.Anyone who reads this, I would much appreciate a review (be it good ...

• Sep-2015
• / Horror
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A bus journey from Durham to Tremwell takes a sinister turn as a man is approached by a pretty young woman eager to learn all about him. What he doesn't know is that the woman has an awful ulterior motive for seeking his company.However, has the girl...

• Nov-2015
• / Fantasy
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• Feb-2016
• / Mystery
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So tell me. Have you ever nogged a nag?Although it seems a simple enough question, it also makes no sense! So what does it mean? And what would anyone make of such a question if asked when in training to become a government spy for her majesty?...

• Jul-2016
• / General Fiction
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So... Let's see... What is it I don't like? What can't I stand? What would I have to get rid of to make my ideal heaven? Without a shadow of doubt the thing I personally would get rid of is...THE ONLY WAY TO FIND OUT THIS GREAT MYSTERY IS TO READ THE...

• Jan-2017
• / Fantasy
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This is the bloody history of the Su'Varock Mines. It tells of how the mines came to be before they became filled with the vile anarchic creatures that now roam within them. For in the beginning the mines had once been controlled by devious minds tha...

• Jan-2017
• / Fantasy
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This is the bloody history of the Su'Varock Mines. It tells of how the mines came to be before they became filled with the vile anarchic creatures that now roam within them. For in the beginning the mines had once been controlled by devious minds tha...

• Mar-2017
• / Horror
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I have heard of you ghost hunters before; lots of your snooping kind have visited this house on numerous occasions over the many years. No doubt all of the stories of an evil ghost that haunts this place have attracted you. And of course the stories ...

• May-2017
• / Science Fiction
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When a visitor from another world visits a normal young couple out for a walk, what questions will they be asked, and what will they make of him/her/it? PLUS: Discover why test-tubes take the fun out of... well... you know!!! Erm... take the fun out ...

• Oct-2018
• / Fantasy
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This story will follow a hobgoblin called Garrick and the Blooded Belly Gang on an adventure as they strive to stay alive within the Su'Varock mines that they call home. Through this they will face fearsome creatures, undertake bloody trials, and hav...

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• / Horror
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The question I ask is a simple one: Can YOU escape my zombie room?By using your very own wits and cunning, you might just get out of my room alive (though I doubt it!) Can you figure it out, or will my zombies get their unholy feast!...

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A group of good friends become increasingly worried when one of them becomes terribly sick from a dangerous virus. Although there is nothing the friends can do now she's got it, the worrying fact is, will it spread? Also if that wasn't problem enough...

• / Horror
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Stuck in a miserable job with no prospects, a man decides to end it all! Then, just as he's about to jump, he spots a piece of paper that might just give him that one break he's been looking for... A holiday like no other... A holiday in hell,...

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In the United States of America, in the small town of Wahooville, Laurence Simpson was about to be executed. Throughout the last three years he had terrorised the dark streets of various cities and towns murdering people at random. Nobody knew the ex...

• / General Fiction
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Just what is going on with the man in the red suite? During a simple leisurely stroll, things begin to take a turn for the worse. Deadly situations, strange adventures, romance, love, death, dangerous creatures, time freezing plots, and an enemy so i...

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Young Lance Gibson works on the magazine Investigations of the Strange and Unusual. During his work, his boss has become very unhappy with his recent contributions to the publication and is always threatening him with the sack! So when a story about ...

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• / Science Fiction
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On the planet that was commonly known as Tzegorp, three famous aliens who started the first ever “Mixed Species-Intergalactic-Boy Band” now find themselves charged with a heinous crime!This was one of the first stories I wrote (third or p...

• / Horror
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A young woman is sprawled out on a cold floor, semiconscious, blood pouring from her head in the toilets of the Tremwell Train Station. The question is why? And more precisely: What can she do about it?...

• / Science Fiction
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A man gets hit in the head by a meteorite. Then things get a little weird!Friday was the day when a meteorite was shot through my head... Yet here I am! Why? Why did I not die? You may say that I shouldn't question, say I should consider myself lucky...

• / Horror
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Ha ha... You got bit!Not bit by a dog or cat mind you. Not by something slightly more outlandish such as a fox, rat, snake, spider or duck! Not even by something big and dangerous like a man eating tiger, or something tiny but equally as dangerous as...

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• / General Fiction
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A eerie lone figure crept through the Tremwell graveyard on a moonlit cold night. Dressed from head to toe in black, it headed for a large tomb of a semi-famous dead rock star, one of the few people of note to ever originate from the dreary old town....