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Lost Souls and Tickled Trout - a fishing and Halloween short story from the Rob Hopcott fishing short stories

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Lost Souls and Tickled Trout - a fishing and Halloween short story from the Rob Hopcott fishing short stories

Halloween is nearly upon us and people’s thoughts will be turning to things strange and unexplained. Here is my contribution to the world of strange, weird, ghostly and unexpected. I hope you like it.

The story is nice eery Halloween story set in the West of England countryside in an old inn between the hills and by a dark river. It involves lost souls and tickled trout

All best

Rob

Rob Hopcott - online author

Welcome to my new writing blog

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Welcome to my new writing blog!

This writing blog is for news, information, discussion and opinion about the subject of writing.

I have posted many online short stories, novels, novellas and other kinds of writing online but writing has a philosophy all its’ own. It is a difficult process to write but also fascinating.

This weblog or blog is all about seeking to understand the process of writing in the search to be able to write better.

I hope you enjoy it.

Rob

Rob Hopcott - online author

Writing news from Rob Hopcott

Writing services by Stone Age brains using speed of light technology
As an online writer, my writng services income is very much geared to the number of articles I write. The more I provide my writing services to the Internet community, the more money I make through readers who are attracted to my site but the quantity of articles and stories is limited by my Stone Age brain to the number I can get out in one day.
Hotel short stories and micro-fiction stories by Rob Hopcott
There is something very special about hotels. They are a place where people meet, sometimes for life-changing business, sometimes for romance or sometimes because they are in transit to a new life - so many interesting stories to tell!
Cheap room only hotel accommodation deals cut relocation research costs
The answer to your relocation research cheap hotel requirements may lie in room only accommodation. This is where you only pay for the room and make your own eating arrangements.
Novel writing - a scary emotional roller-coaster but success wins you a friend for life
Novel writing - a scary emotional roller-coaster but success wins you a friend for life
Perfect campervan motorhome spotted at Bampton folk festival ‘After the fair, North Devon
For a long time I've been looking for a campervan that was just right for me. It needed to be small a agile in traffic, economic on the fuel to suit my tiny writer's pockets yet large enough so I don't have to make the bed up at the end of the day and sleep with my legs bent at the knees.
Travel writing is informative, fun to read and fun to write says Rob Hopcott
These days, even when I'm not travel writing, I find that a photo really lifts a page, whether I am writing a fictional story or a general purpose article so therefore I take my trusty digital camera almost everywhere I go.
Writers retreats in Southbourne, Bournemouth and my camper van
I regularly like to get away from my home office and do my writing in my camper van but, occasionally, I like to get even further away and have a sort of writers retreat in Southbourne, Bournemouth where I have some in-laws who have an ideal small family hotel.
Writers Writing Retreats in November at discount room only prices and a friendly welcome at Newpoint Hotel
My brother-in-law often pops down for his own personal writing retreat at Newpoint Hotel. He says it enables him to get away from his family to concentrate on his writing and being somewhere different stimulates his creativity.
Defeat writer’s block by writing a travelogue about places you’ve visited
The best thing about travel writing is that there are so many places to visit and they are all different. Added to this, we are all experts on somewhere because that is where we live.
Writing microfiction is like lying and hoping to be found out - although not to soon - for Rob Hopcott
Lying and deception are very much part of these two forms of microfiction where it is alright to be found out - but not too soon. The deception, that often relies on the readers personal experiences and assumptions, intrigues them with the first few words then carries their interest enticingly through to the end.
A romantic weekend break away for an illicit liaison which turns out very differently to Angela’s plans
Romantic Weekend Getaway with Fred is a very short science fiction story or flash fiction about a lady who is expecting a romantic weekend away but her date is nowhere in sight. Sadly, Angela’s date has been unable to get away from his wife! Undaunted, Angela calls in the entertainments counselor and she leaves the hotel a [...]
Dorset small business marketing - the argument for writers, writing, blogs, blogging and bloggers by Rob Hopcott
Adding a blog to your web site - or even as your web site - is a very sound and low cost, possibly no cost, strategy. Each day, when you write about your business or matters of interest connected with your business, your blogging is sending a little sales emissary off into cyberspace that could bring customers back to your small business.
Visiting, writing and blogging about Swanage, Dorset - a friendly town with a pleasant folk festival
Swanage looked like a lady, a little past her prime but still forcing a smile and always willing to give a warm welcome. Seaweed was being brushed away from the sea front walking areas and small businesses were opening their doors determined to provide service to their public.
Sidmouth folk festival 2008 success story I hardly dare to tell
Well, Sidmouth folk festival 2008 is over today and, as I look back over the week, there is a success story I hardly dare to tell.Sidmouth folk festival is many things to many people; for me, it is the instrumental sessions that make it special. There ...
Science flash fiction story about a very modern romance by Rob Hopcott
Romantic weekend getaway with Fred is a very modern science fiction flash fiction short story about romance and illicit weekends in hotels away from marital partners.A five-star hotel is the setting for this romantic weekend away and immediately we see...
2 romance flash fiction stories plus a free online romance novella by Rob Hopcott
Todays post is about two free online romance flash fiction stories and a free online romance novella.In Love at first sight, a microfiction short romance story set in a hotel, there was an immediate romantic coup de foudre:As soon as I saw her enterin...
Haunted Dreams - a short flash fiction haunted house mystery story from Rob Hopcott’s collection of online stories
Alice had found adventure before through the local free newspaper which was, much to her distaste, pushed through the letter box of her neat and tidy suburban townhouse on Thursday each week.Unrequested, it landed on her spotless polished wood floor an...

Writing flash fiction

Online writing tips statistics suggested an interest in how to write a Christmas story and stories with a twist in the tale (twist in the tail)
Christmas stories and writing a story with a twist in the tale (twist in the tail) tips have been interests of visitors to my writing blog recently
Christmas present buying at the local mega shopping mall is an obligatory pleasure - like paying taxes
Christmas present buying prevents something really awful happening, my wife tells me, as she disappears off to the local mega shopping mall.
Online fiction writing and online publishing success through selection and positioning of appropriate keywords
Your excellent short fiction story or stories are more likely to be read with appropriate keywords in your blog title, blog body and blog tags.
Online writing revenues through advertising, like conventional publishing, ultimately depend on getting well known
Earning small amounts of money from online writing advertising is easy but substantial incomes require getting known as in conventional publishing
Ideas for writing from just gossiping with your friends
Your friends carry a basket load of stories and ideas for writing with them and, pressing the right button, can release their stories to you.
Ideas for writing often come from sleeping and dreams but a notebook by the bed is vital
A powerful weapon to help me sleep and to ensure that bedtime creative dream-state ideas for writing are remembered - is my writer's notebook.
Ideas for writing, reading for writing and the golden two hours writers rule
Ideas for writing surface as soon as I start reading a short story or novel and reading for two hours a day is recommended to all writers.
Ideas for writing while in public places, some recommended but others not, unless you are in the SAS.
Public spaces, although not without danger, are a wonderful provider of ideas for writing because they are a place where so many stories intersect.
Ideas for writing listening to classical music - a personal viewpoint from Rob Hopcott
Many of my best ideas for writing fiction, articles, short stories, flash fictions, novels and novellas come to me while listening to music.
Ideas for writing from strong feelings such as anger, depression, sadness, love and romance
Ideas for writing can often be found in situations that promote strong feelings such as anger, depression, sadness, bereavement, love and romance.

Writing stories and articles from Rob Hopcott

New free online serialised novels / novellas for 2009 from Rob Hopcott
Adding to my free online novels / novellas is my New Year's resolution so here are details of my first two for 2009.
Online writing tips statistics suggested an interest in how to write a Christmas story and stories with a twist in the tale (twist in the tail)
Christmas stories and writing a story with a twist in the tale (twist in the tail) tips have been interests of visitors to my writing blog recently
Christmas book reading is a great way to escape ghastly Christmas television programmes
A good Christmas book is my escape plan on Christmas Day while my family watch ghastly television programmes - thank goodness for Christmas books
Christmas present buying at the local mega shopping mall is an obligatory pleasure - like paying taxes
Christmas present buying prevents something really awful happening, my wife tells me, as she disappears off to the local mega shopping mall.
Online fiction writing and online publishing success through selection and positioning of appropriate keywords
Your excellent short fiction story or stories are more likely to be read with appropriate keywords in your blog title, blog body and blog tags.
Online writing revenues through advertising, like conventional publishing, ultimately depend on getting well known
Earning small amounts of money from online writing advertising is easy but substantial incomes require getting known as in conventional publishing
Ideas for writing and new romantic relationships, love and marriage in your work place
Our work place is a rich source of ideas for writing as well as for finding new loves, romantic relationships and marriage or lifetime partners
Ideas for writing from just gossiping with your friends
Your friends carry a basket load of stories and ideas for writing with them and, pressing the right button, can release their stories to you.
Ideas for writing from observing relationships at your school or college
School or college are fantastic places to get ideas for writing because they are places of high emotion where all sorts of people meet and interact
Story writing for a creative writer is like surfing the waves and going with the flow
Story writing is an amazingly addictive, compulsive activity. It would probably be banned, if it harmed people. A new short story yells at me
Ideas for writing powered by knowing your creative self, recreation and personal reflection
Ideas for writing often depend on knowing your creative self and those activities that open your creative sluice-gates to a stream of creativity.
Ideas for writing from reading nonfiction, altered points of view and the human face of factual information
Ideas for writing generated by reading nonfiction are frequently stimulated by altered points of view and unrelated to the nonfiction topic.
Ideas for writing, reading for writing and the golden two hours writers rule
Ideas for writing surface as soon as I start reading a short story or novel and reading for two hours a day is recommended to all writers.
Ideas for writing while in public places, some recommended but others not, unless you are in the SAS.
Public spaces, although not without danger, are a wonderful provider of ideas for writing because they are a place where so many stories intersect.
Ideas for writing listening to classical music - a personal viewpoint from Rob Hopcott
Many of my best ideas for writing fiction, articles, short stories, flash fictions, novels and novellas come to me while listening to music.
Ideas for writing - home life family skeletons and exciting soap story opportunities
Ideas for writing can be hidden in your home life - all it might take is a little bit of research and imaginative use of any skeletons revealed
Ideas for writing from strong feelings such as anger, depression, sadness, love and romance
Ideas for writing can often be found in situations that promote strong feelings such as anger, depression, sadness, bereavement, love and romance.
Ideas for writing - try Ambitions, Dreams and the power of ‘What if?’ by Rob Hopcott
Ideas for writing your ultimate short story, novel or novella might flow from revealing your innermost dreams and ambitions - then asking 'What if?'
Writing novels is mainly about beginning your novel and then fighting your way through to the end
Writing novels is like giving birth to a child. Once born, it is always there. Great or not, your novel assumes a life of its own. The characters exist where they didn't exist before. The locations where the characters lived and the action took place exist. The novel has a form and character of its own. It is unique and it is all yours.
Chrismas story for 2008 ‘A Green Car for Christmas’ by Rob Hopcott
Every Christmas I write a Christmas short story for all my friends around the world. It is my excuse for not sending out Christmas cards and it has now become quite a tradition amongst my many friends.

Writing creative writing, story writing and other writings by Rob Hopcott

Monthly Archive for October, 2006