GEORGE DIXON

Writing Samples

Below is a selection of short stories and poetry I have written to showcase my skills as a writer

Short Stories

Go Fish

Go Fish is a post-modern short story about three people playing a game of Go Fish. One is asleep, one is cheating, and the other is cheating.

Fishing Trip

Fishing Trip is a one page short story about a father taking his son fishing for the first time, and learning the hard way that he's not much of a teacher and his son is not much of a learner.

Home

Home is a short story told in the second person, set in a post apocalyptic society. You, as the main character, collect remnants of old books and turn them into new stories, using the past to tell the present.

Poetry

Demon's Lair

 Demon's lair is an Elizabethan Sonnet about demonic possession and religious symbolism, as well as struggles with mental health and the interconnection between all three. 

Soil

Soil is an Elizabethan Sonnet about the peaceful experiences after death from the perspective of a person from within their grave.

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