A Michael Broad Blog
In the distant reaches of the galaxy, where stars whispered secrets to one another and nebulae painted the void with iridescent hues, there existed a planet unlike any other. Its name was Zephyria, a place where magic flowed through the very air, and creatures from different worlds coexisted in harmony. On Zephyria, the skies shimmered …
I asked Chat GPT (an AI computer accessible online) to write two fictional stories about a cat carrying a severed finger in its mouth. The instructions for the second were slightly different to those for the first. The results will probably surprise you. They are completely ‘as is’. Unedited. Story 1 Instruction to computer: …
Introduction This is the story of Speedy. There are two things about the story that need to be mentioned at the outset. Firstly, the story was published in a book entitled Wonder Cats in 2010 and Speedy was honoured by Cats Protection with a Rescue Cat Award in the Hero Cat category in 2008. …
This is a story about an ugly stray cat who taught a woman how to be beautiful, to love and be compassionate. Residents had named the cat Ugly. Everyone in the apartment complex knew him because he was the resident tomcat. As he had spent his life outside it showed in his appearance. He …
by Sylvia Ann I get along without you very well, of course I do… I’ve forgotten you just like I should, of course I have… Except perhaps in spring, but I should never think of spring… For that would surely break my heart in two. [Hoagy Carmichael Jane Brown Thompson] He looked forward to …
Part One is here (opens in new window)….Everything in her home seemed a bit shabbier than she remembered, but to Alice it was wonderful just to see it all again. She jumped onto the windowsill and basked in the sun, purring contentedly. After a while, Alice wandered back to the living room, she didn’t …
Alice opened her eyes and blinked in surprise. Everything around her seemed different somehow. With a thrill, she realised that not only was her room strange but that she could actually see it. It was impossible, she knew that because she’d been blind for many years now. Yet here she was gazing once more …
Sniff, sniff. Chatter, chatter. Bella was looking out the window as usual. The window was slightly ajar. The rich aromas of the outside world wafted through the crack. She sniffed hungrily at the air. The grass had just been cut and the smell of spring was in the air. The earth was damp – …
