Skip to content

Spud Murphy

Wood Art, Fiction & The Great Work

  • Home
  • Wood Art
  • The Great Work
  • Blog
  • Fiction
  • Reading/Watching
  • Contact
  • Newsletter

Category: Fiction

Eye in the Sky, Spud Murphy Fiction: The Energies
Fiction

Fiction: The Energies

January 11, 2023January 11, 2023 Paddy MurphyLeave a comment

Karl wrapped his coat close to himself, the flashing neon signs bounced in the puddles as he walked the filthy streets of the city center. He would’ve been faster taking the subway or one of the flying buses but he avoided the cameras and face detection systems whenever he could. This was a cold, wet… Continue reading Fiction: The Energies

Prologue, The Dagda Prologue
Fiction

Prologue

September 29, 2020October 5, 2021 Paddy MurphyLeave a comment

The antlers were stuck in the mud. Ahhh no….Nehura thought… “Are you dead…..?” He asked as he walked forward. All that could be heard was the water crashing from the waterfall nearby and the loud calls of some of the ever-watch crows circling in the sky. Then the antler shuck slightly in the sticky mud…… Continue reading Prologue

Fiction

The White Trout of Tacumshane Lake

August 4, 2020 Paddy MurphyLeave a comment

  The story goes that a beautiful girl was born to the Reilly’s of Broadway and them being the richest family of the areas they had their pick of who she was to be married to. As she grew old more and more suitors and their families made a plea to be wed to her… Continue reading The White Trout of Tacumshane Lake

Gene is Going to Die, Short Story by Spud Murphy Gene is going to Die
Fiction

Gene is going to Die

July 20, 2020 Paddy MurphyLeave a comment

    My name is Peter Jensen, I can see things before they happen. I don’t want to or like it, but I do. “What you looking at butthead?.” That’s my sister Gene. She’s older than me, but not much. They call us the Irish twins, this means we were born within a year of… Continue reading Gene is going to Die

Bliss, a short story by Spud Murphy Bliss
Fiction

Bliss

July 19, 2020July 21, 2020 Paddy MurphyLeave a comment

Bliss   You wake up and it’s bliss. Christ, this must be what those enlightened guru dudes on tele must feel. Zen or whatever it’s called. Is this Zen you ask yourself? You’ve never had this before, it’s ecstasy but y’know, without the actual ecstasy. Your head is rushing, no, swimming…swimming with ideas, boom, boom,… Continue reading Bliss

The Hitchhiker Going to Hell The Hitchhiker Going to Hell
Fiction

The Hitchhiker Going to Hell

July 19, 2020July 19, 2020 Paddy MurphyLeave a comment

The Hitchhiker Going to Hell I was doing a long haul, I don’t do them very often anymore with my back being the way it is, but I owed my boss a favour and anyway, I wanted to see my daughter one last time in LA before she moved north to Toronto for her final… Continue reading The Hitchhiker Going to Hell

The Paramedic The Paramedic
Fiction

The Paramedic

July 18, 2020October 5, 2021 Paddy MurphyLeave a comment

The Paramedic It was my life dream to work as a paramedic. I know I could have worked as a nurse or a doctor too, but I really wanted to be a first responder, to be the first person on the scene who could help. The reason being that when I was about 12 years… Continue reading The Paramedic

My Brother Tom, a short story by Spud Murphy My Brother Tom
Fiction

My Brother Tom

July 18, 2020October 5, 2021 Paddy MurphyLeave a comment

My Brother Tom   This story took place back in January this year. It was about a year since my husband and I first met and went on our first date together. We fell madly in love and we married 3 months later. My brother Tom died last year at my house while I was… Continue reading My Brother Tom

Recent Posts

  • Vajrapani: The Protector and Guide of Gautama Buddha
  • Book: Valis – Philip K. Dick
  • What if there are just Two Archetypes?
  • Book: The End of Your World: Uncensored Straight Talk on the Nature of Enlightenment – Adyashanti
  • Fiction: The Energies

Recent Comments

  • Vajrapani: The Protector and Guide of Gautama Buddha on Book: Valis – Philip K. Dick
  • Book: The End of Your World: Uncensored Straight Talk on the Nature of Enlightenment - Adyashanti on Book: Valis – Philip K. Dick
  • The Flowering Wand: Rewilding the Sacred Masculine on Book: Valis – Philip K. Dick
  • We Find Meaning Where We Want To, Don't We? on …And God is Empty, Just Like Me
  • The Silent Thread - Spud Murphy on The Hero and Victim of Awakening
Proudly powered by WordPress · Theme: Button by Automattic.