Paint: A Short Story

by Neil Beynon

How far would you go for your heart’s desire?

When Joan’s art career suddenly takes off, Liz’s life falls apart. As Joan rubs shoulders with the elite, capturing them in paint and lifting them to new heights; Liz’s partner leaves her and she loses her job. As success takes its toll on Joan, Liz tries to uncover at what cost her friend’s success has come.

But time is running out. How far will Liz go? What will Joan do if Liz unveils the truth?

Liz is about to find that to succeed you must paint with the darkest of colours.

Paint is a contemporary dark fantasy short story by Neil Beynon. If you like your short fantasy with a dark psychological edge, you’ll love this tale of obsession and betrayal and the lengths one will go to for their true desire.

Buy Paint today to see what lies on Joan’s canvas.

34 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 13, 2019

About the author

Neil has previously been published by in Murky Depths, Dark Fiction, Ballista and Illuminations: The Friday Flash Fiction anthology. He is based in South Wales.