Short Stories

Wet Wings, a novel, is now available!

Published Pieces

"Winter at the Girls' Asylum"

This icy little piece will be live on SAGE CIGARETTES at midnight, Oct 31. It's all so spooky!

"The Last Wander of Amorette"

Coming on Halloween to Blood Song Books' special anthology, Forest of Fear.

Gleam: The Inner Circle Writers' Group Second Flash Fiction Anthology 2019

Flash fiction is often a small, vivid illustration or incident which fades into a larger, wider, unspoken background. The power lies in the unsaid, the inferred, the after-thrill which comes as the ephemeral piece ends, leaving you, the reader, transfixed and transformed.

Enjoy this set of sixty experiences, brought to you by new and established authors from around the world.

"The Black Widow"

I have one chapter (ch 3) in this collaborative novella from several writers.

"Galub Jamun"

A saucy little tale of love, tragedy, and Indian food. In the Inner Circle Writers Group magazine, available for sale to everyone.

"Match"

This is my second flash piece to be in a Clarendon House anthology! This one is about the end of times and the consequences of letting one's flame go out.

"Two Hands"

Intense, keen, extreme, sincere, deeply felt, wholehearted - you’ll find stories within ranging from the amusing to the overwhelming, from the earnest to the cute. Clarendon House has once again drawn together a selection of fabulous talents to weave you into their story worlds so that you will scarcely believe what can be done in less than 2,000 words per tale. Perfect if you want to relish the moments; ideal if you desire entertainment on-the-run; essential if you’re eager to see what the future has to offer in terms of great writers - this is the book for you.

"Time To Go"

A whole range is here, from the almost incomprehensible but energetic, to the light-hearted and the profound, to the serene and transcendent. You’ll find poets who are raw in their talent, and others who are well-practised; you’ll discover things that you never dreamed of and have thoughts you could never quite put into words appearing on the page before you.

Enjoy the magic.

"Barn Cat" (Paperback)
"Barn Cat" (Kindle)

This book is for readers aged 8 to 80, and contains many adventures of various kinds, ranging from travels with faeries (spelt with an ‘e’) to challenges in the playground, as well as other things you can scarcely imagine.

You’ll meet dogs and cats, wizards and dinosaurs, princesses and leprechauns, mermaids and men made of spice - and much more.

You’ll meet creatures both real and fantastic, find courage in the face of the amazing and bravery when everything looks dark.

Some of these tales might even become favourites that will linger with you long after you close these pages.

"Waiting" (Paperback)

"Waiting" (Kindle)

If we define ‘literary’ as fiction without barriers, then the book you hold in front of you is a potent and vibrant contradiction. This little book seems a finite thing - but it is actually a portal to other worlds, much larger in scope and depth than its size would suggest. Within, you’ll find passion and poetic prose that will haunt you, experimental fiction that will challenge you, tales that will make you laugh, some that will make you cry, and many that will enthral you from beginning to end. The question that may occur to you as you complete this book is ‘Why aren’t these authors all world-famous?’
You were here at the beginning.

Lakefly Writing Contests Jean Nelson Short Story Award

"The Coyotes"

"She Kept Going" (Paperback)
"She Kept Going" (Kindle)

What sort of effect can an author create in around 1,000 words or less?
With this anthology, you have in your hands a collection of forty very short stories, each of which has its own power to evoke emotions within you. There’s tragedy, there’s humour, there’s science fiction and drama, there’s a mixture of just about everything here, from completely new and long-established short story writers.
You will never know what lies waiting for you on the next electrifying page…