Short Stories
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More Publication News!
Sometimes, you get no publications for months, years even. Then like buses, they all come along at once. Today, I have a new story out in Wyldblood 19 called ‘ Trouble at Clackhammer’. “There’s something off about Uncle Arsenic.” Yes, its about who you think it’s about, whoever that might be (could be one of… Continue reading
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Publication News – ‘Dear Auntie Medusa, Please Come and Look at This Man’ – in today’s Morning Star
After my social awkwardness on meeting comic genius Stewart Lee, Medusa kept nagging at my subconscious and I knew that meant I needed to write a story about her. It took me a while to find the right angle/voice but when I finally did, the story flowed. This is something that tends to happen when… Continue reading
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Publication News
I’m honoured to have a short story titled ‘Letting Go’ in the print edition of tomorrow’s Morning Star. It will also be in the online edition on Sunday (I’ll post a link when it’s up). And I adore the illustration from Lorna Miller below. I also love the intro they gave it: Enchantments collide in… Continue reading
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Rejection
In my ‘About’ section, there’s a short list of of publications who have been kind enough to publish my writing. I’m sure my list won’t look like much to more prolific writers of short fiction. I have to say, though, that every single story listed there has received at least a dozen rejections, except for… Continue reading
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Of breast cancer and cryptids and what makes us angry
I didn’t know I had breast cancer when I wrote, Investigating the Sea-Hag Menace, in early April this year. I didn’t have the routine Mammogram until mid-June, a month and a half after Improbable Press accepted the story. A couple of weeks later, I was called back for more tests, and on 2nd August I… Continue reading
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Publication News
Hello again! My short story, Investigating the Sea-Hag Menace, will be included in this fabulous anthology, due out in December 2021 from Improbable Press. Please do check it out: there are two volumes, with lots of great stories in each. Mine will be in Volume Blue. Investigating the Sea-Hag Menace is one of those stories… Continue reading
Tales from the Mothership 