![]() ![]() Please get in touch using the contact page if you’d like to discuss my work. They may not be reproduced in part or in full in any format without my written permission. It was written just before Christmas 2020 after I received a little advent calendar from a friend in Germany.Ĭopyright of all my works belongs to me. This was my first short story in over 15 years. I wrote this after reading Angela Carter’s ‘The bloody chamber’ and wanted to have a go myself at retelling a classic tale.Īdvent (December 2020) is included in the Swoop Books inaugural anthology Ordinary People available to order on their website and is also shared here on my writing page. Someone, No-one (December 2020) was highly commended in the Glittery Literary April 2021 competition and appears in their Anthology ONE available on Amazon as an eBook or paperback and on my writing page. (Content warning: uncanny horror with mother and child.) ![]() In April 2023 the story was featured in the Feasts & Fables newsletter. Rich winter shades of navy, green and berry take center stage among the swinging silhouettes.Heavier weight linen and cotton are complimented by a vintage plaid and liberty print. This was my first ever flash fiction, prompted by a dream of my son’s, and it was also longlisted in the Retreat West ‘uncanny’ flash competition in August 2021. The hills are alive with the sound of music at Soor Ploom this season. It can be read online and in their first print anthology. Soor Ploom Press is an innovative new publishing house that will satisfy your craving for the very best in new writing. The Brians (June 2021) won second place in the Cranked Anvil August 2021 flash competition. I have visited the Inishowen Peninsula many times and have always been fascinated by Trawbreaga Bay. (Content warning: motherhood & loss, albeit in a mythical setting)Ī green cloak (February 2021) was highly commended in the Glittery Literary Autumn 2021 competition and appears in their Anthology THREE available on Amazon as an eBook or paperback and can also be read on my writing page. ![]() This pece was also shortlisted in Retreat West’s Flash Mentoring contest in 2023. An installation at Jupiter Artland near Edinburgh provided the inspiration for the story’s setting. (Content warning: bereavement)Ī cloth of water (June 2021) was published online by Fudoki Magazine in October 2021. This story was inspired by places near where I live and went through a year of edits and rejections before finding a home. You can also listen to me read it aloud at the Soor Ploom link.Ī construction of loss (January 2022) was highly commended by Glittery Literary and appears in their Anthology FOUR available on Amazon as an eBook or paperback (profits go to charities working to end child poverty in the UK) and on my writing page. This story evolved from two words that I love the sound of – whirligig and widdershins. A Pocket Anthology of Addiction and Recovery, Acid Bath Publishing are looking for submissions for.Sunweys and widdershins (October 2021) finally found a home with Soor Ploom Press in March 20023.Nosy Crow have submissions open for Graphic Novels for children between 5-12 closes 30/09/22.Knight Errant Press, looking for various genres and themes, closes 01/09/222. ![]()
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