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04.04.2013 - I am still alive...
Just to check in, I'm still alive and kicking and working on new material! Apologies for letting the website slip but I have three - yes, three - blog posts in the offing, a new short story, a couple of new articles and a novella in the pipeline too. Got to be worth waiting for, eh?
28.04.2012 - "True Brit Grit" Kindle anthology out now...
The e-anthology "True Brit Grit", which includes my short story "A Minimum Of Reason" is now available on Amazon UK and US. 40-odd stories for less than £2 - a real bargain and no mistake. Buy it.
30.03.2012 - "Off The Record" nominated for a Spinetingler Award...
Hot news - the "Off The Record" charity anthology, which features my short story "Superstition", has been nominated for a Spinetingler Award! Details here.28.03.2012 - New short story!
My new short story - "Some Kind Of Monster" - is now up on the excellent Flash Fiction Offensive fiction site. It's my first appearance on the site (as I rarely write anything short enough to meet their word count!) and there are already some positive comments coming in - go check it out.
04.02.2012 - New Blog Post...
Over on the blog, I talk about the recent shenanigans regarding dubious e-publisher Trestle Press... find out more.
02.01.2012 - Happy New Year!
HAPPY NEW YEAR to all! Sorry I'm a day late but better late than never, eh! Lots of writing plans for 2012... as always, all the news will be here first, so bookmark this site and check back from time to time to find out what's happening!
05.12.2011 - Gritfiction...
The Gritfiction blog has been having a look at this very website... take a look at their thoughts here.
04.12.2011 - Very short fiction...
I've added a selection of 50 and 100 word stories to the site as I thought it would be nice to collect the various little vignettes I've done in one place - go here to check them out!
04.12.2011 - "Off The Record" news...
The ebook version of Off The Record is temporarily reduced to just £0.86 via Amazon (link below)! Furthermore, you can now buy the book in paperback via Lulu...!
27.11.2011 - "Off The Record" charity anthology OUT NOW!
Three days ahead of schedule, Off The Record, including my short story "Superstition", is out now and available from Amazon. Only £2.29 in electronic format with, I hear, paperback edition to follow...
More info on Off The Record HERE.
21.11.2011 - Media bits n bobs...
Last week I did a Q&A with fellow writer Vic Watson on her excellent fiction blog... and on Thursday Nov 19th I was on BBC Radio Humberside with fellow Hull writers Nick Quantrill and Darren Sant, promoting the forthcoming anthology "Off The Record"...
20.11.2011 - "Exposure" published on A Twist Of Noir
My new short story "Exposure" - which I'm secretly rather proud of - is now up on the excellent A Twist Of Noir website... please do go and have a read and don't forget to leave a comment!
18.11.2011 - Off The Record e-anthology... all for a good cause too!
My new short story "Superstition" is to be included in the forthcoming anthology Off The Record... published exclusively on Kindle (plus smartphone and PC). All profits are going to charity - UPDATE - mooted release date is 30/11/11 with proceeds going to literacy charities in the UK and US - a fine cause. Please support it!
27.10.2011 - New (very) short story published nationally today!
My 100-word short story "Blame" is in the November issue of Reader's Digest, and it's out today! Available from high street newsagents I'm told, and also online of course. UPDATE - find me on page 37...
12.10.2011 - "Wild Things" published on TKnC...
My new short story "Wild Things" - a rare foray into the horror genre - is now up at the genuinely brilliant Thrillers, Killers n Chillers website - go check it out!
08.10.2011 - "Brit Grit Too" e-anthology
My new short story "A Minimum Of Reason" is to be included in the forthcoming ebook, "Brit Grit Too", a collection of shorts edited by Paul D Brazill. More news on release dates etc, as and when...
11.08.2011 - Published in... Reader's Digest?!
Some time ago I entered a 100-word story competition run by the Reader's Digest. I'm delighted to say I've just heard my entry "Blame" has been "specially commended" and will be published in the November 2011 issue. Nice!
10.08.2011 - "The E-pocalypse" now out in print and on Kindle...
The Pill Hill Press anthology "The E-pocalypse: Emails At The End", featuring "Firestorm", co-written by myself and Darren Sant, is OUT NOW! Go to the Published Work page for details of how to bag a copy...
25.06.2011 - New (very) short story to be published!
My 50-word vignette "Night Crawler" is to be included in a forthcoming noir special to be published by print magazine Blink Ink. More news on publication dates and how to buy, when I know it. UPDATE - now out!
11.06.2011 - "Radgepacket" on Kindle!
"Radgepacket - Tales From The Inner Cities", the Byker Books anthology which includes my short story "Choked", is now available on Kindle! You can download it for the princely sum of 86p (yep, less than a quid!) - here.
05.06.2011 - New story published.
My short story "On Solitude" is now online at the genuinely excellent Pulp Metal Magazine.
18.05.2011 - New co-written short story to be published!
My short story "Firestorm" - co-written with my good pal Darren Sant - is to be published in the forthcoming anthology "The E-pocalypse" (Pill Hill Press). Pill HIll are a US publisher but the book will be available in the UK via the net. More news on timeframe etc as we get it...
12.05.2011 - EXCLUSIVE new fiction
I've uploaded a brand new, exclusive flash fiction short which won't appear anywhere else - you can only read it here! Read "Breaking In" here...
I've decided to share some excerpts from my debut - unfinished - novel, "Tracks" on the Writing page... go take a look!
09.11.2010 - Fiction added...
I've decided to add some obscure stuff to the "Writing" section of this site, starting with an excerpt from an unfinished short story called "Hate List", and another called "Marbles". There'll be some more stuff to follow in the next few days and/or weeks...
