Fiction available in anthologies Coming Soon: Free to Loving Home (Donation Required) - SF - 725 words To be published in You, Me & A Bit of We by Chuffed Buff Books The Fine Art of Fortune Telling - Horror - 3,823 words I've actually always loved that slight formality of Alan's, that air of a bygone courtliness. Apart from him, my lovers have been as interested in eating me as fucking me. Published in SFFH 'doomed love' anthology Orbital Hearts February 2012, available at Amazon, Amazon UK and Barnes & Noble Behind Glass - Horror - 2105 words Every part of him is sore: bones, muscles, teeth. His joints feel like they're made of ground glass. Even his eyelashes ache, which is a new one. Published in zombie anthology So Long, and Thanks for All the Brains Dec 11, available on Amazon for Kindle No Apples for Mother in Best of The New Flesh, Year 2 - SF - 869 words Fiction available in magazines No Past, No Future, Just Now - Horror - 1,677 words Seven years, the doctors said. The average life expectancy following diagnosis is approximately seven years. Published in Morpheus Tales, October 2012 Dear Ingrid - Horror- 1,000 words I know, I know; you hate me. I get that. And I don't blame you. It's totally justified. Published in the first edition of Wah Lum's Library, from Twisted Dreams Magazine, September 2012 Fiction available online Short Stories (1,000 - 10,000 words) Coming Soon: Like a Boss - Crime - 1135 words To be published at Yellow Mama, Dec 2012 Coming Soon: Meredith Said - SF - 1,639 words To be published at Roar & Thunder Speeding Toward Englightenment - Crime drama - 1,134 words I love my sister and I want to help her, but she doesn't make it easy. Published at The Cynic Online, August 2012 They Do Things Better in Albuquerque - Crime/murder - 1,559 words If they're not precursors of disaster in real life, they are in my head. And that's where the important stuff happens, after all. One Free Go - Horror - 2,105 words It's really getting out of hand lately, all this Halloween business. Not with a Bang- SF - 1,275 words Answer the calls, read the script, enter the data. And when certain words or phrases come up, type out the alarm codes. Published at Daily Science Fiction, Jan 2011 Waiting for the End of the World - Drama - 1,910 words She likes to imagine herself one of the last survivors of some kind of quiet apocalypse, making her way in a world that’s turned the page on humanity. Published at The Waterhouse Review, Jan 2011 Legion- Crime/suspense (trigger warning: dark, includes reference to sexual violence) - 1,666 words Stay in one shape too long, get fixed, and you get caught in other people's stories. Published at Thrillers, Killers n Chillers, Nov 2010 Flash Fiction (101 - 1,000 words) Coming Soon: Still Life - Drama - 300 words To be published at Fractured West Coming Soon: Leap of Faith - SF - 150 words To be published at Apocrypha and Abstractions 12 November 2012 The Great Escape - Drama - 583 words It didn't satisfy his daughter. She wanted more. Always did. Published at Fiction 365, 29th August 2012 Toil and Trouble - Humour - 606 words Faye sniffed. ‘Pap,’ she said. ‘Watered down pap for impressionable teenagers and people who have no idea what real magic is.’ Published at the Journal of Microliterature, 8th July 2012 Damnable Behaviour - Drama - 200 words A lot of people wish they lived in a different time, although most choose the future. Published at The Pygmy Giant, 2nd July 2012 Stop Me If You've Heard This Before - Crime - 410 words “Okay,” she said, “here we go. You're going to like this one.” Published at Flash Fiction Offensive, June 2012 A Cat May Look at a Queen - Fantasy - 638 words A trial like this was a treat; lawbreakers are a very rare breed in our society. Published at Hogglepot, May 2012 What We Leave Behind - Horror - 587 words Saskia made a lot of allowances because Desmond had saved their lives more times than she could remember, but his ravings were getting out of control. Published at Bent Masses, May 2012 In the Eternal Hope of Finding Treasure - Drama - 391 words Attics should be caverns of wonder... Published at Long Story Short, May 2012 Communication Skills - Crime - 250 words He didn't look like he believed me, but I was telling him the truth. I really didn't hear voices anymore. Published at Flash Fiction World, Apr 2012 An Object Lesson in Misanthropy - SF - 912 words 'Zoe was an accident,' Mum said. 'I never wanted to have kids. Never thought I'd be able to -- freaks of nature are usually sterile.' Published at Untied Shoelaces of the Mind, Mar 2012 Bring It On - Crime/murder - 383 words I don't have Em's way with words, but I do have a knife, and a complete lack of anything resembling a conscience. Grandpa - Drama - 200 words 'Grandpa,' Tommy said, 'have you got a name?' Published at Postcard Shorts Feb 2012 Reparations - Drama - 543 words Lisa waited for her turn until her patience ran out, which took about five minutes. Then she simply took it, played with it, and broke it. Published at Linguistic Erosion, Feb 2012 Inside - Horror - 200 words 'Hi, darling,' said the thing that looked like my wife. Published at Postcard Shorts, Jan 2012 There You Are, My Love - Drama - 999 words I'm a painter. My father was a painter. My father killed himself. Two plus two equals don't let Marcus out of your sight in case he does something stupid. Published at Every Day Fiction, Jan 2012 From Today - Drama - 370 words What she longs for, more than anything, is to be like Melisande Published at Eunoia Review, Jan 2012 Lilah Wakes Up - Drama - 383 words It feels like a sign, but she’s not sure of what. Published at The Molotov Cocktail, Dec 2011 Nor Any Drop to Drink - Horror - 641 words You wouldn't know, to look at her. Published at MicroHorror, Nov 2011 - winning entry, 'Water' contest Full Service Package - Crime/suspense - 963 words When it started to get nasty, they looked at me and they didn't see a crazy woman, a fantasist; they saw a spurned lover. Hell hath no fury, right? Published at Every Day Fiction, Nov 2010 Nameless, Unreasoning, Unjustified - SF - 416 words It wasn't easy for humans to reach the stars. It took money, time, effort. Sacrifice. Published at MicroHorror, Nov 2010 No Apples for Mother - SF - 869 words They called me the Mother of Enlightenment in the beginning. Now they call me the Mother of the Apocalypse. Published at The New Flesh, Sep 2010 & included in the Year 2 Best of the New Flesh Anthology The Voices of the Dead - Horror- 493 words Her little girl was alive. Mine was dead. Published at Flashes in the Dark, Sep 2010 The Sacred Rule - Horror - 263 words 'Wait till your father gets home,' was all she said. Published at MicroHorror, Aug 2010 Micro Fiction (100 words or less) Silence - Horror - 100 words Published at 101 Fiction Sep 2012 Deep - Horror - 100 words Published at MicroHorror, May 2012 Precious Things - Horror - 100 words Published at MicroHorror, Feb 2012 Monday Morning - Drama - 50 words Published at 50-1, Aug 2010 A Bridesmaid's Duties - Humour - 92 words Published at Six Sentences, Aug 2010 Poetry Published at Vox Poetica, Jan 2011 |
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