Category: Short Stories

My latest short story, A Study in Love, has been published by Typishly Literary Magazine. Typishly is a brilliant platform for established and emerging writers. Have a browse! You can read the short story here. I’m trying to paint a picture of an unusual suburban love triangle. I would love to know your thoughts! More…

Day 372. Alone at sea. Except I’m not at sea. I am encircled by water but I am on dry land, in the island of my tower block, on the 39th floor. My feet are not wet. As long as I stay here, enveloped in my apartment, I will be safe from harm. Hunger is…

My shift was almost over and I was so bored I was actually counting the seconds. When the four late diners entered the restaurant, I nearly asked them to leave. I had had enough. But something about the incongruity of the group, their mismatched clothing and ages, and the mischief and gravity they all showed…

Sidney Pickle was not a stage name. It was ridiculous, really, that Sidney Pickle was a chef, just as it was ridiculous that a fireman be named Ben Flame or an animal welfare activist be named Margaret Feral. Sidney’s name had served him well in his career and at the height of his fame he…

Day 32: A new month and only glimpses of him. Once, at a distance through the trees. Then, crouched inside the doorway of his hut skinning a creature, maybe a sloth. We respect his wishes and we keep our distance. Click. Click. Click. They follow me with the ticking of black machines and I time…

“Hola guapa.” Layla looked up from her beer. A man with big blue eyes swayed slightly, leaning on the table for support. He looked perfectly at home in this dingy bar, which demanded ’20 persons maximum’ but was crowded full of foreign students and bemused locals. “How are you? My heart, it is beating for…