The results of the Bedford International Story Prize were announced last night, and I am thrilled to have won Third Prize. In earlier news, I mentioned that my story ‘Miss Bird…

I’m very pleased to have my story, ‘Water, Earth, Stone’, accepted for publication by the beautiful  ‘Confluence’ literary magazine. ‘Confluence’ is changing its format to twice-yearly, anthology-length, and I’m thrilled to…

Click image above for link (opens in new tab) I’m delighted to be on the short list of the Bedford International Writing Prize. I’m especially pleased, as my story, ‘Miss…

Not so much ‘news’, as a retrospective look at 2019, in which I was lucky enough to have had several stories featured in anthologies. As it happened, this started and…

Here’s the link to a new blog I’ve written - Sea Change (opens in new window). It’s about one of my stories, ‘Sea Change’, which will be read at the Solstice…

And here they are - my author copies of Willesden Herald New Short Stories 11. Can't wait to read the other stories, and if anyone else fancies some excellent contemporary…

Good news! The funding target for the Arachne Press Solstice Shorts has been reached, and arrangements for the performances are going ahead. Here’s some info about the Greenwich event, where…

Here’s a sneak preview of the cover of New Short Stories 11, along with a short description of the writing by editor, Stephen Moran. Thank you, Stratos, for such a…

The full lineup of the Willesden Herald ‘New Short Stories 11’ has been revealed, and is as follows: The final list was chosen from 292 stories from around the world, and…

PENfro, Llangwm, PENfro… For many Pembrokeshire book-lovers, summer has come to mean Llangwm Literary Festival, while the autumn is PENfro – two beautiful, but quite different locations, at (almost) opposite…