Links to published and performed work

Published

2018

• Miracles, Mercies and Mary…on Toast, 2nd place, 2018 Flash500 Short Story Competition, (April 2018)
• The Angela Merkel Challenge, Scottish Book Trust (March 2018)
• Reckoning Day, The Bangor Literary Journal FORTY WORDS Winner (Feb 2018)
• ‘Balloons‘ (Flash),  The Writers Bureau 2017 Flash Fiction Winner (Jan 2018)
• ‘The Tenth Day of Christmas‘, Horror Scribes (Jan 2018)
• ‘Balloons‘ (Short Story), The Nottingham Review (Jan 2018)

2017

• ‘Granda’s Plan’, performed at Solstice Shorts Dusk festival Dec 2017; eBook with Arachne Press, (hard copy available June 2018)
• ‘Foodie Tips Courtesy of Yuri Gagarin‘, Scottish Book Trust free eBook ‘Nourish‘ (also available as a free audiobook)
• ‘Perfectly Prime’, shortlisted 2017 Hysteria Short Story competition Hysteria 6 Anthology (Nov 2017)
• ‘Coffee and Kafka‘, Reflex (September 2017)
• ‘The Puzzle‘, (b)OINK (August 2017)
• ‘Dolly and the Zombie Apocalypse‘, Twisted Sister Lit Magazine (July 2017)
• ‘Wishing Well‘, FlashFlood Journal (June 2017)
• ‘Shoes Made for Walking‘, 2nd place, Vernal Equinox Flash competition, Federation of Writers (Scotland) (June 2017)
• ‘As Liquid is Poured‘, 3rd place, 2017 National Flash-Fiction Day Anthology, Sleep is a Beautiful Colour; available via Amazon UK and Amazon US (June 2017)
• ‘Green Tights’, winner, Book a Break Anthology 2017;  With Our Eyes Open available via Amazon UK and Amazon US (March 2017)
• ‘Leo’s Song’, Bath Flash Fiction Vol 1 anthology To Carry Her Home (March 2017)
• ‘Modern Day Superhero’, Performed as part of the One Festival (January 2017) Read the 4* review.
• ‘In Dreams‘, Molotov Cocktail (Jan 2017)

2016

• ‘How to Handle Space‘, Bedford International Writing Competition Anthology; (2016)
• ‘Christmas Star‘, Liars’ League London, YouTube, podcast (December 2016)
• ‘A Novi-Sibersk Fairy Tale‘, .Cent magazine (December 2016)  Read commentary on the piece.
• ‘Friday’s Child‘ Horror Scribes (Oct 2016)
• ‘Our Holiday Saga‘, winner, Sh! Women’s Erotic Emporium (Sept 2016)
• ‘Coming Clean‘, Liars’ League London, YouTube, podcast (Feb 2016)

2015 and before

• ‘A Hands-Off Approach‘, Molotov Cocktail (Oct 2015), available in The Molotov Cocktail: Prize Winners Anthology Vol 2 in the UK and US; also performed at ArtsAdmin event (Dec 2015)
• ‘The Barber‘, Gemini magazine (Nov 2014)
• ‘Soul Mates’: A Small Key Opens Big Doors (Nov 2013)

Ones to watch (Highly Commendable, Commendable, Long or Short listed)

• ‘The Luck of the Larkers’, HISSAC Short Story competition (October 2017)
• ‘Globophobia’, Ink Tears (October 2017)
• ‘Ms Tempke Goes to the Cinema’, (b)OINK (September 2017)
• ‘Lost and Found’, Horror Scribes (December 2016)
• ‘The Perfect Shade of Green’, Exeter Writers Short Story Competition (2016); Bedford Writing Competition (2015); Segora International Writing Competitions (2015); The Yeovil Short Story Literary Prize (2015)
• ‘A Spin Doctor Speaks’ Fish Flash Fiction Prize (2016)
• ‘Lucky’, Words Magazine (2015)
• ‘Balloons’, Opening Lines BBC R4 (2014)
• ‘Bird Calls’, Segora International Writing competition (2017),  Curry Mallet (2015); Opening Lines BBC R4 (2013)

Judging

• Short Story Judge (2017 Book a Break Short Story Competition)
• Flash Fiction Judge  (2016 Hysteria Writing Competition)