Creative Fiction

Dath a’ bhàis (2024), flash ficiton, Flash Fronteir

Absence of light. The ‘o’ in nothingness. Oily black. Read >

Beneath the Yellow Dog Roses (2023), flash fiction, Flash Frontier

And there, amongst the shit-smelling dead leaves and spiky twigs, is a caterpillar in delicate green flesh. Read >

Kaleidscopes in the Dark (2022), short story collection, B.Books

A child crawls through a world of plastic waste, mice conspire with a seamstress to bring back the dead, and a young woman plots her way onto a grisly reality TV programme. Read >

Tiger Food (2019), short story, Flash Frontier

She grabs the crumpled letter from the waste paper basket when she thinks that no one is watching. Read >

Great Grandmother’s Stories, short fiction, 1964 Magazine

The sun is low and hot. You draw long, shallow, shaky breaths and feel dizzy. Long, shallow, shaky breaths. Long, shallow, shaky breaths. If you fall asleep beneath the peach, the gulls might find you. Read >

Can I see? (2018), flash fiction, Flash Frontier

The bedroom is semi-dark, a curtain hangs loosely over the window and clouds brew trouble in the skies. It feels like evening, but it’s not. Read >

 
 

Kaleidoscopes in the Dark

Short. Readable. Disturbing. The eleven stories in Kaleidoscopes in the Dark paint the more sinister elements of the psyche in technicolour. The collection writhes with black humour, remnants of fairytales and gothic themes.

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