Here’s a directory of all my short stories and novellas that are currently available. The links go to the stories in their publications on Medium. However, many of these stories can also be found by subscribing to me on Substack (click here).
Novellas
Dystopian Sci-Fi/Thriller. A journalist investigates a tech company manufacturing nightmare suppressing nanotech for children. “Sweet Dreams” refers to the technology involved, which the journalist comes to believe may be linked to an increase in suicidal tendencies among young people. Her investigations uncover conspiracies, cover-ups, and eventually murder.
Fantasy. A Dark Ages knight undertaking a quest to rescue the young woman to whom he is betrothed. She has been captured by a mysterious Beast and taken into a mysterious and dangerous uncharted forest. On his quest, the knight encounters bandits, witches, and strange supernatural beings, journeying ever deeper into the forest, and ever deeper into himself.
Horror/Sci-Fi. The near future. No one knows where the giant spider nests came from, but nations are adjusting to the challenge of living alongside dangerous oversized arachnids. A mercenary desperate for money to purchase medical treatments that can save his wife is hired by an influential businessman. His objective: Infiltrate a spider nest on a mission of vengeance.
Short Stories
Fantasy/Satire. A recently deceased man is harassed by ghostly political campaigners whilst attempting to haunt his family. Also available on Substack.
Horror. In the aftermath of World War II, a cargo ship carrying a murderous jewel thief is menaced by a supernatural force.
Horror. After inexplicably awakening inside another home with a different wife, a man experiences an existential crisis, as new memories replace old. Also available on Substack.
Romance/Fantasy. A lonely teenage boy living with his strict Jehovah’s Witness mother is visited in dreams by a mysterious paper girl. Also available on Substack.
Call the Number On Your Screen
Thriller/Satire. A corrupt televangelist takes ruthless steps to find his blackmailer. Also available on Substack.
Romance. Life takes an unexpected turn for a young wife desperately missing her royal marine husband during the Afghanistan War. Also available on Substack.
Drama. A former publisher and his subordinate form an unlikely friendship whilst working for a herbal remedy company. Also available on Substack.
Horror. A woman trapped in an abusive relationship during lockdown investigates a malevolent supernatural force in her basement.
Psychological/Supernatural Thriller/Horror. An English teacher is haunted by a terrible secret from his past.
Drama. A young woman returns to her estranged mother after leaving a cult. Also available on Substack.
Drama. In a companion piece of sorts to Aftermath, a man grapples with repressed memories of abuse in a cult his parents were part of when he was a child. Also available on Substack.
Crockern’s Curse (in five parts)
Horror. A young couple investigating a childhood mystery on Dartmoor are menaced by supernatural forces linked to local folklore. Also available on Substack.
Window of the Soul (in eight parts)
Fantasy. An adolescent girl faces life and soul-threatening danger in a dark fairy tale. Also available on Substack.
Trigger Warning (in four parts)
Satire. An author whose novels offend some readers to death has a crisis of conscience. Also available on Substack.
The only short stories of mine currently available in paperback/e-book are those selected for Infestation: A Horror Anthology and Love and Other Punishments: A Dystopian Anthology. The former also features two short stories, Influencer and White Horse, exclusive to that volume. Copies can be ordered here (in the UK) and here (in the US). Digital versions are also available from Smashwords here, as well as the various outlets to which they distribute (Barnes and Noble, Apple Books, and Kobo, for instance).
The latter features exclusive stories The Thought Improvement Programme, Driverless, Bleed with Me, The Traffic Warden, Apocalypse 1983, and Love and Other Punishments (as well as Sweet Dreams, which can be read on Medium). Copies can be ordered here (in the UK) and here (in the US). Digital versions are also available from Smashwords here, as well as the various outlets to which they distribute (Barnes and Noble, Apple Books, and Kobo, for instance).
Papercut and Once in a Lifetime were originally traditionally published by Dragon Soul Press for their First Love and All Dark Places anthologies respectively. These collections are now out of print, though copies can be obtained via sellers.
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