Short Stories

  • A Christmas Ghost Story

    ‘Know whit’s traditional at Christmas?’ he said. ‘Ghost stories. Everybiddy loves a Ghost story’ I swirled the beer at the bottom of my glass and smiled. ‘Load a shite, in’t it?’ ‘Naw, naw. Look at Dickens and A Christmas Carol. Classic ghost story that.’ I raised an eyebrow. ‘Name another then.’ ‘Well, they don’t need…

  • How They Were Found by Matt Bell

    It has been a long time since I have enjoyed a collection of short stories as much as I did How They Were Found. Matt Bell is a wonderful writer: his stories are varied in topic and style, but he never fails to find the voice of each of his characters, making them real, even…

  • Hello, Darkness, My Old Friend: A Guest Post from Calum Kerr

    I am delighted to welcome Calum Kerr to my blog today in the first of what, I hope, will become many posts from guest bloggers. Cal is the director of National Flash Fiction day and has Lost Property, a new collection of some of his fabulous short stories out now from Cinder House and Amazon UK. Let…

  • It’s heeeeerre!

    Yup, the moment we’ve all been dreading and looking forward to in equal measure is here: my book is now available on Amazon. I promise not to go on and on and on about it and asking you all to buy it. After today. But for today, every time someone decides not to buy my…

  • The Cover

    My short story collection is a whole mix of genres: it may even shock you to know that there’s a couple of romance stories in there too. I know! But most of what I write tends towards the dark and humorous and I felt the cover should reflect this. I didn’t want to have an…