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The links below will take you to some of my tales, and also provide opportunities to peer into some of the twisted crevices of my mind. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Sinister Minutes
No time to read? Why not bring along a good story or two for the car, or while you’re prepping a meal? Much of my short fiction is also available on the Sinister Minutes podcast, which I produce in conjunction with the amazingly talented Tim Parker. Available from wherever you grab your podcasts.
Eraser
In a digital world, even existence itself can be fleeting.
Available on the Creepy Podcast patreon: Nov 6 2023.
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Sleep
For an insomniac, the bed can sometimes feel like a dark seductress, luring you into her soft embrace. But within her linens, she hides a torture rack.
3 min. read
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Jumper
On the way down, will there be time to even consider the 100 words in this story?
<1 min. read
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Time once gone is gone forever. Or is it?
6 min. read
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The ways of Faerie are not our ways.
1 min. read
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Pretty flowers and sweet words are often not enough.
2 min. read
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The bonds between mother and daughter are never forgotten.
6 min. read
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The boundaries that separate life from death are not always so solid.
4 min. read
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When the flames begin to play, who will join the dance?
12 min. read
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Going home is often the hardest journey.
Published in Abstract Jam issue 5, Dec 2016.
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Retribution can be quite tasteful.
4 min. read
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Even the tiniest spark is visible when the night is darkest.
7 min. read
Back in August 2001, the good folks at Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine – specifically Babs Lakey, the editor, took a chance on an unknown author and provided him with his first publication for a piece of fiction, a 2000-word piece entitled “The Perfect Marriage.”