I WON! Woohoo! My short story, Curiosus Cattus, won FIRST PLACE in the Northwich LitFest’s Short Story Competition…
May 2017

Three pieces of news this month. Firstly, my fantasy short, Boon of a Faery Queen, is now out in the May issue of FrostFire Worlds by Alban Lake Publishing. Lovely cover art too. Secondly, my novel-in-progress, Clockwork Evangeline, gained an Honourable Mention for the Speculative Literature Foundation’s Working Class Writers’ Grant 2016 – this is the second year in a row it’s reached this high! So I’m very pleased. And thirdly… Continue reading “May 2017”
April 2017
Big things happened this month… Read below.
ACCEPTANCE! My dark historical fantasy, The Devil You Know, is going to appear in Pole to Pole Publishing’s newest anthology, Dark Luminous Wings! I’m absolutely thrilled. I’ve also seen some familiar names on the list of contributors and it’s an honour to be sharing another Table of Contents with such wonderful authors. Big thanks to the editors! Also… Continue reading “April 2017”
February 2017
Two Pieces of news!
1.) I have a story published! February’s issue of Ourtown Magazine includes my little Rom-Com, Endless Nuptials – as a feature for Valentine’s Day. It’s illustrated too! Wasn’t expecting that. This wonderful little publication is available for free in Northwich and the surrounding areas – I found it in a Tesco Express, Petrol Station, and Post Office. I haven’t noticed this publication before but now I’m seeing it everywhere! Big thanks to the editor for accepting my story.
2.) I also sold my contemporary fantasy short story, Boon of a Faery Queen, to Alban Lake Publishing’s magazine for young readers, FrostFire Worlds. It’s due to appear in the May 2017 issue.
January 2017
Two bits of good news to start off the year!
1.) I received my first short story acceptance of 2017! My Rom-Com, Endless Nuptials, will be appearing in Ourtown Magazine’s Valentine’s Day issue this month – so I might see my work in a local store! Yay! Big thanks to the members of VRWG who forwarded the call.
2.) I’m also very proud to have a prominent quote from my Steampunk novel-in-progress appearing on Rebecca Gibson’s poster for the Skeletal Biology in the Carolinas conference. Can’t wait to see it!
Yearly Summary 2015
November
CONTRIBUTOR COPIES: They’re here! The Gothic Fantasy Science Fiction Short Story anthologies from Flame Tree Publishing arrived last week. My short story, Clockwork Evangeline, appears alongside work by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Jack London and Jules Verne! Plus a menagerie of tales by many other talented writers. Love the covers! Embossed and so shiny…