Rare Exotic Breeds Short Story Collection Released into the Wild
How Did Rare Exotic Breeds Come About? Over the past three years, I’ve been submitting short stories to various competitions globally. Rare Exotic Breeds is a collection of all the stories that were prize-winners or shortlisted. After two consecutive first prizes and publication in Writing Magazine, the editor suggested to me that dark, mischievous literature…
“Egg” Shortlisted for Dinesh Allirajah Prize
Pleased to announce that “Egg” has been shortlisted for the Dinesh Allirajah Prize hosted by Comma Press and UCLAN! In this Artificial Intelligence short story, the steel-shelled anti-hero travels from the ashes of his creator’s mansion to a Pacific paradise with the aid of various humans along the way. Thanks to Comma Press, UCLAN and…
Hashtag Junket Wins Writing Magazine Short Story/Flash Fiction Competition
2020 is off to a flying start with another writing competition win, this time for a 500 word story called “Hashtag Junket”. It takes place on an island to which an actor has been invited to promote their latest film.Or so they think. Writing Magazine hope to publish the results in an upcoming Competition Special:…
Short Story “Chop Chop” Wins Writing Magazine Competition
Pleased to announce that “Chop Chop” has won 1st place in Writing Magazine‘s Single Character short story competition. Writing Magazine described the story as “chilling” and will publish it in the March issue. The idea came from a 5 a.m. walk in the snow, at which time the local butcher was the only other person…
Short Story Do Not Disturb Wins Second Place in Writing Magazine Competition
Thrilled to announce that my short story about a suicide in a hotel room has won second place in Writing Magazine’s competition. The judges gave it a lovely review, which you can read alongside the story itself here. Or you can read about a dystopian near-future in which celebrities are cloned for prostitution here. Or…
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