A home for my writing, or at least the iceberg-tip that sees the light of day. I mostly write fantasy, in my own invented worlds - I have too many of those lurking in the cobwebbed corners of my mind. In other plotlines I’m an MRI radiographer in the NHS and a father of two boys, one of whom is autistic. I think I might be that myself, though I’ve no diagnosis, nor am I likely to get one. Writing I think is a way of reaching out, to prove there’s someone in here - it’s me saying “look, I am a real person, after all.”

Available and forthcoming stories

  • Brand

    A savage coming of age ritual sunders family ties. Will Demek submit and remain in security, or rebel and be cast out?

    This story is available in the North Bristol Writers Fire Anthology.

  • To a Bright Door

    Solanna flees religious zeal and arrives in a more tolerant city. But it isn’t easy to start again; is a toxic community better than none?

    Full story available right here.

    Photo by Egor Myznik on Unsplash

  • A Star Like You

    Clay scouts for enemy survivors in the aftermath of a ruinous ice storm. He yearns to be special; is this finally a chance for glory?

    This story will be featured in Frost, the companion anthology to Fire.

    Photo by Osman Rana on Unsplash

  • Soul's Remnant

    Two women mourning their fathers know a moment of kinship. But only the rich rest in peace; how will Adya pay her father’s debts and prevent his immortal toil?

    This story will be published in a forthcoming edition of Horizons, the British Fantasy Society magazine.

    Photo by Krystal Mossbarger on Unsplash