Short Fiction

Spent spring and summer on the hill and many hot afternoons in the ‘van catching up with friends and family. Also …

“As soon as she’s organised, she walks onto the glass bridge and through the warm blue sky, her arms stretched …

New short short, Knots, up at The Postcard Press. Cheers Caitlin.

I don’t make resolutions that involve deprivation. No point, I have zero will-power when it comes to roll-ups, cake or …

Loose Wiring is a collaborative and experimental (very) short fiction and drawing project that I’m working on with artist Mark …

Matthew Pitt’s debut collection Attention Please Now (Autumn House Press) is reviewed (by me) in the October 2011 issue of The …

A massive congrats to all 40 writers on this year’s BSSP longlist! 2093 entries from the UK, Ireland, US and …

My review of Patrick Cullen‘s debut short fiction collection, What Came Between, in the Winter 2010 issue of The Short Review.

New short piece, Butterflies are the Souls of Dead Babies at Ink, Sweat and Tears. Thank you Charles.

Matt Bell’s How They Were Found “Inspired, poetic, experimental collection of short fiction. Bell takes a vision of the real …

If you’ve been looking for new short stories to read and you have a Twitter account, join us for #StorySunday …

A few updates: Firstly the Bugged creative eavesdropping project (that I talked about here) launch their book next week. For more info …

I interview Andrew M Hurley, author of two short story collections, Cages and The Unusual Death of Julie Christie and …

This track (IMO) is a fantastic music equivalent to Matt Bell’s How They Were Found.

Very short story Killer Phrase up on Six Sentences today. Thank you Rob.

To celebrate my blog’s second anniversary I decided to organise my links. Well, no that isn’t why I’ve done it. …

I review Andrew M Hurley’s second collection, The Unusual Death of Julie Christie and other stories at The Lancashire Writing …

A huge (if belated) congratulations to BSSP winner Valerie O’Riordan. Looking forward to reading her story in the BSSP anthology …

I found out this afternoon that my story The Butterfly Effect has made it onto the longlist of the Bristol …

My review of Clifford Garstang‘s debut collection of short stories, In An Uncharted Country is now in the The Short …