BIBLIOGRAPHY

Here's the full list of the short stories, flash fiction and poetry which have been published or placed in competitions.


Short Stories

A Cut Above                                 Winner - The Jo Cowell Award, Artists and Liars

A Fine Drawn Line                        Cassandra SF anthology

A Four-legged Friend                   Black Hill Books

A Midsummer Baby                      Emerald Tales

A Real Party Animal                     Third - Tamworth Writers competition, Third - Henshaw Press

A Solitary Sentence                      Time for Bedlam anthology, Legendary Anthology

A Working Holiday                       Winner - Linkway competition

A Worthy Cause                           Winner - Writer's News

Alien Dreams                               Hyperpowers Third Flatiron Anthologies

An Endangered Species                Winner - Fosseway, Upbeat Tales

And All Because the Lady Loves    Llangollen competition anthology

Bad Blood                                     Night to Dawn magazine

Bare Earth                                     Focus on Fiction competition anthology, Alfie Dog Fiction

Beached                                        Second - Cooldog competition, Artists and Liars

Between Lives                                Winner - Tees Valley Writer, Alfie Dog Fiction

Blind Alleys                                    Yeovil Prize 2012-2013 anthology.

Chasing Rainbows                         Winner - Little Acorns


Desires and Endeavours                Voyage

Dreams of Reality                          Cassandra SF anthology


Flying True                                    SF Reader

Follow that Car!                             Third - Shrewsbury Readers and Writers competition, Alfie Dog Fiction

From the Ashes                             Runner-up - Iceberg

Graffiti                                           Eva Wiggins competition, Pseudopod Digital Fiction

Grammatical Conjunctions            Second - Stort Valley Writers competition

Grandad's Dog                              Second - Ashby Writers' competition

Greetings from Colchis                 Equal Second - Spoken Ink competition

Haze                                             Telescoping Time Earlyworks Press Science Fiction Challenge 2012 anthology

                                                     Fantasy Scroll Magazine #8

Healthy Eating                               New Myths Issue 10, March 1, 2010; Beam Me Up podcast 21/1/13

Heavy Air                                       Otherwhere and Elsewhen anthology-Bridge House Publishing, January 2013

Home from Home                         Countryside Tales

Horse Sense                                  Highly Commended - Hay-net & Lavender Equestrian Short Story Competition                                                           2014

Into the Lost Lands                       Peninsular, Golden Visions

In Your Image                               Winner - Understanding

Jam Today                                    Third Writers' Umbrella competition, 

Job Satisfaction                             Third Deddington Writing competition, Plasma Frequency Magazine 3


Maternal Instinct                           Honourable Mention On the Premises

Nan's Well                                     Countryside Tales

No Good Deed                              Dark Tales, Spinetinglers

On a Foreign Field                        Ex-serviceman's Welfare competition

Ossie's Circus                               Earlyworks Recognition anthology

Out-rabbiting the Rabbitt             Runner-up - RSPCA competition

Panteknikon 14                            Real Writers anthology, Artists and Liars

Patterns in the Sand                     Winner - story-tellers.co.uk, Lyrica, Alfie Dog Fiction

Regrowth                                     Third - Christchurch competition

Return of the Gunfighter              Winner - Winner magazine

Return Visit                                  Iceberg, The Bill Naughton competition anthology, Artists and Liars

Salvage                                        Daily Science Fiction December 2012, Beam Me Up podcast episode 359

Second Love                                Amateur Writer

Shoe Psychology                          New Fiction Paperclips anthology


Soon Beloved                               The Doppelganger Broadsheet

Spoiled Fruit                                Winner - Winner magazine

Surrogate                                     Fear magazine

Swings and Roundabouts             Third VMS competition

The Adult Prodigy                         Dark Horses anthology SLAB

The Bitter Harvest                         Winner - The Jo Cowell Award, Alfie Dog Fiction

The Butterfly Effect                        Winner - Writers' Forum, Artists and Liars

The Chasm                                    Second - The Marches Literary Prize, Finalist Pen 2 Paper 2018

The Company Line                         Speakeasy competition anthology

The Cup that Refreshes                  Scribble, The Pages, Alfie Dog Fiction

The Demon-dancer of Ramjoah     Dark Horizons

The Edge of the World                    Second - Write Now competition, Refractions

The Enchantress's Pets                   Third - Library of Avalon competition, Writing Tomorrow Spring 2013, Third -                                                            Remastered Words 2019

The Enlightened One's Blessed       Finalist Pen 2 Paper 2017

The Face at the Window                  Dark Tales, Written Word Online

The Girl Who Wasn't There              Third - Swanage Festival, Write 05 BBC, Artists and Liars

The Hollow Man                              Artists and Liars

The Inspiration Machine                 Diabolical Plots Year Five Anthology

The Journey of Life                         New Myths, Sorcerous Signals

The Last Prophecy of Meredith the Divine       storyfeedback.com

The Magic of the Moment              Story Station

The Man in the Tower                    Winner - Lymm Festival, AlienSkin

The Night Hag                               Winner - Dark Tales

The Pitch                                       Runner-up Planetree anthology, From the Asylum, Emerald Tales, Beam Me Up                                                           podcast, Writing Short Fiction

The Shrew and the Fish                  To Write or Not to Write anthology

The Silent War                                Winner - QWF

The Songbird and the Silver Comb     writingwell.org competition, Les Bonnes Fées

The Touch of the Artist                 The H. E. Bates prize, Artists and Liars

The Troll Who Sang                       Anathema

The World and Cake Too               Momentum

Too Much of a Good Thing            Second Lymm Festival

Travelling Hopefully                      Earlyworks Rogue Symphonies anthology

Travels in an Unknown Land         Sinister Tales

Turned Out Well                            Peninsular

Until Doomsday                            The H. E. Bates prize

Waking the Legend                       Honourable Mention Bacopa Literary Review 2024

Waste Disposal                             Pier Pressure competition


Flash Fiction

A Family Resemblance                Wildfire-Words Flash Fiction 150, 2024

A Matching Pair                          Third, Bowers Gifford & Benfleet Residents' Association competition

A Work in Progress                     Third, Whim's Place competition, Artists and Liars

A Yarn with a Foreign Twist        50-word Stories

Adding up                                  Flash Me Magazine Vol. 6, Issue 21

Altitude                                      Miniwords, Charnwood Arts competition anthology

Angel Wings                               Artists and Liars

Black Dog Days                          the-phone-book.com

Bridesmaid                                 Slingink Shorts 2010

Cheers                                       Slingink Shorts 2010

Combat                                     Slingink Shorts 2011

Communication                         Winner Slingink Shorts 2011

Cool in the Queue                     Awen

Dear John                                 Farnham Flash Fiction 100

Dark                                         Winner, Slingink Shorts 2009

First Contact                            Cotswold Writers competition

Green-fingered?                       the-phone-book.com

Harvest-time                            Editor's Choice The Binnacle Ultra-Short 12th Edition 2015

Hello                                        Slingink Shorts 2010             

Homage                                   StoneStone

Home                                      Slingink Shorts 2010

Hot Orange                             Cassandra SF, Orbis, WordSwords

Natural Beauty                        Another Realm

Noises of the Night                Flash Fiction

Once upon a Time                  Winner, Dark Tales competition

Oxygen                                  The Binnacle Ultra-Short 10th Edition 2013

Plucked from Obscurity          The Binnacle Ultra-Short 9th edition 2012

Pop-star                                 Six-word Wonders

Reflections                            The Binnacle Ultra-Short 11th 2014

Scoop                                    Slingink Shorts 2008

Sightseeing                           Second, Wildfire-Words Flash Fiction 150, 2024

Skin                                       Slingink Shorts 2008

Sloth                                     Slingink Shorts 2010

Still                                       Slingink Shorts 2011

Stone, Scissors, Paper           Winner, Miniwords, Charnwood Arts

The Case of the Geometric Pattern      The Binnacle Ultra-Short 7th Edition 2010

The Last Waltz                      Poole Writers competition

The Magic Word                   Poole Writers competition

Visiting the Dying                 the-phone-book.com

Who's a Pretty Boy?               Miniwords, Charnwood Arts competition anthology



Poetry

A Kiss for Life                           Salopeot Summer 2012

Avalanche                                 Partners competition anthology

Bare the Body and Hide the Soul   Songs of Eretz Review 9/9/2014

DNA                                          Shortlisted, Mary Charman-Smith Competition Spring 2012

Eternal Summer                        Second, Northampton Literature Group competition; Highly Commended Poetry                                                          Nook  

Green Unfurling                        Theze Guyz reading on YouTube 2020

In Cold Blood                            Honourable Mention Cozy Cat Press Poetry Anthology 2019

In Life's Attic                             Norwich Writers' Circle Anthology 2011, Salopeot Winter 2012

Let's Play                                  Shortlisted, Mary Charman-Smith Competition Spring 2013, Quantum Leap, Poetry                                                    Nook

Little Girls Should                     Salopeot Spring 2013

Long Distance Phone Call          Theze Guyz reading on YouTube 2020

Made It                                     The World's Best Birthday Ideas June 2014

Masters of the Air                     Fifth, Mary Charman-Smith Competition Spring 2012, Poetry Nook

My Town                                   Certificate of Merit, Mere Literary Festival 2011;
                                                 Shortlisted, Mary Charman-Smith Competition Autumn 2012

Night Wanderings                      Northwind Treasury

Plundering the Moon                 Illumen Spring 2015

Ripples                                     Fish

Sniper                                       Salopeot Spring 2012

Squint                                       Artists and Liars

Summer                                   Shortlisted, Plough Prize

The Accused's Wife                   Shortlisted, Mary Charman-Smith Competition Autumn 2012

The Hope Tree                         Theze Guyz reading on YouTube 2020

The Land Between                     Salopeot Autumn 2012

The Never-ending Game            Sylvia Magazine June 2021

The Promise                               Artists and Liars

The Stuff of Life                        StoneStone

To Do List                                Norwich Writers' Circle Anthology 2009

Twenty-one                             Great Happy Birthday Ideas 

Weggs Farm Fields                   Commended, Quantum Leap 30th open competition

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