Online review As I've said in my current newsletter, I've decided to try and start blogging again, putting a little more detail behind the outline flight plan. Final Approach has been out for nine months now and I've learnt a lot about what it means to have a book out there in the world. On… Continue reading Reviews and Reality
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David Bowie, you’re sorely missed.
This is the piece I wrote shortly after his death six years ago. It was longlisted for the Fish Short Memoir Prize. Ashes to Ashes Dead things come in threes. Monday, it had been David Bowie; Thursday Alan Rickman, then on the Friday morning…Like I did every day, soon after 8am I put the dog… Continue reading David Bowie, you’re sorely missed.
The Great Oak
(Here's my short story which was longlisted for the 2021 Fish Flash Fiction Prize) THE GREAT OAK The storm took forty trees from the golf course, its nine holes carved from a corner in the grounds of the crumbling estate in a forlorn attempt to eke out some revenue. The golf club dragged in a… Continue reading The Great Oak
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