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Writings

Published work:
The Hat, a short tale of life, love and loss in a post-apocalyptic commune. Published in Forbidden Fruit.
Making Waves. A fishing trip round the bay leads to unexpected pleasures in this travelogue-with-a-difference set in Malta. Published in Forbidden Fruit.
Masked Balls. Masks and masques intertwine in this fantasy story. Published in Forbidden Fruit. Read an
excerpt here.

Finished work (includes):
Air Superiority. A 300 word story with a surprise ending, set during the First World War.
Blind Date, an ultra-short flash piece with its tongue firmly in its cheek.
Bluebells. A bequest of an old house brings painful memories, but also closure, for a young woman who had an unhappy childhood.
Concrete Jungle. This prose poem was inspired by the Surrealist gardens at Las Pozas, Mexico, which were designed by the eccentric English aristocrat Edward James.
Drought's End. A lyrical poetic-prose flash story with an unexpected twist.
Foreign Climes. A set of four linked micro stories with a holiday theme inspired by Malta.
Gleams of a Remoter World. Novel set in Galway, Ireland, about a paranormal investigator whose private life falls apart even as his career takes off.
Long Lost Love - a flash fiction about a knight of old.
Lovers' Lane - another flash fiction piece with a 'car park' theme, written for a contest.
Worth a Thousand Words. A mirror reflects the lives of its previous owners. But what will it show its current owner?

Work in progress (includes):
All That is Gold. A longer work set around an archaeological dig at a prehistoric temple on Malta, and the surprises an English professor finds there. Read an
excerpt here.


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