Sunday 14 June 2009

The Push



First Edition Issue 4, June 2009

A compact story, about an early 1960s Sunday evening in Barking.

Someone was kind wnough to say this http://essentialwriters.com/first-edition-review-2176.htm about it.

What If France Were Fake


First Edition Issue 2, April 2009
A poem, and the first real fruits of my OU Creative Writing course. It won the April poetry competition.

Of Sheep and Trolls



Mystique: Tales of Wonder number 3, 1990
A tale of sheep. And trolls.

Not All That Glisters


Mystique: Tales of Wonder number 2, 1989
A return to the Tamourene universe, and a chance for both barbarians to share the stage

The Mage's Meal



Dream Science Fiction number 19, Spring 1989

My first venture into barbarian fantasy, the Tamourene world, and the less than successful careers of Burt and Bradene.

Driven, She Said



New Moon Quarterly Number 5, Summer 1988

A very short story indeed. It "earned" me my first writing money - a whole shiny £1.00. Although, of course, it was probably still a "crispy oncer" in those days.