Short Stories



Online publications
Hawthorn (East of the Web, first published in Horla)
A hedge develops an unhealthy appetite.
Friends Forever (Tales from the Moonlit Path)
A teenager's Arnie obsession gets out of hand.
A Weekend Getaway (Aphelion)
A couple’s escape to the countryside spirals into a nightmarish fight for survival.
The Final Fish (Idle Ink)
A lonely bachelor takes matters into his own hands after losing another treasured pond fish.
Another Malcolm (Yorkshire Times)
Malcolm’s chance encounter with his double triggers a deadly confrontation.
There can only be one Malcolm.

The End of the Line (CommuterLit.com)
A commuter takes a train to nowhere.
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Print publications
The Bull in the Floor (The Stygian Lepus Magazine)
When Peter Jenkins spies a bull’s head in his newly fitted floor, his life plummets into a bovine nightmare.
Sherman (The BHF Book of Horror Stories)
Two siblings hiking on the moors find themselves imprisoned with a grotesque monster.
Pound of Flesh (Schlock!)
An FE college harbours a horrifying secret.
The Flies (Schlock!)
The flies reveal the unseen truth.
A Christmas Tale (Dragon Soul Press' 'A Winter Kiss')
When a frosted-over car rolls onto a driveway, a couple find themselves flung into an infernal Christmas loop.
Podcasts
The Caravan (Nocturnal Transmissions)
An unwitting thief steals a caravan without knowing what waits inside.
The Gargling Shower (Nocturnal Transmissions)
A wife's relationship troubles get flushed away courtesy of some benevolent plumbing.





