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My short story Game On, shortlisted for the Scottish Arts Trust (SAT) Short Story Award 2018, has been published in their anthology. Called The Desperation Game, it includes short listed and winning stories from their competitions from 2014 to 2018.  The book features striking original art work by SAT member Gordon Mitchell. You can buy a copy here.

I was delighted to be longlisted again this year, for the Scottish Arts Trust Short Story Award 2019 and wish those who progressed to the shortlist all the best of luck. They are guaranteed a wonderful evening at the gala awards dinner.

FlashBack Fiction are uniquely dedicated to publishing historic flash fiction. I was delighted when they chose to publish my story Nonna No Name. This story is closely based on a true story and FlashBack showed the greatest care in preparing the story for publication. I also recorded the story, something I’ve not done before but which was very appropriate for this story, being based on a story that has been passed down orally through successive generations. You can read the story and listen to the recording here.

After many attempts and two longlistings, I finally made it to the Bath Flash Fiction Award shortlist. The competition attracted over 980 entries, so I am more than pleased to have reached the last 20. Vanessa Gebbies’ judging report is a fascinating insight into the selection process. You can read it here. My story A Body Remembers will be published in the BFFA 2019 anthology in December.

One of my proudest achievements in 2018 was being shortlisted for the Bath Short Story Award and I’m delighted that my story The River is Always Right has been included in their annual anthology. You can buy it directly from Ad Hoc Fiction here.

And I finally made it on to the Bath Flash Fiction Award long list after many attempts! My flash fiction story Shenanigans is included in their anthology Things Left and Found by the Side of the Road : Bath Flash Volume 3. You can buy it here .

My flash fiction story Border Line is now available to read on my Flash Fiction page. This story first appeared in Ripening: 2018 National Flash-Fiction Day Anthology. The theme of this year’s anthology was food.

Delighted to see my reverse-order story Overspill get a mention in this essay from TSS Publishing on unusual structures in flash fiction. There are lots of links to some amazingly creative work in the essay too, to whet your appetite. The author, Sophie van Llewyn,  is a wonderful short fiction writer herself and I thoroughly recommend checking out her work.

You can read Overspill in Two from Ellipsis Zine. Buy it direct from the publisher here.

I’m delighted to finally be able to share the news that I am one of the finalists in the Scottish Arts Club Short Story competition with my story Game On. The winners are announced, Oscars-style, at a gala dinner in Edinburgh on 29th September. You can read all the finalists’ stories here.

My story Roast Potatoes was shortlisted for the Retreat West Short Story Competition 2017 and I’m delighted to say it has been published in their latest anthology, Impermanent Facts. Available from Amazon.