Category: Publication

It’s publication day today for my VERY SHORT standalone SHORT STORY Valentine’s Date.  The story was previously published in Twee Tales Twee and Twee Tales More, and it currently appears…

It’s publication day today for my standalone SHORT STORY Deadly Deeds in Morecambe Bay. The story, featuring Mavis Braithwaite, also appears in Words Worth Reading: Issue Six. You can buy…

It’s publication day today for my BOOKAZINE Words Worth Reading: Issue Six. In this issue: Short Story: A Day at the Races, featuring Marcie Craig Short Story: Valentine’s Date Complete…

It’s publication day today for Bonfire Surprise, Wordsworth Short #42. This is a story I wrote a long time ago after reading a news item and writing a story around…

It’s publication day today for my BOOKAZINE Words Worth Reading: Issue Five. In this issue: Short Story: Bonfire Surprise Short Story: Fireworks at Killiecrankie Complete Novella: Stevie Beck and the…

It’s publication day today for my collection of four short Tarot stories, The Four Aces. At last the system works and I just had to move everything down one in…

It’s publication day today for my collection of ten short stories, Ten Short Stories: Wordsworth Shorts 31 – 40. This one took longer than expected to publish as I’m still…

It’s publication day today for my SHORT STORY The Ace of Pentacles, Short Tarot Tale #4.  This story is Vanessa’s backstory, Stevie Beck’s antagonist in the Horvale cosy mysteries.  The…

It’s publication day today for Killer Queen, Wordsworth Short #41. I did a pop-up workshop on writing locked room mysteries, and the assignment was to write a locked room mystery…

It’s publication day today for Mavis Braithwaite Strikes Again, Wordsworth Short #40. This story originally started out as Shampoo, Set and Match, and it was written for a crime writing…

It’s publication day today for my collection of ten very short stories, Ten Very Short Stories: Wordsworth Flash Fiction 1 – 10. I’d say this one took a lot of work,…

It’s publication day today for my SHORT STORY The Ace of Swords, Short Tarot Tale #3.  This story is Fal’s backstory, the policeman in the Stevie Beck/Horvale cosy mysteries.  The…

It’s publication day today for my VERY SHORT STORY The Battle of Stubbins Bridge, Wordsworth Flash Fiction #15.  In 2023, I started a writing challenge. The challenge was to write…

It’s publication day today for my BOOKAZINE Words Worth Reading: Issue Four.  I’m so happy I managed to get the July issue out while it was still July.  In this…

It’s publication day today for my SHORT STORY Elvis is Missing, Wordsworth Short #39.  I first wrote Elvis is Missing as an assignment for a WMG workshop. We were asked…

We had an early start on Friday morning. The poet’s car had to go in for some work and as it was going to take all day, I followed him…

It was a good gig on Friday night at the band’s original local. There was a great crowd with even a few surprise guests, which made it all the more…

Publication Day It’s Publication Day today for the final book in my publishing challenge! Wahey! I made it. 😁 And I’m going out on a BANG! 🎊 🎉 I wrote…

Publication Day It’s Publication Day today for the next book in my publishing challenge. This one is Book 53! (Of 54.) And that means there’s only one more to go…

Publication Day It’s Publication Day today for the next book in my publishing challenge. This one is Book 52! (Of 54.) And that means that I met my 52 books…

Publication Day It’s Publication Day today for the next book in my publishing challenge. This one is Book 51! (Of 54.) Ten Short Stories 21 – 30 is the latest…

Publication Day It’s Publication Day today for the next book in my publishing challenge, and we’re also counting down to the end of the challenge. This one is Book 50!…

Publication Day It’s Publication Day today for the next book in my publishing challenge. Five Slightly Sinister Short Stories is the latest of my Wordsworth Collections and it contains, well,…

Publication Day was actually yesterday, but as yesterday was a national day of mourning, I’m publicising it today. Crime Doesn’t Pay, a Wordsworth Short, is out now! And it’s another…