Two Poems at St. Anne’s Book Market
Last year, for the third time I think, I read at Comma Press/Literature Northwest’s public celebration of the diversity of Manchester writing, the St. Anne’s square book market – and … Continue reading
Time for Cake
My poem “The Frozen Sea” is in the new issue of Cake Magazine, out of Lancaster University, nice really, as it was where I studied my first degree – and … Continue reading
VLAK Magazine
I’m very pleased to be in the new VLAK Magazine, a curated art and literature magazine from Prague, thanks a lot to one of the editorial board, Louis Armand for … Continue reading
Footnotes in Search of a Horror Story
This story was originally published online at Fleeting Magazine, which unfortunately no longer seems to be with us, which means that its gone from the internet; not the first thing … Continue reading
A Poem for Valentine’s Day
A suitable poem for Valentine’s Day, one I wrote, oh, years ago, you don’t need to know. One Day You Will Ask Me One day you will ask me what … Continue reading
Verbose…bringing back the ‘burbs
Verbose is a new monthly live literature night taking place on a Monday at Fallow Cafe in Fallowfield, where a few years ago I used to perform and watch at … Continue reading
3 New Stories
I have three new stories being published this autumn – all very different.
Bare Fiction Magazine – new poetry
I have 3 poems “The Mutables”, “May the Livid Times Settle” and “Impressions Between Places” in the 2nd edition of Bare Fiction, a magazine of new poetry, fiction, plays and … Continue reading
The Writer at the Multiplex
In 2002 I applied for a creative writing lectureship at the University of Luton. I was interviewed and had to provide a piece on my “research interests.” At the time … Continue reading
Living with My Sister in Anaheim (1996)
I wrote this story in 1996, one of a series of “American” stories I wrote after visiting the West Coast the previous summer. I’d just started to try and write … Continue reading
