I relish writing and editing short stories and flash fiction, and have a self-imposed rule of submitting every month. If you write, I highly recommend this trick. It ensures that for every rejection, there are still a handful of tales out in the world that may yet be published, plus a gentle flurry of successes to bolster your writing mojo.
Here are some of my recent and upcoming publications.
Upcoming
Bellis Perenis – Wordpeace
Waterslides and Other Snakes – Decadent Serpent
December 2024
To trust the hungry sea – Flash Frontier, CIRCLE | POROWHITA issue. This story was nominated for a Best Microfiction award.
Dad has received his festive trim – Paragraph Planet
Fledgling – Neither Fish Nor Foul
Dusk at the Marine Lake – Writers’ Journal Vol. 1: Live & Learn
November 2024
A 1,500 word excerpt of my hybrid memoir ‘The Tree Inside’ was shortlisted and highly commended for the Laurie Lee Prize.
October 2024
Tall Girl and Lazlo the Terrible – Frazzled Lit. This story was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
August 2024
Giraffe Families – Epoque Press
July 2024
All the Lives we Almost Live – Trash Cat Lit
June 2024
Moon Jellies – National Flash Fiction Day Write In
Reasons to Rescue Strangers – National Flash Fiction Day Anthology 2024
Why We Dance on the Pier – Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
May 2024
February 2024
Blue-naped Parrots See More Than They Say – New Flash Fiction Review Issue 32 Family Life
January 2024
A Bright Day – winner of the New Writers UK Winter Story competition
October 2023
Mycorrhiza – Flash Frontier GARDEN / MĀRA issue
A Still, Golden Light – The Simple Things Magazine issue 136
What Was Lost & How Insects Signal Their Love – Flash Boulevard
June 2023
Windowledge Archives – National Flash Fiction Day Flash Flood UK 2023
The Long Way Home – National Flash Fiction Day NZ Micro Madness
April 2023
This is Not a Story About Chickens – The Hooghly Review issue 1
February 2023
How Many is 80? Paragraph Planet (scroll to Feb 23rd)
January 2023
Life Hacks – 12 Fragile Things Not to Use as a Doorstop – Wensum Literary Magazine issue 1/Winter 2023
December 2022
Natural Miracles – Flash Frontier Wonder issue
October 2022
The Art of Pivot and Flit – Dually Noted, Brink Literacy Project
September 2022
The Bee Man’s Secret – Flash Fiction Festival Volume Five
August 2022
The Green-Gold of Wet Kelp – Fairlight Books
June 2022
The egret and I don’t belong here – The Phare Literary Magazine Summer 2022 issue
Tricks to uproot a guest who has outstayed their welcome – Tiny Molecules issue 13
After Dad Goes into Care – National Flash Fiction Day FlashFlood 2022
Bees Breathe Without Lungs – Honeyguide Magazine
How to Hook a Heart – And We Live Happily Ever After, National Flash Fiction Day anthology 2022
The Tempest Inside – Micro Madness
April 2022
March 2022
Awkward Liaisons – Flash Fiction Festival Volume Four
Falling in a Forest Mslexia magazine issue 93
Fishing for Green and Blue – Retreat West 10th Birthday Anthology
December 2021
Reasons Your Kefir Might Sour – Litro Magazine Flash Friday
The Only Language He knows Now is Touch – Blink-Ink, Moonlight #46
The Finch in My Sister’s Hair – The Birdseed
The Sea Lives in Her Mum’s Head – Ellipsis Zine
November 2021
The Salt Sting of Learning When To Say No – Flash Frontier
September 2021
My Choice – Six Sentence Stories
Three Shades of Summer – Flash Fiction Magazine
Storm Beckoner – Bandit Fiction
June 2021
Leaf After Leaf – National Flash Fiction Day Write-In
The Hare I Miss – Thimble Literary Magazine
What’s That? – Spilling Cocoa Over Martin Amis
May 2021
Reaching (collaborate work – I wrote the first stanza) – 100 Words of Solitude
April 2021
The Sideways House – Twin Pies Volume IV
March 2021