Novel snippets
Bits and pieces from current and future novels.
- A difference of opinion An argument over food, set before Project Red Skies.
- Testing the boundaries A young girl's excitement versus a father's worry when a travelling merchant caravan approaches a fantastical roadblock. Part of Project Mistfall.
- Being the messenger A messenger walks into an inn, and immediately draws the wrong kind of attention. Part of Project Mistfall.
Short stories
The in-betweeners - longer pieces, but not related to a novel. Often quite philosophical.
- Dumped in another world by a misunderstanding god - part 1 There’s a moment where I wonder: what the hell did I take? Then I remember the truck, and the pain, and realise that’s the wrong question to be asking.
- Unto the breach A soldier's epistolary adventure into a deserted server complex.
Flash fiction
A collection of even shorter thoughts, all under 1000 words. Beware: some are horror.
- A magical meal Seeing is the privilege of those with choice.
- After the monologue What happens during the loading screen?
- Mornings I wake up and reach for my phone.
- Fragment It was just a normal Tuesday.
- Age-old arguments Magic isn't always the answer.
- Eyes in the dark Fear and safety are not mutually exclusive.
- A strange syntax Programming meets folklore in this short fantasy piece.
- The box There’s a box in the corner, full of things best left forgotten.
- The coffee script Existential dread in a cup.