Short Stories, Flash Fiction, Prose Poems & Essays
Something and Nothing, Pen Portrait, and Inside Out
Three stories commissioned by researchers at the University of Manchester, and published in The Sociological Review. READ ONLINE
The Light of Day
A short story in The Honest Ulsterman. READ ONLINE
Expecting
Short story in The Lampeter Review, issue 16. READ ONLINE
The Rabbit
Short story in Prole Magazine, issue 20, later featured as The Weekend Read at For Books’ Sake, and runner-up in the Society of Authors/ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Award. READ PDF
Trash into Cash
A short story re-telling of Rumpelstiltskin in The Forgotten and the Fantastical 2: Modern Fables and Ancient Tales edited by Teika Bellamy (Mother’s Milk Books).
Falling Rocks
Short story in Prole Magazine, issue 19.
Birth Stories
Creative non-fiction, commended in The Mother’s Milk Books Writing Prize and published in The Story of Us (Mother’s Milk Books).
One Rat for Every Person
Flash fiction in Eating My Words: National Flash Fiction Day Anthology edited by Calum Kerr and Holly Howitt (Gumbo Press).
Good Enough to Eat
Prose poem in The Mom Egg Review, and later selected to feature in Mothers Are Making Art – a collaborative project between Procreate Project and the Museum of Motherhood in New York city. READ ONLINE
My Parents Kept Almost Every Pair of Glasses They Ever Owned
Creative non-fiction at The Pygmy Giant. READ ONLINE
The Art of the TV Chefs
Flash fiction in Scraps: National Flash Fiction Day Anthology edited by Calum Kerr, Angela Readman and Amy Mackelden (Gumbo Press).
The Opposite of Metaphor
Prose poem in The Mom Egg Review.
Meeting the Lobster
Flash fiction, winner of the Bridport Prize and published in The Bridport Prize Anthology.
In My Mother’s Garden
Creative non-fiction in Literary Mama. READ ONLINE
Book Reviews
Review of Something Special, Iris Murdoch’s only published short story. READ ONLINE
Review of Story Cities, an anthology of flash fiction edited by Rosamund Davies, Cherry Potts and Kam Rehal (Arachne Press). READ ONLINE
Review of Melting Point, a short story collection by Baret Magarian (Salt). READ ONLINE
Review of The Dressing-Up Box, a short story collection by David Constantine (Comma Press). READ ONLINE
Review of The Forgotten and the Fantastical, vol. 5, an anthology edited by Teika Bellamy (Mothers Milk Books). READ ONLINE
Review of An Inheritance, a novella-in-flash by Diane Simmons (V. Press). READ ONLINE