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Stories
Winner of the Flash Fiction Competition at the Swindon Festival of Literature 2023.
Like the Others Before Her
There were faster ways to end one’s life on Venus. With one final glance at the bright yellow clouds above and the dark, brooding ones...
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First Step
‘Five minutes to go. You’re still OK, Harper?’ said a man through the intercom. Her voice was too dry to reply, so she gave a thumbs up...
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Retrograde
This is the beginning of a novel. Chapter 1 Near Sarakka Crater, on Callisto Freyja’s pickaxe hit on the rock-solid ice hard. It made a...
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Universal Equilibrium
‘Life in space is aberrant, an unnatural situation. We shouldn’t be here,’ the man said, staring at the bedroom ceiling. ‘Where should we...
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Between the Ice and the Stars
This is the beginning of a short story. Ice particles lifted in the tenuous atmosphere as his boot stepped onto the frozen ground. The...
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Waiting for the End
This is the beginning of a short story. Chapter 1 Daniel was one of the first people to have a glimpse of the Great Collapse;...
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An Urban Tale
As I was guiding her eyes at the bright yellow light in the night sky, she exclaimed in surprise, “That’s Jupiter?” A grin appeared...
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