Selected Fiction Work

The Burning

She always told people that she met him in fire. At the end, it was hard to imagine that possibility but the year that the world started burning, it was a fitting beginning.

Dust to Dust

The first patch appeared when Cara was 10. 

12 Years of Silence

‘Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.’ 

yes sister, so my voice says.  your eyes on me.

The Bone Forests

I followed you into the dead lands. Into the bone forests. Just because you asked me to that night.

The Cairn

When the stones appeared on the beach, summer hadn’t soured yet. It would be weeks before you retrieved the body.

 

‘Mrs Dominique Frey.’ Karen sighed as she read the handwritten notice slotted into the holder on the door. They needed to print a proper sign. Small things matter. Names are important. Even when their owners forget them.