Other Fiction

Box Set

It's only TV isn't it, I mean it would never happen in real life , would it...? Let me just pause you there, while it's still light outside, before the repeats start again.

  Dad's Stupid New Job

Change is inevitable. Unless you're using a vending machine, of course.
This is the story of one young boy and how a major change in his life played out.

  The Automaton ( Part 5)

Some strange things are happening and about to get worse.

  The Automaton ( Part 4)

Dianne does some research and finds some disturbing information.

  Tough Shit

An alcoholic father preaches to his son about ideals he struggles with himself.

  Lost in the Supermarket

Nothing to do with The Clash.

Soft Machine

The time signatures are changing..

Coasting Chapter 1

Letter 1

The sea still wakes me.

  Train in the Night

I wasn’t bothered about it myself. But Ian was obsessed with it. And late one evening, he finally persuaded me to sneak out into the darkness with him - to see the train in the night...

  Jakes Revenge ( Part 13)

Jake's back. Now Squashed Nose is gone it's time to track down the other two amigos!

Chunk Of Change

A short story in 400 words.

Different

poem

New Year's Revolutions

A short list...

  Solstice

The sun stands still within uncertain skies

Dialogues

poem

  White Christmas

200 words.

Beaner

A Hispanic Stanford grad infiltrates the illegal farmworker world of central California to conduct research for a book he is writing.

A Life Unlived

“A Life Unlived”, (approx. 1140 words) about a father’s thoughts as he holds his three week old son who has just died, having never escaped the ICU of the hospital in which he was born.

Working title; An Actor Prepares to White Crosses.

On the floor of a small but homey student apartment sits a young woman.

I Never Could Stand Christmas

I never could stand Christmas.
Tinsel, carols, lights and bells
Everyone pretending to be happy
With the stench of cooking turkey smells

I never could stand Christmas