Fiction

Short Stories

Lost

This was originally published in the now defunct Thirteen Magazine in February 2005. It's a familiar trope, but no less effective for that.

Killing Kate

I was amazed when this won the New Subscriber's prize and was subsequently published in Writers' News in October 2005. I had such fun writing it.

The House in the Woods

An editor once sneeringly rejected this story by saying they did not take Lovecraft tribute stories. All I can say is that any resemblance between this and the work of HP Lovecraft is entirely coincidental, but I was secretly rather flattered. I think.

Novels

The Coldest Dish.

A stirring tale of friendship, betrayal and revenge. Set in mid nineteenth century Edinburgh, it puts three men who were once close friends at each other's throats. Great stuff.

Read chapter three.

That Fugitive Peace

The journey through war to peace can be long and hard and may not be worth it if you lose everything you value in the process. From Scotland to the trenches of Flanders, one man's journey; one man's choices.

Read chapter one.