Writing
They say writing is a form of escapism, but it can also be an act of empathy. For me, writing has always been a way to think deeply about other minds and other places; bringing what we know to the unknown and back again. Our job as writers is to make even the most repulsive characters understood, and to make the strangest lands feel like home.
My writing is broadly speculative, imagining possible futures, alternate presents and, less frequently, little explored pasts. My short stories, poems, essays and reviews have appeared in a range of publications. A selection is below, with some available to read in full.
Winner, Futurist Letters Award for Fiction 2025
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Winner, The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press, Ekphrastic Challenge 7
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Winner, Futurist Letters Award for Fiction 2025 ✳ Winner, The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press, Ekphrastic Challenge 7 ✳
Featured
Short story • Anthology of Folk Horror • Forthcoming
The Green Man
“Did you never see a light, Bill? In all your years working’ the moor? Not once? Follow it next. It’ll give you what you seek. Just mind the price.”
Short story • Weather Reports
Sora
She was mopping the hallway that ran between classrooms, trailing dilute bleach under the fluorescent lights, an ersatz of sunlight and swimming pools.
Short story • Futurist Letters
Now That the Party’s Over
“No, like you need to swirl.” I felt the weight of the queue behind me as she circled her index finger. “Do you have Neuralign?”
Short story • CloisterFox
The Thing That Blights
The pear tree had to come with them. Before they polished the silverware and laid each spoon and knife and fork neatly in its velvet bed in the wooden case.