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WRITING AND MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS – for Mslexia Magazine
52 First Dates
52 First Dates passes 1.25 million hits!
Broadcast Television Credits
THE GREAT ERECTION DECEPTION: The Stiff Nights Story
THE MORMON, THE VEGAN AND THE SEX PILL
A VERY BRITISH HOTEL CHAIN: INSIDE BEST WESTERN (Channel 4 2020)
Commercial Work
Marks & Spencer Christmas campaign 2018
Funny stuff
WINNER OF THE GOLD CHANNEL’S CHRISTMAS CRACKER JOKE COMPETITION 2022!
Internet Berating
MEMOIR
MEMOIR: My Unrequited Life – Confessions of a Terminal Singleton
Short & Flash Fiction
HOW TO SEND OFF THE OLDEST CHEERLEADER IN TOWN – #6 in group for round 1 of the NYC Midnight 250 word micro-fiction competition.
SEPTEMBER, SIXTEEN SIXTY SIX – Honourable mention in round two of the NYC Midnight 250 word microfiction competition
LOST AND FOUND – #1 in group in round 1 of the NYC Midnight Rhyming Story Competition 2023
DREAD THE DENTIST – NYC Midnight Rhyming Story competition round 2
YOU ONLY LOVE ONCE – Placed 4th in round 1 of the NYC Midnight 500 Short Story Challenge 2023
THE NET WORTH OF MARY-JANE CASEY -Runner up and People’s Prize winner for the Retreat West Monthly Microfiction July 2023
THE COLOURS OF MAGIC – published in the Parracombe Prize 2023 Anthology
HOME – shortlisted for Retreat West Monthly Flash Fiction May 2023
HEAVEN IS A BEACH IN NORTH DEVON – Long-listed for the Retreat West Monthly Microfiction April 2023
ONE FOR SORROW – flash fiction competition long-listed
SCREAM IF YOU WANT TO GO SLOWER – long-listed for Free Flash Fiction Competition 14
INGREDIENTS FOR A SOUFFLE GOOD ENOUGH TO UNITE NATIONS – Long-listed for the Retreat West Monthly Microfiction Jan 2023
Longform Fiction
A TOWN CALLED MADNESS – The 25 Hour Novella
Stupid Songs
WORD TO YOUR MALT LOAF – A parody
THE NEUMANN KING – a parody
Poems
CRIMES OF POISSON
OVERHEARD IN THE ELIZABETH LINE
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Retreat West First Chapter Competition – longlist
Written on 4 Mar 2025
CRIMES OF POISSON
Written on 30 Oct 2024
44 Commandments
Written on 11 Sep 2024
Top 100 in Bath Novel Award
Written on 30 Jun 2024
SEPTEMBER, SIXTEEN SIXTY SIX – Honourable mention in round two of the NYC Midnight 250 word microfiction competition
Written on 4 Apr 2024
HOW TO SEND OFF THE OLDEST CHEERLEADER IN TOWN – #6 in group for round 1 of the NYC Midnight 250 word micro-fiction competition.
Written on 16 Feb 2024
DREAD THE DENTIST – NYC Midnight Rhyming Story competition round 2
Written on 8 Feb 2024
LOST AND FOUND – #1 in group in round 1 of the NYC Midnight Rhyming Story Competition 2023
Written on 13 Dec 2023
THE GREAT ERECTION DECEPTION: The Stiff Nights Story
Written on 10 Nov 2023
YOU ONLY LOVE ONCE – #4 in the NYC Midnight 500 Short Story Challenge round 1
Written on 12 Oct 2023
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