worded.

A near future piece of mine has just gone up in Vagabondage Press's truly cool The Battered Suitcase. The original version of it was scribbled for a competition earlier this year. Bit of an abortive attempt, actually, but I liked the idea so I'm very pleased this redraft has found a good home.

Rough and disgruntled, waxing lyrically scousical on youth, friends, Clint Eastwood and candy cigarettes. A flash of mine.

Click here to read it

It's been online since 20th April. Sheesh, Dogmatika dudes. You might have told me.

Muriel the Goose, my vaguely historical piece about gullibility, gold and a nasty case of goose abuse has gone live on Every Day Fiction.

Click here to read it.

Feel free to comment and vote. Or if freedom isn't your thing then feel obliged to do so.

My short story Sheena up a Mountain Wearing Flip-flops is getting two airings today, in print and on web radio.

Written last week. Subbed on Sunday. Accepted on Monday. Published on Tuesday. I didn't notice they'd published it until Thursday.

It's here. TPG rocks.

I'm reading tonight as part of Sparks Night 3 at Brighton's coolest (but tiniest) venue Upstairs at Three and Ten. David Oprava is reading too. And others, although I'm not sure who.

The butterflies started fluttering about half an hour ago, which was a relief, because for previous readings they've started about 48 hours earlier. Now I can agonise about the reading instead of agonising about not worrying.

Two tiny pieces of mine have gone up on The Pygmy Giant over the past week or so...

...Lola loves loving and Orange in ascension...

...both written as part of the two day Fiction Workhouse flash blast last November. So that's two pieces from the blast with a home. Hmmm. I still have ten to place.

Just spotted this link on Vanessa Gebbie's blog. Cute game with a serious purpose - The Peace Doves. I disarmed the planet eventually but my general knowledge is appalling so had a few false launches, not least because I was basing my play on USA having more nukes than Russia.

A short story of mine, Sheena Up A Mountain Wearing Flip-Flops, is up on Red Peter today - a damn fine online venue edited by Steve Finbow.

Impromptu vaguely seasonal flash I scribbled this morning in response to a Facebook message from David Oprava. I read it back just now and quite liked it, so figured I'd post it here as well.

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