Stories And Poetry

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Welcome to these examples of my writing. They include competition winners and some as yet unpublished pieces that have evolved from writers' group challenges.

What the Dickens!

“Get back into the tumbril, Mr Carton,” she was shouting. “I’ll take care of this lot.” Holding Madame Defarge’s pistol in one hand and her dagger in the other, she felt quite equal to the task. “If these aren’t enough,” she continued, “I’ve also got her spare knitting needles.”

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More stories and poems appear regularly in print and online. Follow my blog for new pointers and brand new ones, and if you enjoy what you read, don't forget that you can find many more in my eBooks for Amazon Kindle and most other devices.

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Not far from Paris lies the village of Saint-André-la Forêt, where three English schoolgirls disappear without trace during the summer of 1965. Twenty years later, a stranded traveller stumbles across a skeleton in the nearby forest and ignores local people's warnings to leave well alone. The secrets she uncovers, some dating back to the darkest days of World War 2, are more than enough to put her own life in danger. Available in print and eBook version.
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