Love & Death

There comes a time in every writer's life that a decision to stop just writing and 'get out there' has to be made. As part of this, decided to make a collection of these seven shorts - common themes are love and death, sometimes both.

'On a far hill, a knight smiled and got back on his horse.'

A collection of my short stories, from 1993 onwards. My Name is Sapphire was written in relation to my psychotherapy studies - after escaping someone who just had the psycho part. London Fling was a runner up in the London Short Story Competition, in the 1990's. The original title was Room 814. Crane Island is a dystopian world's end murder story. Ania's Song is a fairytale of rescue, written for an OCD girlfriend who once tried to take my shirt off so she could iron it. Dark Water is cosmic, Happy Christmas one of my favourites - not going to spoil either by saying more. As for the Gift, sometimes it's hard to say goodbye, especially when we don't want to go.

'That evening, as they sat amongst the last cluster of trees, Fiona lay resting her feverish head against Joana. Even in the moonlight, Damien could see she was shivering. Dying....'
Crane Island

'...slowly the notes became music. The animals in the forest lifted their heads and the children in the village stopped squabbling ans smiled and, on a hill far, far away, a knight with burning emerald eyes got to his feet and climbed back upon his huge white horse.'
Ania's Song

Hope you enjoyed these extracts. Full books available on Amazon - ebook and paperback.