Pre-order your copy of OBLIQUITY now My first published book will be out in September in a limited print run at $10 per paperback. Pre-ordering is essential if you want to guarantee a copy. It will also make me smile more than a little bit. Order here. Obliquity is a collection of short stories by Australian […]
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Roses for My Love has been shortlisted in NiTH’s Separation Anxiety award! From Roses for My Love I am holding a red rose, and sitting on the doorstep of what used to be our house. The removal van has long gone, and all that’s left is for me to stand and walk away. The prompt
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I am holding a red rose, and sitting on the doorstep of what used to be our house. The removal van has long gone, and all that’s left is for me to stand and walk away. We said we would love each other forever. We whispered it during our wedding waltz, and promised it in
Babies in the Snow – Part 3 of The Old Ones has just been announced as the winner of Needle in The Hay’s To the Nines award! This is the third instalment of of the series and NiTH said some great things about my story. From the announcement: No need to mince words today. July is
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Babies in the Snow, part 3 of The Old Ones, has been shortlisted for Needle in The Hay’s To the Nines competition. From the announcement: Part 3 of Sophie Macdonald’s Old Ones Serial sees Matthew reveal some disturbing secrets through the eponymous Ninny. You can read Babies in the Snow – Part 3 of The Old
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“Nice to see you again, Matthew.” Dr Pleasance hesitates briefly. “And you too, Ninny.” I catch myself looking to Ninny for his reaction, and in this sunlit room I could almost laugh. Dr Pleasance catches my eye, and a small smile passes between us. She was doing the same. We sit. “Matthew, I’d just like
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This week just keeps getting better! 🙂 My story My Best Friend has been chosen as the winner in the Horrors & Heidegger award! There were a lot of great stories included in the shortlist and I did not expect to win this at all. From NiTH: This month we welcome Sophie Macdonald as our feature author.
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I’m both excited and honoured to be named as Needle in the Hay’s Featured Author. Needle in the Hay is a writer’s hub and publisher. They run regular flash fiction and short story competitions, and opportunities for contributors to collaborate on themed anthologies for print and online publications. I love working with the team at
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Four years ago I won Nanowrimo. I dislike saying I won it, as it sounds as if I bought a raffle ticket or that my story was considered the best. It wasn’t. In fact, I didn’t let anyone read it, which was for their own protection. Nanowrimo is short for National Novel Writing Month, and
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I have had two of my stories short listed for the same award! My Litany and My Best Friend have both been short listed for Needle In the Hay’s Horrors & Heidegger Award. My Litany “Based on a true story. “I always see the little people on your ceiling,” Lizzie was lying on our bed when she said it,
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