A Gentle Touch
My latest NiTH competition entry: Torturing someone is not for the sadistic. Many people think it is—that you must be fiendish and brutal, and delight in your captive’s pain. Untrue.
Futurevision is here!
The future is here! Futurevision has been officially launched and is available for sale. Read on for more details!
Futurevision: Pre-order now!
My next book will be out in September at $10 per paperback. Pre-ordering is essential if you want to guarantee a copy. There are 20 authors involved and the book features my previously unpublished story ‘God and the Machine’. If men and machinery are indistinguishable, is their creator a man or a god?
Protest in Peace Wins NiTH Award!
I’m very happy to announce that Protest in Peace has won the NiTH Protest Pro Test Award. I’ve had a bit of a break from short stories whilst trying to finish editing my novel, but the theme of this one was too tempting for me to ignore! We were tasked to write a short story …
Protest in Peace Shortlisted at NiTH!
I’ve been taking a bit of a break in an attempt to finish editing the novel, but Needle in the Hay’s Protest Pro Test Award sparked an idea for a story, and I couldn’t resist. The brief was to write a short story that showed victory through protest of sorts (along with a few other …
Protest in Peace
He was sweating around the edges of his department store suit. From the crease across his back I suspected he had bought the jacket for our meeting. For me. “I’m sorry, Mr Reynolds,” I wasn’t going to address him by his first name, despite his insistence, “but we have been through all the proper approvals, …
Interviewed by Tobias Madden
I was recently honoured to be interviewed by Australian author Tobias Madden. Tobias is a regular contributor to Needle in the Hay, and both our stories will feature in the upcoming anthology ‘Seasons of Discontent’, published later this year (watch this space). To read the interview, visit Tobias Madden’s website here!
An update of sorts
I’ve been a bit quiet on news for a while, so I thought I would post an update. No competitions for me for a while, as I have been attempting to focus on editing the novel. (Cue dramatic music.) I was about to post a cheery message about how far along I am, but I …
It’s All For You (Pt 4) Wins NiTH Award!
I’m excited to announce that the last part of my reverse chronology story has won the NiTH Hindsight Isn’t 20/20 (Part 4) award! Part 1 (This is Not the End) began, contrarily, at the end of the tale. Ella narrates the story, and we learn that she and her boyfriend Jake are considering suicide after …
It’s All For You Shortlisted at NiTH!
The 4th and final part of my reverse chronology story has been shortlisted for the NiTH Hindsight Isn’t 20/20 Part 4 award! This last chapter takes us to the start (of course), and this time Jake is narrating the piece. We first met Jake and Ella in Part 1 “This is Not the End”, which was …