Short Story and Flash Fiction Anthologies
Flash fiction and short stories were my first foray into writing down the fiction ideas in my head, and also into publication. After years of writing about the themes and subjects that interested me, I realised I was drawn to a couple of genres and character voices. Short story anthologies allow me not only to have my stories featured alongside some of the best in their class, but also to find a home for these types of stories: the first being contemporary horror, and the second being how we as humans, particularly women and girls, navigate our humanity.
I’m very proud to have contributed to the anthologies below, and am grateful for the opportunities to share my writing.
HORRORific Tales Volume Four: Eldritch Terror
An anthology series curated from the wonderful contributors to The HORRORific Podcast. Each volume is themed and delves into various sub-genres and lore of horror.
The veil is thin between our realm and the Void.. On the other side are things that lurk, always watching and always hungry…. No matter the reason, humanity was never meant to glimpse into the abyss, for what stares back brings only horror!
My story, The Ferry, is set in Belfast, a place I know well. It follows Stevie Kane, a longstanding exile from his homeland, who takes a midnight ferry and a rainy bus ride to a place and time he would much rather leave in the past.
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Symphony of the Damned (Anthologies of Horror Series 1)
From Savage Realms Press comes a dark and twisted tome with over 400 pages of skin-crawling, spine-tingling horror that is sure to make you sleep with the lights on! This eclectic mix of the macabre and the maniacal features 27 tales of terror.
“No matter what the reader fancies, as long as it’s unsettling, s/he is certain to find something melodiously creepy” Rebecca Rowland, Horror Tree – 4/5 Ravens
My story, Shadows Under Leamouth is a modern-day sequel to HP Lovecraft’s The Shadow Over Innsmouth. It follows one family’s escape from the blasted New England coastal town to their small London home next to the River Lea…
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The Real Jazz Baby
(Winner of the Best Anthology, Saboteur Awards 2020)
Reflex Fiction Volume Two
The Real Jazz Baby is an award-winning anthology featuring 162 flash fictions from over 120 of the best flash fiction writers in the world. These short short stories, each no longer than 360 words, were long-listed for the four rounds of the Reflex flash fiction competition held in 2018.
My story, Let Me Be Your Fantasy, is a whimsical take on an office worker who feels that life is passing her by…
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Barely Casting a Shadow
Reflex Fiction Volume One
Barely Casting a Shadow features 161 stories from 138 of the best flash fiction writers in the world, all long-listed for the first four rounds of the Reflex Fiction flash fiction competition.
Inside these pages, you’ll find humour, sadness, love, and lots of ladybirds. Whatever your reading tastes, there’ll be something here for you.
My story, The Shore Road, is a potted historic and personal retrospective of North Belfast’s iconic arterial coastal road.
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