Peach in Pif

I am very pleased to be able to say that my short story, Peach, has been published today in Pif Magazine.

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Writing About Smell

To find lots of good, varied, prolonged descriptions of scent to add to these examples, I therefore looked beyond fiction. I wanted to find a form of descriptive writing with smell at its core, so I decided to read some perfume reviews.

Facility in The Mighty Line

"Rue's powerful and clear language highlights an immediately relevant conflict with an eye to the past that magnifies the necessity of immediate change and hope for the future."

The Verona Suite in The Incubator

A man who has made the mistake of going on holiday with his wife and small baby becomes intrigued by the glamorous people in the honeymoon suite next door.

50 Book Recommendations

Whether you want inspiration for Christmas presents, or ideas for what to read to complete your GoodReads challenge, or you'd just like to laugh at my bad taste to cheer you up on a grey day, I thought this might be a good time to post a list of 50 of my favourite books.

Lara’s Baby in The First Line

'The window was open just enough to let in the cool night air'... and so the story begins.

The Bridge Awards Emerging Writer Prize

I have come to the end of my year as the The Bridge/Moniack Mhor Emerging Writer. It has been amazing. I really feel that winning this prize has propelled my writing forward. First there was the happy of shock of finding that I had been chosen, that my work had been chosen, that it was …

Short Story: Doorstep Vigil

This short story was shortlisted for the 2016 Berlin Writing Prize, and thus included on the Reader Berlin online Showcase here. The theme for the competition was “A Summer Night”.

Moniack Mhor

I let people think I’d just arrived. And once I’d done that, I had to stick with that story until Sunday.

Short Story: Sister Arilda of the Healing Hands

This story appeared in Mslexia issue 72, Winter 2016/17, in a 'secret fantasy' themed showcase.