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Short Story Savvy

Marketing Your Collection in the Digital Age A date for the diaries for all you short story writers: 25th September, 6:15pm. I'll be on a...

Hanging out with Philip K Dick @ MLF

I'm very excited to be on the line-up for the Manchester Literature Festival this year. I'll be appearing alongside the wonderful...

Weird Villagers, Standing Stones, Sinister Signage, & Parallel Worlds: Publications Update

Here's a quick little round up of some recent publications of my weird short stories. We're taking a merry dance through a pair of...

The Forest of Ink & Skin

There was a moment just as I began my durational storytelling performance ‘The Forest of Ink & Skin’, when I turned on my stool and...

The Embassy of Utopia: Positive Uncertainty & Bold Thinking in Manchester

The Embassy of Utopia is a sanctuary for positive uncertainty, bold thinking, and untameable imagination. It is a meeting place for poets...

The Embassy of Utopia

Announcing: The Embassy of Utopia! *** UPDATE! *** You can now sign up to one of our 120 5-minute performance slots. Just fill out this...

Tartu Creative Residency: The Forest of Ink and Skin

We are getting ever closer to The Forest of Ink and Skin. This is my collaborative project with Henri Hütt for the 2024 Prima Vista...

Tartu Part Three: Winter Saga

The third part of my Tartu residency in Estonia. Snow, skiing, and naked saunas...

Tartu Part Two: The Good People of Estonia

Twelve more days of Estonian magic, May 2023 Krista She's there again to meet me at Tartu Bus Station. Krista, with her shock-blue hair...

Writing the Uncanny: A Short Story Course

All you need to know about my Comma Press workshop series in July 2023 Tremendously exciting news to share. Come July, when we'd all...