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True Story: The Fourteen Stations of Blasphemy

Back in the heady days of 1997, my drama teacher Dad ran foul of the local churchgoers of Preston after he decided to stage a theatre show...

Spiderseed: Spinning the Web

In a little under two weeks my brand new collection of flash fictions will be birthed and screaming for your attention. The incy wincy sp...

Writing Animals: A Time Before Horses

The latest in my series of stories about animals has galloped free, ready for public consumption. Following hot on the tails of my dog, r...

The Costs of Writing: Literary Magazines

The latest issue of The Alarmist magazine opens with a lengthy and rather gloomy introduction from editors Gary and Mansour titled 'Memoi...

Spiderseed: Collections and Collaboration

Exciting developments this week. I can giddly announce that my next flash fiction collection Spiderseed will be published with Sleepy Hou...

Writing Animals: Hutched

It is with delight that I can say my rabbit story ‘Hutched’ has been republished in issue two of Foxhole Magazine along with two glorious...

A Mancunian Decade

Ten years ago I was zipped from a small city to its much bigger neighbour along a stretch of motorway which pointed right to the heart of...

Stories for Ears: Tapes & Tales and MacGuffin

In a first for me, one of my recent stories has been podcastted on the excellent Tapes & Tales. It's another outing for 'Broadcast of the...

Live Living Room Literature: Speak Easy at The Sip Club

Last Thursday, nestled in a secretive room of a secretive bar, I was delighted to be able to launch a shiny new live literature endeavour...

The End and the Start of Things New

I disappeared into a little hole for a few quiet months to force myself to knuckle down on the novel and fight my way out of the woods-I-...

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David Hartley

Writer & Researcher