Short Stories

These stories are typically 70 pages long, equivalent to a third of a regular novel.

If you would like a taster read, the first four chapters of 07:15 and Jax are now available. Click the read more tab.

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A new short story, The Nightmare that was Edith, is coming soon!

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07:15

Everyday people, going about their business, taking a holiday or looking after their grandson.

They converge on a motorway at 07.15.

The same time as a plane needs to make an emergency landing.

Read the first 4 chapters now.

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Mickey Rayner is a dentist and a pro-rugby player.

Jax is a call centre manager, moonlighting as a stripper to get out of a debt mountain.

They meet at the strip club on the rugby club's Christmas night out.

Mickey and Jax have so much in common, but neither want a relationship.

How can they remain friends?