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No Sunday Roast this week. Spent yesterday at Foyles in London, pitching my novel, Finding Jessica to an agent from Curtis Brown as part of their Discovery Day.

However, I need to do an update because I have further publications to add to those already available.

First, online. My short story, Fetch, is available at Darker Times Fiction and you can view by following the link at the foot of this post.

Darker Times

Also from Darker Times, but this one in print, Sweet Revenge is included in Darker Times Anthology (Vol 5). You can purchase a copy from Amazon by clicking that relevant link, too.

Darker Times Anthology (Vol 5)

Finally, a short piece titled, The Man in the Sea is in Sharp as Lemons, an anthology of Poetry and Flash Fiction published by Earlyworks Press.

Sharp as Lemons. Earlyworks Press.

Links to this and the others I have mentioned are below.

Click here for online publication of Fetch (Via Darker Times Fiction).

Get Sweet Revenge by purchasing a copy of Darker Times Anthology (Vol 5) , following this link to Amazon.

The Man in the Sea is available at this link to buy Sharp as Lemons, from Earlyworks Press.

Cheers.

Nick

A Write Honour.

Okay, forgive the pun in the title. What I refer to was the pleasant surprise waiting when I attended my first meeting of the Walsall Writers’ Circle for months. As some will know, things have been a struggle recently and meetings either clashed with work, or some calamity. Therefore, I was delighted on October 10 to discover my diary was free and I could slip nonchalant into the room with nobody asking where I’d been.

Now the secret in maintaining a low profile, I now find, is not to receive an award for continued success during the previous year (and then have to accept said award to much applause). But this is exactly what happened.

I am highly honoured to have collected the Norrey Ford Cup as recognition for my endeavours of recent times. I will say, the message is, if you don’t submit stuff, you’ll never get an acceptance. So get writing, and get it out.

Norrey Ford was a Walsall writer of many romance novels whose legacy includes the forming of the Walsall Writers’ Circle of which I am proud to be a member. Encouraging writers since 1966, the circle meets monthly to share writing experiences, take part in workshops and talk about writing in general. And they’re an awfully nice bunch, too.

Pictured below is myself being presented with the Norrey Ford Cup by Margaret Woods.

I am so glad I was not wearing an offensive tee-shirt for once.

Cheers.

Nick

First off, there won’t be a Sunday Roast tomorrow and probably not next week, either. I need to take a step back and cut a few things at the minute … and the Roast is one. I shall return, though.

Secondly, I have another short story online. Sweet Revenge got an honourable mention in the Darker Times Monthly Competition for September and is available on the Darker Times Fiction website by clicking the link.

Link to Sweet Revenge (Via Darker Times Fiction).

Darker Times

Cheers.

Nick

As reported earlier in the year, Shooting Ghosts, another short story of mine, got an honourable mention in the Darker Times Monthly Competition for April. It is available on the Darker Times website but now also in Darker Times Anthology: Volume 4.

You can buy a copy of Darker Times Anthology: Volume 4, by clicking this link.

Darker Times Anthology Volume 4

Cheers.

Nick

I have been quiet of late due to circumstances. However, I do have another short story available in an anthology titled – The Dark Bard.

Published by Indigo Mosaic, the Dark Bard is a storyteller, weaving tales of the human and inhuman who walk on the edge of darkness. Come and enter into his storytelling world.

Parting Company is the first full tale in the book and by clicking the link, you can purchase a copy and read samples.

Buy/read sample of Dark Bard by clicking this link.

The Dark Bard

Cheers.

 

Nick

Shooting Ghosts, another short story of mine, got an honourable mention in the Darker Times Monthly Competition for April. It is available on the Darker Times website by clicking the link.

Link to Shooting Ghosts (Via Darker Times Fiction).

Darker Times

Cheers.

Nick

I mentioned recently that I’d had two stories achieve some success in Darker Times Fiction. Both are still available to read via the Darker Times website with the links on the Published Online page, but they are now also in print.

The two stories: The Monster Who Lives in the Cellar and Trick or Treat are published in Darker Times Anthology Volume Three.

Copies can be purchased by clicking this link.

Darker Times Anthology Volume 3

Cheers.

Nick

Hi … I’ve had some success with Darker Times Fiction, as previously reported so I decided to have another couple of attempts in recent months. One story got an honorable mention while the other was one of the runners-up.

Both are available to read via the Darker Times Fiction website. The links are below and on the Published Online page.

Link to The Monster Who Lives in the Cellar.

Link to Trick or Treat.

Darker Times

Cheers.

Nick

Two of My Poems in Print.

I admit to not getting most poetry, but even so, I do try to write some of my own. As a result, two of my pieces, Fragile and Announcing the Arrival Of …, are available in, This is a Book About Alice, a book of poetry and flash fiction published by Earlyworks Press.

You can get a copy by following this link to Earlyworks Press.

This is a Book About Alice

Cheers.

 

Nick

My latest short story available to read/buy is in an anthology titled, The Darkness Within.

Published by Indigo Mosaic, The Darkness Within is a collection of stories which explore the potential for evil within the human psyche.

Emotional Rescue is the first tale in the book and by clicking this link, you can purchase a copy and even read samples including the first page of Emotional Rescue.

Buy/read sample of The Darkness Within by clicking this link.

Darkness Within

Cheers.

Nick