INNER CIRCLE WRITERS' GROUP ANTHOLOGIES
Published by Clarendon House Publications
Several of my short stories have appeared in the Inner Circle anthologies which are available in both paperback and ebook. You can read about all the Inner Circle Anthologies here.
Published by Clarendon House Publications
Several of my short stories have appeared in the Inner Circle anthologies which are available in both paperback and ebook. You can read about all the Inner Circle Anthologies here.
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CONDOR
The Inner Circle Writers' Group Inaugural Anthology 2018 WALKED My Exodus Sequence short story WALKED has been included in this collection in its original form. You can read more about it here. |
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STORM
The Inner Circle Writers' Group Fantasy Anthology 2018 A LADY IN THE LAKE I adapted my Exodus Sequence short story WOKEN for this collection: it has the central part of the story with the opening and ending sequences removed. For someone who regards herself as a Sci-Fi author, it's strange to see myself published in a fantasy collection! Read about WOKEN here. |
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VORTEX
The Inner Circle Writers' Group Literary Anthology 2018 THE EVOLVING Previously unpublished, I was delighted that this short story was accepted for a literary collection. I first wrote it soon after I arrived in England but it was several decades before it "evolved" into its current form. Everything I describe about the beachfront is real - several brief holidays there left me dreaming about it forever, and dreams they will have to remain as that part of the coast has since been destroyed by floods and neglect. |
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FIREBURST
The Inner Circle Writers' Group Second Flash Fiction Anthology 2018 SIDEWAYS RAIN ON CRUELLEST STONE Existing for several years as a single paragraph (and subsequently forgotten), I was inspired to turn it into my first flash fiction effort. |
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MIRACLE
The Inner Circle Writers' Group Christian Stories Anthology 2018 AN ANGEL IN THE MIRROR I was inspired to write this story when the Inner Circle Group administrator announced a Christian anthology. By chance, I began writing it on the thirteenth anniversary of the 7/7 London bombings. It took many drafts before I found a voice for my main character and the story wasn't easy to write: while researching the story, I had to relive some painful memories of the bombings. The church (name changed) is real but all the characters are fictional. I wrote it during the hottest summer I have ever experienced in London, a drought in which I watched countless trees die. Driven by circumstance, frustration and depression, this turned into one of the most emotionally powerful stories I have ever written. Inspiration indeed. |
GOLD
The Best from Clarendon House Anthologies
AN ANGEL IN THE MIRROR
(See above)
EXTRACT
A tramp is asleep in the doorway.
I stop dead on the sidewalk. A homeless man, I think; not a tramp. I can barely look at him and cover my nose with a hand. He is filthy and smells like something dead. He is also blocking the door so that I can’t reach it and despair drips inside me. Stepping through the door is to escape the world into the cool of the church, but the world is lying on the church doorstep. The tramp – the homeless man – is lying across the step, either asleep, in a drunken stupor, or dead.
The Best from Clarendon House Anthologies
AN ANGEL IN THE MIRROR
(See above)
EXTRACT
A tramp is asleep in the doorway.
I stop dead on the sidewalk. A homeless man, I think; not a tramp. I can barely look at him and cover my nose with a hand. He is filthy and smells like something dead. He is also blocking the door so that I can’t reach it and despair drips inside me. Stepping through the door is to escape the world into the cool of the church, but the world is lying on the church doorstep. The tramp – the homeless man – is lying across the step, either asleep, in a drunken stupor, or dead.
