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Excerpt
The door slammed again, and Sarah was home. When she came up into the bedroom there was nobody there. All that remained of David were scattered leaves – some pure green, some already drying to brown – and a brilliantly coloured feather. Reading the words he had left on the screen made the situation obvious. He had written himself into the story he had been working on, stepping through his own sentences into a world far more coherent and stimulating than this one could possibly be.
Of course Sarah could tell nobody the truth about his disappearance.
Bio
I've completed one novel and am currently deep in a second one. I've published short stories in various different venues (see below). I'm also a regular poetry performer and sometime vocalist with drone metal band Graan.
I'm a Clarion West-ite at one remove -- I haven't attended, but many close writer friends have. I live and work in London.
Publications
"De Profundis," Black Static 11 - longlisted for Best Novella, British Fantasy Awards
"Falling," written for Science Museum Arts Projects
"Fishermen," Interzone 221 - voted one of 2009's top 10 stories by Interzone readers, longlisted for Best Short Story, British Fantasy Awards
"Changeling," Black Static 9
"Sohoitis," Postscripts 17
"Ghosts," Midnight Street 10
"Golden," The Third Alternative and Infinity Plus
Writing Description
I write Weird Fiction, using the unreal to talk about the real.
Goals
Another 25,000 words or so and I'll have completed the first draft of the current novel. I want to get that done, running at about 5-7,000 words a week over the month.
