A group of friends go in search of their missing companion, even though none of them are sure what his name is.
Two twins go on a camper van journey to the other side of the country to escape from a terrible discovery.
A political melodrama brings the country to a standstill as two friends try to get their lives off the ground.
A man with a crippling fear of terrorist attacks watches on as his slowly collapses around him.
The Sudden End of Everything and Other Stories is a collection of eight short stories about the lost and the lonely trying to find their way in this strange little world of ours.
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Over the years my short stories have appeared in various publications, in print and online, but gradually, as the books and journals have gone out of print, publishers have closed down and websites have disappeared, it has been getting harder and harder to share my work with the readers that might be interested in it
This book is somewhere for those stories to live.
Short Fiction
The Heart of Everything Young - The Fiction Desk
The Sudden End of Everything - Glimmer Train and subsequently Belle Ombre
We’re Looking for Our Friend, We Don’t Know His Name - Belle Ombre
Light On His Feet for a Big Man - Fairlight Books
What is Proper to Stones - The Wax Paper
The Surface Tension of Water - Five on the Fifth
The House that Exploded - The York Journal
The Room with the Mandala Rug - Typishly
Awards
Glimmer Train’s Short Story Award for New Writers - 2017 - 1st Place
The Bridport Prize - 2016 - Shortlisted
The Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize - 2019 - Shortlisted
The Raymond Carver Short Story Contest - 2019 - Shortlisted