Some of these short stories have been published, some not; they are a mixed bag of sapphires. Gaze into

and dream…

braga (7,000 words)
An Orcadian tale of fin-folk and Londoners. Never venture into the haunted rectory…

glass march (11,444 words)
This folk tale from somewhere between the Black Sea and the Great Wall of China, was  first published in the C18th broadsheet-style periodical, 'The Edinburgh One O'Clock Gun' between 2006 and 2008.

the hour of the witch (656 words)
This paean to Lilith first appeared in the Edinburgh periodical, 'The One O'Clock Gun' during 2005.

the icarus tree (6,159 words)
The Icarus Tree was commissioned by the think-tank, Demos as part of the ‘Glasgow 2020’ project. This was established to look at the city of Glasgow in terms of empowered citizenship, imagination and the future. The story was based on the famous fable of Icarus, which is basically a warning against human hubris and specifically on the painting, The Fall of Icarus by Pieter Brueghel. (1558). See www.glasgow2020.co.uk

smile (2,000 words)
A homage to the scientific terror fiction of Primo Levi. Don't ever drink strange potions!

tattoo (1,422 words)
Not for the fainthearted, this one. A literary erotic fiction, where sexuality and even identity are called into question. Manhattan psycho.

the black mirror (19.572 words)
And here is a new novella for your delectation, 'The Black Mirror': a contemporary tale of lust and witches, set in the rural south of England.

the fall (1,951 words)
Published in Hoolit magazine (April 2001)
We are condemned to witness our own fall from Grace, over and over again.

the last mullah (3,630 words)
Utopia as fiction; fiction as utopia. A Glasgow Sufi ponders on the past and the future as the high-rises go down.

the pier (4,977 words)
Envy, the deadliest sin. Especially is you're working in a jeweller's.

white roses (1,540 words)
The true story of a murderer who got rich, but then ...

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