My short stories have appeared in a range of publications, mainly in the UK but also in the US. They range from the conventional to the weird, from social observation to absurd fantasy.

• Titles and publication details etc of some short stories
• Sample stories and excerpts

'Campaign for more topaz' - Chimera No 6, Summer 2007

'The hidden life of carmine' - Chimera No 3, Winter 2005

'Feathers' - shortlisted for the Asham Award, 2003

'Come back, Lapis Lazuli, all is forgiven' - Fiction International, USA, 2003

'In the bruise-coloured night' and 'I liked my Bible because it had a lilac cover' - Fire, May 2002

'One magenta sock' - Mslexia, 2002

'Kant's day off' - Philosophy Now, 2002

'Babushka Inheritance' - White Noise #2

'Invisible Suburbs' - British Council Anthology, Identity Papers, Brussels, 2001

'The colour of 33' - Ambit, 2001

'Lemon lamplight' - Homegrown anthology (East Anglia)

'Dancing to Schoenberg' - Ambit, 1999

'Terrible Tales of Time and Tide' - Fiction International, USA, 1998

'Moonchild learns about angels' - Chicago Review, 1998

'Talking it over with Genghis Khan' - Chapman (Scotland), 1996

'After Uranium' - Staple New Writing, 1994

'The Matchwood Walk' - Bananas, January 1980

'Pink Period' - Spare Rib, July 1979