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Truth
This is a piece of creative non-fiction. Two friends are trapped in an emotional predicament, where the truth of their separating...
1Literary fiction
Letters to Houston
Letters to Houston is a novel set in the year 2021, it follows Peter Lim as he fights a never-ending war on both fronts; against...
1Literary fiction
The Curious Happening of an Entomologist's Journey
Changing or metamorphosis of an entomologist on his way to Glasgow rail station.
0Flash fiction
A Far Different Path
Her fiancé injured and missing in World War I. An influenza epidemic that’s killing millions bearing down on her. Twenty-two...
0Historical fiction
Boy in the Water
A man awakens in crisis.
1Literary fiction
Disappear Here. (Part one, Chapter Two: The Roach Motel)
The Roach Motel:Part One, Chapter Two
0Literary fiction
Maternal Instinct
A miracle cancer cure leaves senior public servant, Alice Mahoney, unexpectedly and illegally pregnant. In a world where children...
2Romance / Women's fiction
"East"
In 1994 Peri Hoskins spent five months travelling right around Australia including spending some time in the remote outback as...
1Historical fiction
Eternal Love
About the sun and the moon's intangible love.
0Flash fiction
"Project Malum"
Synopsis: The prologue of a story in which an civilization creates weapons of mass destructions, its magical and mysterious strength...
0Fantasy / Sci-fi
Still Life
When the world passes you by, sometimes all you can do is watch.
1Literary fiction
The Holy Ghost
On 7th July 2005 three devices explode simultaneously on three different Tube trains in London. An hour later a fourth is detonated....
0Crime / Suspense / Mystery / Thriller
Racine
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0Literary fiction
One Hundred Feet
"From her bedroom window, she held sight of the greatest part of her world."
0Romance / Women's fiction
Days of Darkness
The story of how a man's days of darkness ends.
0Paranormal fiction / Magic realism
My Aunt Mohammed
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0Action / Adventure
The House on Redhill Corner
Asha-lee has grown up in a house of chanting, incense burning and her mother declaring that everyone needs ‘to cleanse their...
2Romance / Women's fiction
Quatermasters Juju
A Burmese woman's hair is a symbol of beauty, vanity and even dignity.
1Coming-of-age / Young adult fiction
Chiaroscuro
In war-torn Paris in 1917, the artist Pierre Bonnard takes a new model - Renee Montchaty. He is fifty, with a common-law wife;...
0Historical fiction
One shot to change a life
Sephora was captured 4 years ago by a well known assassin and, eager to escape her previous life, she'd make no escape attempt....
0Crime / Suspense / Mystery / Thriller