‘Meeting the Parents’ is a 50-word story. This story was written for the NineVoices’ 2016 50-word Halloween competition. For the competition, I had to write a 50-word story inspired by a photo of gravestones at Whitby Abbey. For a while, I was stuck for a story idea. I loved the photo, but I couldn’t figure out a good enough story
‘The Nativity’ is a 1987-word Christmas horror. I originally wrote this story for the Spinetinglers 2014 Christmas competition. However, I wasn’t successful, so I decided to return the story to my editing pile. Earlier in 2015, I found a submission call for a Christmas horror story. It felt like the perfect place for my story, so after months of editing,
‘Not so Fake After All’ is a 414-word flash fiction. I wrote this story for one of my writing group assignments. For the assignment, we had to write a story about a phony psychic having a real paranormal experience. At first I hadn’t planned to submit the story. I was going to use it as a starting point for a
‘The Snowflakes of Time’ is a 352-word flash fiction. I wrote this story for the Firewords Quarterly Issue 4 winter theme submission call. The story or poem had to include or be inspired by the sentence: “When the snow finally stopped falling…” For my story, I decided to link the snow with the passing of time, and that’s how I