Debut fantasy novella. Ashlin Smith is the supervisor of the Badger Survey, a pointless
branch of the bureaucracy of the Regency of Atlar. He is bored and frustrated, and wants
to quit his job. But before he leaves to become a blacksmith, he agrees to perform one
last pointless task.
It turns out that his job is a lot more important and a lot more dangerous than he knew,
when the Badger Survey become entangled in monsters, legends and political intrigue.
Sequel to The Silk Mind, set about 12 years later. Self-centred young adventurer Jens Anders sets out to find a wonder on the other side of the ocean,
so he can present it to the genius Empress Celandine, and make a name for himself. He brings along his long-suffering childhood friend Alun and hires
a mysterious and expensive translator, Aena, who has her own reasons for wanting to join the expedition.
Jens does find a wonder on the Dragon Islands, but when he takes it, an unknown terror follows behind. Celandine may be the only intellect in the
world able to understand what he's done, but she has enough other problems.
Science fiction novel. Miasma is a human colony world isolated from the rest of humanity's
galactic expansion. Permanently-clouded skies even conceal its location from the colonists,
and on the surface, communication is made more difficult by the need to maintain
complete radio silence or suffer attack from the orbiting “kill moons”.
Still, communities get by, and adapt to their unusual constraints to make a life for
themselves. But not everyone is happy.
Lanton, the packet-runner, wants a mystery to solve. Emi, the librarian, doesn't exactly
know what she wants, but she suspects it may not be allowed. Mokan, the inventor, an
“unexpected child” wants answers, and the recognition he is due, but would
settle for love.
Mix-tapes for my Friends, Duct Tape for my Enemies
An escape from danger through the frozen ruins of Amsterdam; an inconveniently worded wish, warfare both magical and informational, romantic crushes, demons, ghosts, and a lamentable lack of both cutlery and propriety.
A collection of thirteen short stories, including five brand-new ones, plus two preview chapters from the novels
The Source of Fire and disOrder.
Joint winner of Movellas' Historical Fiction competition. It's a The Count of Monte
Cristo fan-fic following one of my favourite dysfunctional families:
Eugénie Danglars and her horrible father.
A bit of gothic pastiche. A loyal servant keeps the castle of his masters free of
monstrous vermin for generations, until the last true heir dies and the castle falls
into the hands of an interloper: an illegitimate daughter who doesn't belong there.
500 word flash fiction. Karen is organising a party, and hopes that the randomly-mislabelled goods she has bought will provide a quirky theme and something to talk about. However, of course it's not that simple.
An SF novel. Calnor Dale is a monk who has completed his term of vocation and wants to
retire to Ascension, a colony planet with some ecological challenges. He has a brain implant that
enhances his mathematical ability, which suits him to a quiet office job as a project
planner.
However, his own plans go badly wrong when he tangles with the stubborn and greedy
governor of the colony, and tries to help his brattish but bullied daughter.
Calnor is arrested, and his implant is removed.
And then he remembers why it was put there in the first place.
The Trovador's Daughter
Third in the series that began with The Silk Mind and continued with The Source of Fire.
An idealistic girl sets out into the world to find out what became of her beloved but erratic father,
with only her memories of his wildly implausible stories as a guide.
