Category Archives: Works

A selection of previous works of mine, from a long, long time ago.

You have been warned.

Ooh – a review of one of my short stories!

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Found this little piece. It’s only short (as is the story), but it’s nice to read some positive feedback in any case!

For anyone interested the relevant work can be found here.

Courtesy of UndiscoveredTomes.blogspot.co.uk:

Everything within this story needed to be there: Every thought, every action, every word. The writing was exceptional. There was no flowery language, no extra narration. The writing was strong.

Even the dedication at the end fit well. It hit me like a truck, which could only happen with a powerful story.

If you read none of the others on this list, read this one.

http://undiscoveredtomes.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/a-halloween-treat-four-free-snack-sized.html

My new short, The Reality Trip, is now up on Smashwords

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It’s been a looong time since my last post. I won’t bore with the details but it’s been taking  a lot of my time. I have managed to complete another short piece, which is now available on Smashwords.

Hope you enjoy!

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/560431

 

 

Coma Companion – a horror/sci fi short story of mine, now available at Smashwords (free)

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Hi,

This was previously available at Amazon (and still is), but I’ve taken advantage of the new Kindle Unlimited option of getting out of kdp select early and I’ve now published this for free at Smashwords here.

Hope you like it 🙂

“When Doctor David Baines creates a machine that allows him to directly enter the mind of a comatose patient, he encounters a twisted reality that, rather than being the inner workings of one person’s mind, is actually a limbo world beyond life, and death, in unexpected forms, awaits the unwary.”

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Another short, Cogito Ergo Sum, available at Smashwords (free)

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One I wrote before commencing my current rewrite. Hope you like it 🙂

“…you never wonder how you’ll react to a defining moment in history until you experience it for yourself…”

Gareth Young makes a tweak to the most powerful experiment on earth based on just a hunch. The result is a revelation of the most profound, but is all it seems to be?

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/458150

The rudderless hero

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So, I’m working through the second draft of my current WIP, an urban fantasy that I can only describe as the Matrix meets ancient Celtic mythology (with a bit of quantum physics thrown in), and I’ve got a problem with my protagonist.

Basically, as this world is new to him, he’s spent a lot of his time being purely reactive, either being told this and that or just responding to various scenarios. Conversely, the antagonist, who IS well aware of how this mythical world works, drives her story forwards with gusto.

My fear now is that, until my hero starts to do things himself and acts on his motives, he just comes across as well, dull.

How do others do this? How do you make a protagonist who still has so much to learn be more proactive in the early stages of the story? It’s basically the old Hero’s Journey I know, so a bit of back reading on similar works/journeys is required methinks…

My new short story – Mirror Man – available at Smashwords

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I’ve been having a break from the main WIP to back fill some world-building that I needed to complete to ensure I didn’t write myself into a brick wall.

In the interim, I’ve also wrote and uploaded my first short story (The Mirror Man) to Smashwords, available here.

I’ve got some other subs doing the rounds but if (when) they get their rejections I’ll probably post them there too.

It’s free, so please feel free to have a gander and leave your thoughts.

Mike