Out in 2020
I Think of Ariadne when I Eat Hummus
'I think of Ariadne when I eat hummus, and specifically the time I made it and she tasted it and said You forgot the garlic. I’d made it for what passed for a party in Lefkimmi among a certain type of person – her friends, of course, people like us, I guess, into gentle snacking and not big blow-outs. Some of them had already arrived, and had one ear on the conversation and the other on the sound of food being brought out.'
Lefkimmi is not a particularly good-looking or remarkable town, though it's Corfu's second city. I only spent an afternoon there (our trusty car did NOT break down), and that was in 2003, but it left enough of an impression on me to want to set this very short story there.
It's out now in the Who Are We? anthology, which looks at race, place and nationality, alongside other winners of Willowdown Books' Cunningham Prize. Available for £11.99 from Amazon UK and Amazon USA for $14.99.
The Trio
An outbreak of twins, often conflicted, but working in perfect harmony when a trio of men persist in annoying them. Injudicious use of a toothpick can be a dangerous thing.
My story The Trio will be out soon in The Fictional Cafe.
My story The Trio will be out soon in The Fictional Cafe.
The House of the Siren
My flash tale The House of the Siren, will be reprinted and reissued later this year, all 250 careful words of it... so I won't give any of them away here, for now.
