Writing
I write mind-twisting dark fantasy / folk horror novels and short stories. Anything with a little bit of weird. Here’s a snapshot of my published works and current work-in-progress.
Published Works
Susie’s New Ears
Prize-winning short story published in Ironclad Creative Planted Anthology, 2025.
Grandma decided to knit some new ears for Susie and chose a wool from the pound shop with little silver sparkles. It was four pounds a ball, and she complained all the way down the high street. A pound shop should sell things for a pound; that’s what it says, that’s what it should do. But it was the only shop left in town selling any wool. The ears took the entire ball, even though Susie reminded Grandma she was only six and had very little ears. When the ears were ready, Susie swapped them for her old ones…
Work in Progress
Project Eyes
When rebellious foundling Zizi learns she will transform into a demon, she battles through a city of ever shifting streets to find help. But in a City where devotion to the Goddess rules, a demon-child has few friends. Fighting her nature and those around her, she soon uncovers a web of lies - one which might hold the key to saving more than just herself.
Dark mythic fantasy novel
92k, series potential
Comps: Starling House x Witch King x Alchemised
Status: Copy editing in progress!
Project Tree
In this mind-bending contemporary fantasy with vibes of quiet horror, Matthew, a stressed-out researcher, discovers an enormous yew tree buried deep under his back lawn. Somehow he is sure he has seen it before. But things take a turn for the sinister when he starts seeing omens in his board games and soon after his family vanish without a trace. He is lured into a twisted living maze to find them, and finds himself in deadly battle of wits with an ancient Woodcutter trapped and intent on revenge. With the lives of those he loves poised on a knife-edge, Matthew must unlock the secrets of the Woodcutter’s past to survive. Doing so leads him to one terrifying, inescapable truth: he has done this all before.
Supernatural folk horror
90k, standalone
Comps: The Hollow Places meets The Everlasting.
Status: After silence in the query trenches, this one is stewing before a rewrite!
Project Crow
A more blurby description to come but for now imagine strange parallel worlds, where two warring teenage girls find themselves walking the paths where the crows go. Let’s hope they took breadcrumbs…
Middle Grade folk horror
60k, standalone
Comps: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norell x Whisperwicks
Status: Draft 3 is napping….