Some short samples from my upcoming novel "Stories We Tell our Children" published July 15th. It's a novel told through short stories and explores the many different types of narrative that our children are exposed to in their development, both those in books, but also those non-literary narratives such as advertising, Punch and Judy and unspoken parental aspirations. 

You can pre-order my new novel "Stories We Tell Our Children" (also available for international shipping) from here https://uk.bookshop.org/books/stories-we-tell-our-children/9781912436941 

Fairy Tale

I have contributed a story to Eight Cuts Gallery latest curation

The story is called The Eighteenth Brumaire Of Peter Sclemihl and is a dialectical materialist deconstruction of the fairy tale. Hopefully its funny, challenging and excoriating.

The Eight Cuts Gallery concept is a fascinating one, offering a new way to showcase fiction online, in that like an art gallery you can wander through in many different paths, not having to plod in linear fashion. There are also visual art and music tie ins with the literature.

Some of my favourite writers are part of the same exhibition, so check out

alison wells

penny goring

cody james

and to discover some writers new to me.

Go pay a visit and let me know what you think.