A Trilogy of Short Story Collections

Deep Clear
A young boy is trapped in an underwater cave while he is scuba diving. As his oxygen runs out he experiences a hallucinatory journey through his own subconscious. (Shortlisted Fabel World Short Story Competition 2025)
Derelict
A young girl living with a single parent father near a vacant property with a derelict house. A criminal on the run abducts her and takes to the house.
The Old House
A man moves into an abandoned house where he had a passionate affair after his marriage ended. He refuses to leave when a demolition crew arrive. When he brandishes a gun, police and television units surround the house.
Replication
A political prisoner in a totalitarian country is used for experiments replicating the neuroscience experiments by Michael Mirzenich on a monkey in California. As he documents the increasing appropriation of his body by the scientists, his compassion for the monkey grows.
Selfie
Risky behaviour by a year twelve student on social media places her and her younger sister in terrible danger. (Shortlisted Night Parrott Novella Prize 2025)
Down to the Beach
A boy on a remote cattle station, a deserted beach and the journey toward becoming a man.
https://tinyurl.com/ycxnuxnd

Drusilla’s Revenge
A Goth Girl’s retribution against a violent homophobe.
Sweet Gold
A doomed Thai romance.
Suburban Nudist
The reinvention of an old Hippy.
Club Colours
Bikie loyalty wears thin.
Dogs and Bullies
The vulnerability of a school bully.
A Weakness in the Hands
A father rediscovers his gay son.
What the Heart May Hide
A palm is read.
A Surfeit of Omens
Misread omens and intentions.
Hendra Melton
A Seamstress and misunderstood intentions.
Ingrid’s Way
An unusual courtship.
Margaret
An unfortunate person.
Noises off
A day in the life of a small theatre.
Nothing But Trouble
Kids today are not what they seem.
Politicians and Relatives
A cautionary tale about fatherhood.
Piano Lesson
The problem of sounds and odours in a duplex.
https://tinyurl.com/5n6urnc8

The Day Before Nothing
A world without Christmas.
One Stop
Travellers and feral gangs in an abandoned roadhouse.
The Rule
Survival in a dystopian world.
Replication
Inhumane experiments on a human subject in a totalitarian regime.
Coherent Justice
Sensory deprivation and incarceration.
The Abandoned Library
An overnight stay in an abandoned library.
Virgin Journey
An eccentric Scientist facilitates a young woman’s inner journey.
No News is not Good News
A major AI failure in the near distant future.
https://tinyurl.com/yc7wry2d