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This is my current entry for Lancashire magazine’s short story comp. The word limit is 1200. Theme is Murder, it must include references to Lancashire locations and history. Last time I got second prize. (£50 M&S voucher and a year’s subscription) J K Rowling it ain’t but it’s a start. 🙂 Every morning around three a.m. Mrs […]
» Read moreMany older people find themselves pestered by persistent charity cold callers. Mary was no exception. Or was she?
» Read moreDan’s escape from the isolated house only leads to more danger. John Subram is determined to catch up with him and put a bullet in his head. But will the arrival of Katie and her Norwegian friends turn the tables? Back in England, the police suspect crucial information has been withheld.
» Read moreAwesome monsoon storms upset Dan’s first attempt to locate the valuable hoard. More devastatingly, he’s taken prisoner at gunpoint. Many miles away in the foothills of the Himalayas, we discover Katie Barnes is recovering from a traumatic experience.
» Read moreDan arrives in Goa and starts planning his first moves to find the loot. Bad weather – and a bad guy – throw things off course.
» Read moreIn the first two chapters, Dan frets over the mysterious breakdown in communications from his former girlfriend, Katie. Things hot up when he discovers the whereabouts of hidden treasure, but he’s unaware a villain is on his tail! This is a major revision. Chapter 3 Dejected holidaymakers who’d paid peak season rates bemoaned the English summer weather. They […]
» Read moreAction adventure novel in progress. Revision now includes first two chapters. Chapter 1 A stiffening breeze caused Dan Mapleton’s potting boat, Lucky Lucy, to pitch and roll a few metres out from Polminan harbour. Whitewashed cottages in the quaint Cornish village glowed in evening sunshine and the clock on the church tower showed seven o’clock when Dan’s […]
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