Novel 'O Man of Clay.' After sea-level rise. https://www.stairwellbooks.co.uk/

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County Durham, United Kingdom
'O Man of Clay,' set in Hartlepool and Siberia in the near future while the tundra is thawing and the sea level rising, was published in January 2020 by Stairwell Books.

Friday 5 August 2022


 The Volcano Letters

Thrilled: last Saturday, 'The Volcano Letters' my new potential environmental-historical novel was shortlisted by IML Publications Memoir and Novel Contest! Contestants must submit their completed novel by the end of this month. Good luck to the other contestants: some great titles!

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  26th October 2021 Under dark pines. Candletuft fungus struck the match. Gold and red crisp packet deeper in, lit the gloom. Stumbled on a ...

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