Original short stories


'Lock me out!' In: Ghosts & Scholars 22 (1996), 14-17.

'Neon'. In: Ghosts & Scholars 26 (1998), 30-41.

'River'. In: All Hallows 18 (1998), 35-41.

'The Barzakh'. In: All Hallows 21 (1999), 39-41.

'Frosted glass'. In: B. Roden and C. Roden (eds.), Shadows and Silence (Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press, 2000), 122-7.

'The house with no history'. In: Ghosts & Scholars 31 (2000), 13-22.

'Farmer’s market'. In: Supernatural Tales 8 (2004), 31-7.

'Vrykolakis'. In: Supernatural Tales 9 (2005), 12-37.

'Bowl & spoon'. In: The Silent Companion 3 (2008), 38-44.

'Quite natural'. In: Supernatural Tales 16 (2009), 27-9.

'Adoptagrave'. In: Supernatural Tales 16 (2009), 30-5.

'The pump'. 2012. In: this website.

'Majorlena'. In: Supernatural Tales 24 (2013), 32-7. Reprinted in Datlow, E. (ed.), The Best Horror of the Year 6 (New York: Night Shade Books, 2014), 279-84.

'The Answerers'. In: The Ghosts & Scholars. M. R. James Newsletter 24 (2013), 19-26.

'Mols'. In: Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 143 [2] (February 2014), 95-104.

'Quarry hogs'. In: Supernatural Tales 27 (2014), 22-43. Reprinted in J. Mains (ed.), Best British Horror 2015 (Cromer: Salt), 1-23.

' A workhouse girl.' In: The People's Friend Special 97 (October 29, 2014).

'Exit stage left'. In: Supernatural Tales 31 (Winter 2015/16), 38-55.

'At a distance, a white thing'. In: The Silent Companion 11 (2015), 103-20.

'The transmutation of base metal'. In: The Ghosts and Scholars. M. R. James Newsletter 29 (April 2016), 14-20.

'Cutty Dyer'. In: Supernatural Tales 33 (Autumn 2016), 34-40.

'Agony'. In: Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 149 [1 & 2] (January/February 2017), 135-8.

'In the rigging'. In: Supernatural Tales 36 (Winter 2017/18), 44-8.

'The romance of history'. In: The Silent Companion 13 (2017), 48-56.

'By Severn's flood'. In: M. Beech (ed.), A Book of the Sea (Egaeus Press, 2018), 121-8.

'The pale eyes of Winter'. In: Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 152 [1 & 2] (July/August 2018), 85-98

'Ghost hunting'. In: Supernatural Tales 38 (Summer 2018), 17-24.

'Mortimer: The Husband's Story'. In: Supernatural Tales 40 (Summer 2019), 16-21.

'In custody'. In: Black Mask 37 [3] (2019), 9-11.

'The Bishop's Inventory'. Subscribers' Supplement to Ghosts & Scholars 36 (2019), 3-22.

'Flame Mahogany'. In: Supernatural Tales 42 (Winter 2019-20), 24-33.