Short Stories
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Having read just about everything he’s ever written fiction-wise, I think it’s fair to say I’m a big Graham Swift fan; I still remember being mesmerised by Waterland, which was what got me started. However, I must say that Twelve Post-War Tales was a disappointment. Initially it was the stories’ somewhat tentative connection to war…
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“when you see anything of mine that you don’t like remember that I’m sincere in doing it and that I’m working toward something.” – Ernest Hemingway A selection of recent posts from my Substack site. If you like what you read, please subscribe on Substack for free! Thank you.
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It’ ha’s been a while since I read any Henry James and, to be honest, I’d forgotten how convoluted his writing can be: super-long sentences with multiple embedded clauses such that you often lose referentiality along the way, forcing you to go back and start again. I confess that this undoubtedly late-Victorian / early-Edwardian writing…
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I am delighted to announce the publication of my latest collection of short stories, Writing to Gisella and Other Stories. The collection opens with an updated version of the 2017 novella, Writing to Gisella. ~ Writing to GisellaIn many ways it was the perfect summer break: taken on impulse, and filled with the beauty of Tuscany. For Rick…
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“when you see anything of mine that you don’t like remember that I’m sincere in doing it and that I’m working toward something.” – Ernest Hemingway A selection of recent posts from my Substack site. If you like what you read, please subscribe on Substack for free! Thank you.
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I am delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of my latest collection of short stories, Writing to Gisella and Other Stories, on the 3rd October, 2026. The collection opens with an updated version of the 2017 novella, Writing to Gisella. ~ Writing to GisellaIn many ways it was the perfect summer break: taken on impulse, and filled with…
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We are delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of Ian Gouge‘s latest collection of short stories, Writing to Gisella and Other Stories, on the 3rd October, 2026. The collection opens with an updated version of the 2017 novella, Writing to Gisella. ~ Writing to GisellaIn many ways it was the perfect summer break: taken on impulse, and filled…
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I have just discovered there is an opt-out to help prevent your books being sold to AI companies (which presumably means the default is ‘opt-in’…) You can find the opt-out link here (pass it on): https://www.ingramcontent.com/page/ai-opt-out
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I venture to suggest that The Melancholy Death and Oyster Boy and Other Stories (1997 in the US) was only published because Tim Burton was already famous. [Yes, the Tim Burton of ‘Beetlejuice’, ‘Batman’, ‘Edward Scissorhands’, ‘Mars Attacks!’ etc.] While the drawings are proficient, whacky and creepy, the writing isn’t. Very few of the poems…
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We are delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of Ian Gouge‘s latest collection of short stories, Writing to Gisella and Other Stories, due out on the 3rd October, 2026. The collection opens with an updated version of the 2017 novella, Writing to Gisella. Writing to GisellaIn many ways it was the perfect summer break: taken on impulse, and…