JANUARY
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Last year’s anthology consisted only of the short stories and poems
worked on, created re-written or published in 2013. This year’s anthology
consists of all the short stories and poems that I created, or discovered in my
files and rewrote in 2014, including the pieces from 365 Days of Flash Fiction and 365
Days of Poetry that have already been included in Volumes 1 and 2 of last
year’s collections. The tales and poems are taken from completed anthologies,
and anthologies to come, from my blog, and from my notebooks. Most are
published, either individually or in a collection, but some are scheduled for
release at some time in the future. I have also included one short story
written under the pen name, Madeleine Torr.
This year’s anthology is three volumes long, and has been roughly
divided by the genres of the stories, poems and pieces of flash fiction that
each contains. Once again, the pieces are arranged in dative order. This volume
is focussed on mostly speculative pieces touched by darkness, with a single
piece of romance from my alter-ego.
This is also the last year I will be including unpublished work in the
annual collection of short work. The 2017 releases will only have work that was
released in the years the collection covers—or work released previously that
could not be included in another collection due to contract restrictions.
A Warning: These pieces might not be what you’ve come to expect
from reading my longer works, as my short pieces form the playground I use to
explore ways of putting words on paper to create different effects, or to
investigate new concepts and ideas. These pieces might not share the same tone,
register, genre or flavour as some of my other work, but I hope you enjoy them,
all the same.
Rocky wakes
up from stasis, and realises he’s nearly home, but he hasn’t been awake for
five minutes when things start to go wrong. His little sister’s teddybear is
missing, and it’s not the only thing. A cat has gone missing from the animals’
deck. And then his sister goes missing, too. Can Rocky find her, and maybe
Teddy and the cat, before the ship arrives and all three are lost forever?
Rocky
and the Great Teddybear Rescue is the third book in the Otherworld Adventures series, which is
set on Rocky’s journey to the new world, where his parents will farm alongside the
aliens who have asked them to help.
FEBRUARY
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The
sun was setting and the trolls were out when we discovered the chapel. From the
get-go it seemed almost too good to be true, but we needed refuge from the
trolls. Between them, the dust smugglers, the pixie and the unicorns, we mighta
bitten off more’n we could chew, but if we could survive this little fracas, we
just might have found ourselves a home... we really needed a home…
A Legacy of Elves is a short
post-apocalyptic story set in a world where civilisation has been all but wiped
out by a tsunami of magic, plague and natural disaster. Trolls and other creatures
of legend and fairytale roam the land, and human survivors must build a new
life, but everything comes at a cost, and some costs are more visible than
others.
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When
Rocky’s ship stops to resupply at Tallona’s First Moon, Rocky and his
classmates head down to the surface. Seeing moon dragons, ice beetles, dangerous
butterflies and flowers that grow on the moon’s surface seem like a good way to
spend a day. Rocky never expects to have to deal with moon raiders as well. When
his little sister runs away to protect the dragon eggs, Rocky’s troubles really
begin. Can he sneak out of the base, find his sister, and bring her back
without the pirates or moon base security ever finding out? All he knows is
that he has to try.
Rocky Rides
the Space Range is the fourth book in the Otherworld Adventures series, which is set on Rocky’s journey to the
world of Tallona, where his parents will farm alongside the aliens who have
asked them for help.
