The Brexit Chronicles
As the countdown to Brexit unfolds, I'll be adding my thoughts to this diary/journal as I try to make sense of the confusion.…
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Assorted Drabbles
Drabbles are stories exactly 100 words long. Here is a collection of the ones I've submitted to contests run by the official Wattpad Dystopian and Apocalypse profile.…
A Pocket Full of Miracles
Various ramblings about mobile phones…
The Shaking
"Terrifying.""Brilliant.""Wow.""The Shaking is a unique story. Well defined characters with a good pace of the story."Seismic terror is about to strike...Maverick geologist Brian McLean was ridiculed when he warned London and south east England were at imminent risk of suffering a major earthquake. But when the unthinkable happens buildings collapse, power grids crash, transport is gridlocked, and high-tech life grinds to a shuddering halt.In the stunned aftermath courier Ryan Buckland journeys through a shattered city in a frantic search to be reunited with his family, Deputy Prime Minister Stuart Pullman sees the emergency as his chance to seize power, while nuclear engineer Alan Carter desperately tries to avert a far greater catastrophe. If he fails, destructive aftershocks will be the least of our problems...A homage to penny dreadful natural disaster trash fiction, The Shaking will rock you to your very core!A 103,000 word novel. Rated PG 16.…
Victory
A possible near future we can but hope to avoid. 1.8k words.…
Arc Of The Moon
A factual personal recollection of Brexit night.3.7k words.…
Bad Medicine
If you think the NHS is struggling now, you ain't seen nothing yet...A 1650 word short story.…
Drip
There are fates worse than death...2.9k words. Rated PG 16.…
The Blurt of Richard Davies
A warning from a nightmare future.Ten years after the UK fragmented, the emergency mandate of the Consensus goverment is coming to an end. At long last a General Election is due.World-weary journalist Richard Davies becomes reluctantly drawn into the aspiring National Renewal Party's campaign. But as long suppressed social tensions erupt on to the streets of a nation so much like - yet so different from - our own, he stumbles across a conspiracy aimed at the very heart of the relaunched democracy. With his options for doing the right thing in a world gone wrong narrowing and time running out, somehow Richard has to survive long enough to expose the greatest scoop of his career.A 151,000 word novel written between 2012-14. The 'future' I imagined has diverged from our current timeline, but many of the book's themes are still sadly only too relevant.For more information and a plot overview I recommend the companion Readers' Guide. https://www.wattpad.com/story/51378045-the-blurt-of-richard-davies-reading-guideThis novel contains mature, unsettling, and dark themes. The Blurt was previously voluntarily listed as Mature, but if Wattpad won't play fair by their hiding works so listed from being seen by the general audience, I see no reason to abide by such a ridiculous policy. Just be aware of what it is you are getting into.…
The Blurt of Richard Davies Reading Guide
There are some books Wattpad doesn't want you to know about. My dystopian novel The Blurt Of Richard Davies, completed in 2014, is one of them. Find out more about the story in this reading guide.…
Harvest Of The Sea
With the fishing the way it is, the crew of the Kelly-Jo have to bring in any catch they can...A 5000 word, single chapter and somewhat depressing post-Brexit dystopian story. Y'all know me; Y'all know how I make a living... You have been warned.…
Through Silent Skies
Please fasten your seatbelts.As this century draws to a close, a new epoch in air travel is dawning. Jets are being replaced by high-tech airships known as arrowheads. Noah Drake, captain of the airship Albatross, is expecting his next flight to be a typically humdrum Atlantic crossing. Little does he realise how wrong he is... A 30,000 word novella.…