Author Archives: Rel

The New Uncanny – Tales of Unease

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Rel

You can read my review of ‘The New Uncanny, Tales of Unease’ here. Thank you to Jane Brunning at Lancashire Writing Hub for the opportunity to review the book.

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Sally’s Adventure.

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Rel

My 11 year old niece enjoys writing too. This is the first time she’s agreed to share her writing online. Sally’s Adventure by Megan Ogden Sally Cropper woke up after a long night’s sleep. Today she was going to a … Continue reading →

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Review – The Thing On The Shore by Tom Fletcher

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Rel

You can read my review of Tom Fletcher’s latest novel, ‘The Thing On The Shore’, here. Many thanks to Jane Brunning at Lancashire Writing Hub for giving me the opportunity to review the book.

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Elements of Horror

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Rel

I have a flash fiction short story ‘Taken With A Sigh’ in the Elements of Horror eBook / print on demand anthology.

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The Little Cat Who Wasn’t There

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Rel

The tale of the little cat who wasn’t there started in January. We were mourning Lulu, who had been put to sleep. She’d been my feline friend since my mother brought her home in a tatty wicker basket lined with … Continue reading →

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With shaking hands and trembling voice.

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Rel

On the evening of 24th March I read ‘Bad Zombie’ to the Word Soup group at the New Continental in Preston. It was the first time I’d read my fiction aloud, and it was orders of magnitude more frightening than … Continue reading →

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The Elf Club

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Rel

The cinema was packed and hot, when I went with my best friend The second time I went alone, as I did until the end The final showing came in March, bereft, I left the room Cast from a world … Continue reading →

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Bad Zombie

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Rel

“You stink, y’know?” Max stirred, rattled his chains, and gave me that big gormless look that used to be an in joke between us. These days it was real, the boy didn’t have a gorm in his body. I was … Continue reading →

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Since when did a writer need her own IT Manager?

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Rel

It’s here, yet another fall of words into the accepting and uncaring ocean of blogs, tweets and webpages.  The first words are  “Thank you Adrian, for your absolute support, your technical know how, and your tireless enthusiasm. I love you … Continue reading →

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