Screenwriting
Prior to writing short stories, horror, and dark fiction, my first love was screenwriting. I’ve taken something of a detour over the last few years, but it’s hard to forget your first love…
Drawn from Darkness
A five-episode adaptation of my supernatural mystery novel, Saviour (published as Beth Kelan).
A former forensic artist with an unwanted psychic ability and a dark secret is drawn to help British police identify human remains and finds himself haunted by both victims and perpetrators, forcing him to navigate whether the voices he hears are leading him towards truth — or into disaster.
Jack in the Box
Just imagine if the first draft of Jack Reacher’s debut was left in a folder under the bed. Or the original screenplay for Ethan Hunt’s… dumped in the basement…
Jack Brittain, charismatic special agent, has a fight on his hands. His very existence is threatened when his creator dumps the half-finished manuscript of her novel in the bin. His current mission: to encourage the author of Great Brittain to complete his story so he can make his mark on the world. And so can she.
Dark Fiction
A Dark Miscellany – a series of short horror and ghost stories
Dreaming, Not Sleeping
When night falls we can venture into danger within the safety of our dreams – where nothing can really touch us… or can it? One woman’s insidious fantasy threatens everything, but some nightmares are simply too good to resist.
Memento Vitae
She wanted a forever home…
A ‘desirable property in need of updating’ clings on to its past, and a young couple’s future together is irrevocably changed.
A short ghost story (approx 4500 words)
Safe Harbour
My short story Safe Harbour has been included in Sanitarium Magazine and also in Massacre Magazine Issue One
The Dark Heart
My shortest story, so far, The Dark Heart, has been published in The Crypt online magazine from Ghost Orchid Press.
Stargazer
A monologue set in the midst of a Sci-fi convention. Performed at Babylon Gallery, Ely, as part of their International Womens Day event.
Waiting in the Wings…
Fiction
Threshold
Threshold is a dark, psychological horror/thriller set in the UK.
Annie and Michael’s lives are worlds apart. One man’s abuse of power unites them.
Michael Wake is an ambitious psychiatrist whose perfect family life is derailed when a chance meeting with a young woman ignites his dark side. What Annie really needs is help, and if she’d met Dr. Wake as a patient she would have got that. Being thrown together on a rainy London street is another matter, and rather than what she needs, Annie gets what she wants.
The devastating consequences for each of them lead to a battle of wits only the strongest will survive.
Editing
As well as writing horror and dark fiction, I was the Commissioning Editor/Editor at Massacre Magazine – a biannual publication featuring horror writers from around the world.
A Dark Miscellany 