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Our Story of the Week is Red Shoes, a fairy tale from the writer Paul Blaney. Paul is a British fiction writer who now lives in the United States. He works as an assistant professor at Rutgers University. He also enjoys hiking and coaching football. Paul’s first story won him a beautiful hardback of The Wombles, which was presente

Our Story of the Week is a playful story from the writer Michael Downes. Michael was born in Northern Ireland but currently lives in Victoria, Australia with his eldest son. He enjoys travelling and has worked a variety of jobs. It wasn't until his late twenties that he started writing. Michael now has a novel published in the UK a

Our Story of the Week is Last Rites, a death row story from the writer Jim Bartlett. Jim was born in California and spent the better part of his life living and working in the small slice of heaven known as Santa Barbara. Both he and his wife worked within the telecommunications industry. After developing an internal corporate audience

Our Story of the Week is a startling story from the writer Sophie van Llewyn. Sophie is a Romanian-born author of short stories, flash fiction and, most recently, a Fairlight Moderns novella Bottled Goods, coming on 11 July from Fairlight Books. Sophie grew up in Tulcea, south-east Romania, close to the Danube delta. She is now liv

Our story of the week is Dobson’s Ministry of Deliverance, a ghost story from the writer D W Evans. Evans has always been passionate about writing. In school he enjoyed creating plays and comic musicals which grew into a focus on plays and monologues in college. He has a particular talent for dialogue which is showcased in his short

Our story of the week is a story about reflection from the writer Richard Corney. Richard has been writing since he was a child. His first love was poetry, although he did try to write a novel in his twenties. He has published a few poems and a couple of short stories, and has also recently written a novel which is ready for publica

The Prince of Mirrors by Alan Robert Clark Two young men with expectations. One predicted to succeed, the other to fail… We’re having a Facebook The Prince of Mirrors Giveaway! To enter for a chance to win a signed advance reader copy simply share the indicated post, follow and like us on Facebook @FairlightBooks. The giveaway o

Anthony Ferner is the author of Inside the Bone Box, one of the novellas in our Fairlight Moderns series. In addition to his academic articles and monographs, this will be Anthony’s second novella. We have chatted to him about his writing career, the research and inspiration behind Inside the Bone Box, and much more. How did you star

Our story of the week is a story about loss from the writer Andrew Dicker. Andrew was born in London, where he also went to medical school. In 1991 he started a new NHS practice in Westminster, London after working in rural England and Hong Kong. Since retiring, Andrew has focused on his short fiction. Having enjoyed writing academi

Our story of the week is survival story from the writer Dr Hannah Stevens. Hannah Stevens has a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Leicester. She writes short stories and flash fiction. Hannah's work has been featured in numerous anthologies, magazines and literary journals. She also teaches creative writing workshops in