Shenkin
Davey Davies Daniel Shenkin born into a working class community of the 19th century scarred and buried in the bowels of the coal mines and forged in the Ironworks of his black South Wales valley. He gambles, loves and bare knuckle…
The End of the Road
Martin Venning They say life is a journey, but what happens when you get to the end of the road? Terminally ill eminent Oxford professor, Des Kelly, develops a new technology for sustainable energy that can address environmental pollution and…
Ciaran and the Crystal Spheres
Kathleen Nelson It will soon be winter in the northern lands and the people of the Five Clans must battle the harsh climate to hunt and fish for survival. With food stocks low, it seems as if only the Little…
Striking For Ford
Alan Dixon A wry look at the 1978 winter of discontent, seen through the eyes of a trainee personnel officer in a militant Liverpool car factory. An insight into the vanished world of a polarised society of petrol queues, three…
The Opportunity
Robert Cort Ian Caxton is a senior manager at Sotheby’s. After successful career moves to Sotheby’s branches in New York and Hong Kong, Ian is now based in London and earmarked for the top position. However, following a chance meeting…
Beach Beings: Distant Shores
Jean and Jamie Illingworth Beach Beings (or beachies as they call themselves) are very small and live unseen amongst the rock pools of our coastline. This story picks up where we last left siblings, Pebble and Shore, and follows their…
Unwritten Letters to Spring Street
Jacquelyn Frith December 1941. Jack Frith left his family and his life to go to war like so many others, uncertain whether he would come home. Whilst in a convoy bound for the Middle East the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour,…
The Great Revolt
Paul Dowswell It’s 1381 and the king, Richard II, has imposed a new tax on the people. In the village of Aylesford, Tilda and her ploughman father were already struggling to make ends meet. As serfs they have no rights…
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