Author of fiction

Extract from 'The Birthday Present' (story 8 of 15 in the short story collection Banfield Tales): "Greg really did want the new B-Box...

Extract from 'The Journey' (7 of 15 in the short story collection Banfield Tales): "Silence took over for a full hour. They drove on. ...

Extract from 'Technical Kidnap' (part of the Banfield Tales short story collection): "Henry was always in the top five. 'High-Five...

We can beat gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming. Also, "Education is what survives when what has been learned has been...

It all started really well on a lovely day in June last year. I’d got the day off and Anita had given me her usual list of jobs I needed...

Extract from the ghost story 'She Blames Me' (story 15 from Banfield Tales): I can’t see her face clearly; she has the hood pulled up. ...

Extract from 'Young Love' (Banfield Tales) She arrived late for the interview. Mr Lord, Menswear Manager, already becoming impatient. ...

Extract from 'Second Millennium' (from Banfield Tales): Leo Banks works for iCloud Systems, one of the corporations that ordinary people...

Extract from 'Don't Take a Fence': Four hours I've been here. Four long, arduous hours. I've now used half a tub of Fenceguard (other...

Extract from 'Killing me Softly' (from Banfield Tales): ...(she) could smell the dampness of the alley. But this was no filmscript. A...

Opening lines of 'Rocket Man in the King's Clothes' (short story no. 1): Darren wasn’t brilliant on the acoustic guitar, but he enjoyed...

JFK once said: "One person can make a difference, and everyone should try". i.e. Don't leave it to others. One current example of this...

"Wise words often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away". - Arthur Helps (1813 - 1875), an English writer and dean...

One of my favourite quotes from Winston Churchill: "Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to succeed that...

I was very grateful to Jon Markes for the review he posted on Amazon today for 'Could it be That Way'. I very much appreciate the...

My second book, 'Banfield Tales', a collection of short stories; and to say that this is different to my debut novel (Could it be That...

Working for Glaxo (now Glaxo Smith-Kline) in 1982 as deputy warehouse manager, I found myself trapped (along with 40 other employees) in...

My second book, 'Banfield Tales', a collection of short stories; and to say that this is different to my debut novel (Could it be That...

Was it 'M' (or Judi Dench) who said in Skyfall, the following: "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield" - from Ulysses, by Alfred...

A friend on Facebook gave me an idea. Let's put together some song lyrics that we tend to mis-hear. We started this morning with...