Work

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Current/recent work

• 111 VW Bus Stories You Should Know (English translation Editor)
• 111 Places in Lancaster and Morecambe That You Shouldn’t Miss (Editor)
• 111 Places in Bradford That You Shouldn’t Miss (Editor)
• 111 Places in Birmingham That You Shouldn’t Miss (Editor)
• Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow, University of Worcester
• Bloodbirds short story available in the Burning Brightly anthology
• Fanning the Flames short story available in the No More Heroes anthology
• ModRocker audio drama available from Listening Shelf
• Royal College of Nursing editing and proofreading workshop, developed with Lucy Flannery for RLF Social Sector projects
• Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow, University of Hull
• Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow, De Montfort University
• Royal Literary Fund Advisory Fellow, mentoring new Fellows
• Life-changing Literature – Vox podcast
• 111 Places in Biella That You Shouldn’t Miss (English translation editor)
• 111 Places in Greenwich That You Shouldn’t Miss (Editor)
• 111 Extreme Places in Europe That You Shouldn’t Miss (English translation Editor)
• 111 Places in Coventry That You Shouldn’t Miss (Editor)
• Letter to My Younger Self – Vox podcast
• Typeface – Collected: typewriters
• Shortwave – Collected: audio drama
• Workshop development and lead – Writing for Release (online): Royal Literary Fund/Bournville Village Trust
• Workshop development and lead – Writing the Future: Royal Literary Fund/Bournville Village Trust
• Writer in Residence, Stafford Gatehouse Theatre
• Royal Literary Fund 2018/19 review – author
• Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow, Aston University
• Workshop development and lead – Writing for Wellbeing: Royal Literary Fund/Bournville Village Trust – autumn 2019
• Project lead/producer/writer/director – My Beating Heart – tales of love and loss, Sebastian Mhor Theatre Group – 2019
• Freelance writer, editor, proofreader of business analysis for companies such as Euromonitor International
• Best Advice I Ever Received – Vox podcast, Royal Literary Fund
• The Writer as Outsider – Vox podcast, Royal Literary Fund
• How I Write – Vox podcast, Royal Literary Fund
• Dealing with Rejection – Vox podcast, Royal Literary Fund
• Lead Writer, Spark Young Writers Group, Writing West Midlands
• Workshop lead: Using Scrivener, Writing West Midlands

Novels

• The Liberty Gun, UK/Commonwealth mass market paperback Simon & Schuster
• The Destiny Mask, US/Canada trade paperback, Pyr/Prometheus
• The Liberty Gun, UK/Commonwealth trade paperback, Simon & Schuster
• The Liberty Gun, US/Canada trade paperback, Pyr/Prometheus
• The Destiny Mask, UK/Commonwealth mass market paperback, Simon & Schuster
• The Affinity Trap US/Canada trade paperback, Pyr/Prometheus
• The Affinity Trap UK/Commonwealth mass market paperback, Simon & Schuster
• The Destiny Mask UK/Commonwealth trade paperback, Simon & Schuster
• The Affinity Trap UK/Commonwealth trade paperback, Simon & Schuster
  
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Short stories

• The Howl (collaboration with Ian R MacLeod), Solaris Rising 3 anthology (Solaris, 2014)
• The Circle of Least Confusion, Solaris Rising 2 anthology (Solaris, 2013)
• Songbirds Conflicts anthology (NewCon Press, 2010)
• Deciduous Trees Celebration anthology (NewCon Press, 2008)
• Puppy Fat, Girlboy contemportary fiction anthology (Pulp Faction, 1999)
• For the Chop, Flickers ‘n’ Frames (small press, 1998)
• Direct Intervention, Threads (small press, 1997)
• Escapist, Threads (small press, 1997)
• The Acquired Skill of Undoing Bras, Xenos (small press, 1996)
• Random Scenes from a Beautiful Planet, Xenos (small press, 1995)
• Morals Profane, Xenos (small press, 1995)

Miscellaneous

• Guest Speaker St Francis Writing Group
• Guest speaker and workshop lead St Thomas Aquinas RC secondary school
• Guest speaker, Brum SF Group (2005)
• Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds DVD (album reissue) | Interviewed, Mute/EMI
• Non-fiction: Nissan Figaro Owner’s Guide (Urban Text)
• Christopher Priest Interview, London Calling (2011)
• The Prestige review (Christopher Priest), Matrix – BSFA (1997)
• Style Gurus essay, Focus – BSFA (1997)
• Dream contribution to The Tiger Garden for Amnesty International, Serpents’ Tail (1996)

Articles

• Everybody is Kung Fu Fighting! (John Meaney interview), Matrix – BSFA (March 2006)
• Switch on, tune in, and turn over to Mac Matrix – BSFA (January 2006)
• Follow the signs to Sol Central (NewCon3), Matrix – BSFA (September 2005)
• Making Himself @ Home Matrix Matrix – BSFA (September 2005)
• Follow the signs to Sol Central (Ian Watson), Matrix – BSFA (September 2005)
• A Little Light Music (Ian R. MacLeod interview), Matrix – BSFA (July 2005)
• Attack of the E-Clones, Revenge of the Sites Matrix – BSFA (May 2005)
• Watch This Webspace (Emerald City), Matrix – BSFA (March 2005)
• Publishing with a Sting in the Tail (Bridget McKenna), Matrix – BSFA (November 2004)
• Spinnerets Matrix – BSFA (November 2004)
• Quercus Maximus (Paul Brazier interview), Matrix – BSFA (September 2004)
• There is No Alternative (Andy Cox), Matrix – BSFA (July 2004)
• The Doctor Will See You Now (John Jarrold), Matrix – BSFA (May 2004)
• Those Woohoo Moments (Sandy Auden), Matrix – BSFA (March 2004)
• The World’s Flea Market, Matrix – BSFA (January 2004)
• Dalek Takeaway, Matrix – BSFA (November 2003)
• Spinnerets: Doctor Who; Neal Asher, Matrix – BSFA (November 2003)
• Back Brain Recorded, Matrix – BSFA (September 2003)
• Spinnerets: Odd World, Matrix – BSFA (September 2003)
• Dominic Harman interview, Matrix – BSFA (July 2003)
• Books Demand to be Printed, Matrix – BSFA (May 2003)
• Armchair Space Traveller, Matrix – BSFA (March 2003)
• Off We Go, into the Wide Blue Yonder!, Matrix – BSFA (January 2003)
• Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, Matrix – BSFA (2003)
• Ball Lightning and Flying Nipples, Matrix – BSFA (January 2003)
• Present and Correct, Matrix – BSFA (November 2002)
• Pepper-pots and Police Boxes, Matrix – BSFA (July 2002)
• Macs and Metalwork, Matrix – BSFA (May 2002)
• Purple Hair and Tractor Beams, Matrix – BSFA (March 2002)
• Two Danish Pastries, Matrix – BSFA (January 2002)
• An Ironing Board on a Duck Pond, Matrix – BSFA (2002)
• An Ironing Board on a Duck Pond, Matrix – BSFA (2001)