Chalkthesun Stories

Lines has now evolved into a radio play, the next phase of the of the writing process will be to apply what the author has learned from John Truby's excellent book: The...

a hot, bored man sweats in an airport portacabin, shite office, shite job, but his day is about to change...

a frightened boy goes down into the maze...

Tatiana, daughter of the last Tsar creates a survival sum... a runner up in South Thames College short story competition, woo hoo

The night in 1799 when Charles and Mary Lamb discovered GreenDay...

sometimes your worst nightmare really is your worst nightmare...

This is a Southern Gothic tale about Waker's journey to herself. However, the author plans a rewrite to smooth out the edges for a novella or screen play. The controvers...

sometimes however great the space career you just need a cup of tea...

a mismatched group of survivors find themselves holed up in a blizzard bound palace, food runs low and wolves howl down the wind... This story came from a germ that turn...

a young man falls in love with a beautiful woman... This was one of the stories I submitted for my MA entrance portfolio, hoping that both love affairs thrive...

a grieving woman visits a shrink with suprising results...

Lou finds a lonely rest stop on the spinifex highway...

Audry takes a writing job in a remote house by the sea. When Audry arrives she begins to realise the job is not what she expected at all... This was also writen for Graz...

a writer wakes up to find Dylan Thomas at the end of her bed... a published work at Chalk the Sun.

a man sits in a cafe nursing a beer, watching... short listed at Chalk the Sun short story competition 2012, woo hoo

a young woman cons her way into the decaying house of a rich and decadent family... This was writen for Grazia magazine first chapter competition where writers are given...

two fishermen in the San Francisco bay pull a very frightened convict out of the water...