Short Stories 2026
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Last published Fri, Jul 17, 2026
Various short stories written to prompts over the year.
-'Slip-up', Weekend Write-In 09.01.26 - prompt: 'freeze'
-'Bad Boy', Weekend Write-In 23.01.26 - prompt: 'louche'
-'Unpaid Debts', Weekend Write-In 13.02.26 - prompt: 'credit'
-'A Return On Investment', Weekend Write-In 27.02.26 - prompt: 'purchase'
-' A Dose of Destiny', Weekend Write-In 13.03.26 - prompt: 'fortune'. (Check out the YouTube clip of MCC doing this song live. It's sooo good.)
-'He Loved this Place', Weekend Write-In 19.06.26 - prompt: 'dedication'.
-'A Good Fit', Weekend Write-In 03.07.26 - prompt: 'verification'.
-'Small Print', Weekend Write-In 10.07.26 - prompt: 'magnified'. Too good an opportunity to pass up to introduce a character I've been thinking about for a while (Kathryn); Maddy appears in 'Ecstasy of Sister Amata' as a 16-year-old, and Jonquille in 'Come Quietly' (Short Stories 2023).
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