Publications

Non-Fiction:

  1. College Magazine: North Glos. Technical College.’The Criminal Propensity’ vol1 No.1, 1968
  2. Teaching Geography “Detective Work in Urban Physical Geography” vol2 No.2 1976
  3. Huddersfield’s Changing Climate 1977
  4. Chester’s Climate: past and present 1987 ISBN 0951091409
  5. Editor: Cheshire RM User Group Newsletter for eleven years 1989 – 2000
  6. Primary Geographer “Earth from Space” 1989
  7. Produced ‘Cheshire from Space’ remote sensing pack 1992
  8. articles on aspects of managing and teaching IT in RM User Group national journal 1994-2000
  9. Weather “Unpaid labour and school urban microclimatology vol 49 No 1 1994
  10. TES “Getting the Longshore Drift” humorous article on a real field trip 1997
  11. OS Mapping News article on use of Remote Sensing in schools 2001
  12. Webmaster and editor of QPHS web pages 1995 – 2003
  13. Cycling World “Taking my time in the Berwyns” July 2003
  14. Cycling World “Friends Reunited” August 2003
  15. Cycling World “Don’t do it in Mallorca” September 2003
  16. BeWrite.net “Where Sheep Wear Cowbells” A writer’s view of research on Mallorca February 2004
  17. Cycling World “Rocking and Rolling in Conwy” illustrated article – own photos used July 2004 vol 25.6
  18. Cycling World “Why Dogs Bark and Chase Bicycles” a research article published December 2004 vol 25.11
  19. Absolute Write “Hotels and Gangsters” November 2005 a piece following the research aspects that manoeuvred me into writing my humour thriller, Escaping Reality
  20. Cycling World “Chester’s Riverside Promenade” Description & analysis of a new cycle route through unseen areas of Chester – to be published Sept 2006
  21. The Golden Goblet: Marilyn Peake’s Newsletter. “Where the Spanish are German, the English are Scottish and the sheep wear cowbells”, October 2007
  22. The Golden Goblet: Marilyn Peake’s print publication on research using gangsters and others for Escaping Reality. Early 2008.
  23. Editorial in Escape Velocity magazine Vol 1 Issue 1, November 2007
  24. Interview with Jon Courtenay Grimwood published in Escape Velocity, November 2007
  25. DDP print book – Marilyn Peake newsletter articles. Foraging the Forumiferii 2008 EPPIE winner 2008
  26. Coincidences: research article in issue #2 of Escape Velocity, February 2008
  27. Article: The Mob and Hotels: Elements of Research in the Writing of Escaping Reality. Printed Scoop anthology Ed. Marilyn Peake. 2008
  28. Three articles from above (21,22,27) have been published in Inside Scoop at DDP here EPPIE winner 2008
  29. Interview with literary agent, John Jarrold, appeared in Escape Velocity #2 February 2008
  30. Coincidences – a probability article – Escape Velocity #2 February 2008
  31. Interview with scifi author, Dan Simmons, appeared in Escape Velocity #3 April 2008
  32. Illusions, Coincidences, and the Moon – article in Escape Velocity #3 April 2008
  33. Article: Taking Readers to 11.2 kilometres per second and beyond. (about Escape Velocity mag). Focus, Summer 2008 No 52
  34. Article: Turning Electrons into People – Estronomicon, November 2008
  35. Article: interview with Jasper Fforde – Escape Velocity #4 February 2009
  36. Editorial: Escape Velocity #4 February 2009
  37. Photographs and part of the editing team for the UKAuthors chapbook UKAway 2009, Paphos Cyprus: May 2009
  38. Article: Is it science fiction? (on Margaret Atwood) published in Kalkion September 2009
  39. Article: Zapping Straight into our Brains published in Kalkion December 2009
  40. Article: Hiding the Truth on UFOs published in Kalkion February 2010
  41. Article: Illusions, Coincidences, and the Moon – reprint from Escape Velocity, in Kalkion, Spring 2010
  42. Article: The Lure of Bridges published in Kalkion June 2010
  43. Article: When Not To Write Science Fiction – in Kalkion July 2010
  44. Article: Biking the Akamas Mountains in Ultimate Adventure Magazine Jan/Feb 2012
  45. Article: Cycling up the Col de Rates (SPain) – in Cycling World summer 2012
  46. Article: Rubbing up against Iain M Banks, and Philip K Dick’s Martian Timeslip – in Kalkion, March 11th 2012
  47. Kindle eBook: How to Win Short Story Competitions – co-written with Dave Haslett May 2012
  48. Guest Blog on ARIA from Conception to Marketing in Ideas4Writers blog November 2012
  49. The Story Behind ARIA – published in a Kindle collection Story Behind The Book Vol 1 ASIN: B00FRP70YW
  50. Engaging the Forumifera – using social media for promotion – published in the BSFA’s journal, Focus, December 2013
  51. Tips from Experts in http://workfromhomeworld.co.uk/work-from-home-as-a-writer-6-expert-tips/ July 2015
  52. Cycling Offa’s Dyke: to appear in Seven-Day Cyclist in Spring 2016 Read it for free here 
  53. Re-issue of Chester’s Climate: past and present updated January 2017 ebook for $2 here
  54. Article / letter in Weather – journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 2017
  55. Interviewed in Cheshire Life mag – March 2017 about Chester’s Climate with photo.

Fiction:

  1. North Gloucestershire College Magazine: humorous short stories 1969
  2. Sheffield University rag mag: many gags (reproduced since in other uni rag mags) 1969
  3. Chester Writers Anthology: 2020 Vision October 2003
  4. Crystal: The Magazine for Writers: World’s End November 2003
  5. Shots Mag: Fake Fake December 2003
  6. BeWrite: Prime Meridian humour short story January 2004
  7. Storymania: Viewing Essential January 2004 website for Viewing Essential
  8. Bobbing Around: Nothing Upstairs Vol 3 No.6 ed. Dr Bob Rich Jan 2004
  9. Toowrite: Recycled: April 2004
  10. BeWrite: Open Bracket. April 2004 flash fiction
  11. JMWW: Jen Michalski Quarterly Journal of Writing. Secret of Spectres. April 2004 Secret of Spectres
  12. RD Larson: Mixed Nuts May 2004
  13. BeWrite: Impatient inFlash Fiction: May 2004
  14. HorrorMasters: Table Manners as a free sample in Horror Masters June 2004 Table Manners
    (Rose & Thorn ezine has also published Table Manners in December 2004)
  15. HorrorMasters: No Way as a pay to read story in Horror Masters June 2004 Horror Masters
  16. Horror Masters Unfair Game as a pay to read story in Horror Masters June 2004 Horror Masters
  17. Horror Masters Dummies Guide to Saving Lives as a pay to read story in Horror Masters June 2004 Horror Masters
  18. Horror Masters Last Words as a pay to read story in Horror Masters June 2004 Horror Masters
  19. Ultraverse Stellar Sentinels a first contact sci fi revised for July 2004Stellar Sentinels
  20. BeWrite: Recursive Spam is a flash fiction about an e-mail virus July 2004
  21. BeWrite: Vampire Quid Pro Quo is a short humorous vampire story July 2004
  22. BeWrite: First Words is a flash fiction joke August 2004
  23. Ultraverse: What Kept You? science fiction. September 2004 What Kept You?
  24. Eros & Rust Ghost Before He Died November ezine issue 2004
  25. BeWrite: Hidden Agenda is a humorous “shopping” tale November 2004
  26. BeWrite: Mixed Nuts flash fiction January 2005
  27. Cafe Society Contest: January 2005 A different version of Mixed Nuts
  28. Gatto Publishing February 2005 Security Hiccup a hard-nosed crime story, as part of an ebook & paperback Anthology
  29. Brambling Books: Escaping Reality a thriller with humour Summer 2005 ISBN 095495632X
  30. Jupiter Magazine – a UK based paper SF magazine Weapons Sold Separately 10th Issue. 2005
  31. Bewildering Stories – speculative story magazine is publishing a short humour SF, Wrong Number, in Issue 165 (Sept. 19 2005)
  32. Adventure Books – Dimensions co-author with Robert Blevins, SF short stories, Dimensions December 2005 ISBN 1411660870
  33. Adventure Books with Bewildering Stories. A time travel stories in Time Pieces July 2006
  34. Reality Complex – print and e-magazine – Travelling Time early 2007 Reality Complex
  35. Delivered – print magazine of literary fiction – Camera Shy Summer 2008
  36. Northern Lights – print anthology of shorts and poems – Returning Reality: short story sequel to Escaping Reality Summer 2007
  37. Screaming Dreams – The Judgment Rock: short humorous sci fi story – in a print anthology and Estronomicon in 2008
  38. La Fenêtre – print and e-zine of international literature – Ghost before he died – revised ghost story – late 2007
  39. Tales from the Moonlit-Path – e-zine – Vampire Non Sequitur – July 2007
  40. Jimston Journal – e-zine – Shared Dream – late 2007 Jimston Journal
  41. Escape Velocity – science fiction magazine vol 1 co-edited with Robert Blevins. Ubiquitous, editorial and article.
  42. Steel Moon Publishing ezine – short sci fi story, 4…3…2…1 January 2008
  43. Twisted Tails III: Pure Fear. Anthology via Double Dragon Publishing inc – short horror story, Abandoned. April 2008
  44. Jupiter magazine – science ficton short story – Gravity’s Tears October 2008
  45. Double Dragon Publishing Inc. – Science fiction novel – Exit, Pursued by a Bee – late 2008
  46. Twisted Tongue magazine, Issue 13 – Brothers’ Largesse short scifi story – October 2009
  47. UKAway 2009 Chapbook (pub:Gold Dust) – Janet & John Deconstruct a Cassini Ring – scifi story – May 2009
  48. UKAway 2009 Chapbook – When Answers Aren’t – flash play script – May 2009
  49. UKAway 2009 Chapbook – Limericks – May 2009
  50. Wuacademia (Dutch Arts Academy) – Hot Air – thriller novel. Won Silver Award in 2007 and Prix d’Or (Gold) 2008 for best unpublished novel. To be published by the Academy in 2009
  51. Kalkion – publishing my short scifi story – View From… mid-2009 (possibly also in Hindi)
  52. Horrorzine – Jan 2010 – short story, In Absentia – it’s the Editor’s Pick. Jan 2010 – print anthology in 2010
  53. Screaming Dreams Christmas special – anthology to publish humour alt history tale, Patent NonScience in Dec 2009
  54. The Monster Alphabet Book – Ed by John Prescott. Short story Goliath 2010
  55. Sounds of the Night – print magazine – An Indefinite Article – SFF short story, Feb 2011
  56. The Write to Fight – anthology to support Kent Karate – Reflective Sparrow – flash story February 2011
  57. Queensland 100 – anthology for flood relief – The Examination – humorous short story, March 2011
  58. Monk Punk – anthology pub Static Movement – Don’t Bite My Finger… April 2011
  59. The Sixty: Arts of Andy Bigwood – Winter Hunt, to accompany artwork April 2011
  60. Escape Velocity: the Anthology – Auditory Crescendo – May 2011
  61. Wonderwaan, a Netherlands magazine a translated version of Witch’s Alien in 2011
  62. The Full Fathom Forty: anniversary anthology of the British Fantasy Society published In Absentia 2011
  63. Ether Books: stories for handhelds – Descending Nelson, Doppelgangster, Goliath and In Absentia 2012
  64. ARIA: Left Luggage – first of a science fiction trilogy pub by LL-Publications – August 1st 2012.
  65. Zombie Incipience – in a Zombie Blog Hop! in Jolie du Pre’s Precious Monsters blog December 2012
  66. Her Battle of Trafalgar – Editor’s Pick in The Horror Zine January 2013
  67. Accident Waiting To Happen – eFantasy (imprint of eFiction) February 2013
  68. ARIA: Returning Left Luggage – second in the ARIA Trilogy pub by LL-Publications June 2013
  69. Extreme Planets anthology – published my short story Colloidal Suspension December 2013
  70. Target Practice – in Encounters magazine December 2013
  71. ARIA: Abandoned Luggage – third book in ARIA trilogy pub by LL-Publications Spring 2014
  72. The Perplexed Eye of a Sufi Pirate – Monk Punk/Shadow of the Unknown Omnibus 2.0 April 2014 Hazardous Press
  73. Chicken – horror short story in The Horror Zine Anthology 2015
  74. Een’s Revolt on Zadik – in the anthology Science Fiction Writers Sampler 2014
  75. Zombie Incipience – in the anthology series Zombified pub Sky Warrior Books 2014
  76. Impulse – in The Horror Zine, March 2015
  77. Voyage of the Silents – short story in Penny Shorts http://bit.ly/1HHmBYS July 2015
  78. Song of the Multitude – Editor’s pick short story in The Horror Zine March 2016
  79. Blue Ice – sf short (along with a revised Impatient) published Rave Soup Anthology 2015
  80. Eidolon Redoubt – Twisted Tails IX: Wunderkind. Ed J Richard Jacobs, Double Dragon Spring 2016
  81. Memory Rock – The Wifiles magazine. March 2016
  82. Prime Meridian – Twisted Tales Anthology, The Like Club March 2016
  83. Tumbler’s Gift – Perihelion SF magazine 2016
  84. Mind of Its Own – (historical fantasy based on Merlin) The British Fantasy Society October Bulletin 2016 and again on my blog here
  85. The Chaos of Mokii – (science fiction) Solstice Publishing November 2016 Kindle here
  86. Clockwork – (historical fantasy featuring Sir Francis Bacon) – New Realm Vol 04 No 12 October 2016
  87. XAGHRA’S REVENGE (historical fantasy novel based on pirate abduction in Gozo and Malta) Solstice Publishing 2017
  88. Wandering Wood, fantasy horror – The Horror Zine June 2017
  89. Locked Out – Perihelion SF magazine 12 April 2017
  90. Timmy the Tornado – picture story booklet for infants https://payhip.com/b/2aj3  May 2017
  91. Angular Size short story in anthology SFerics October 2017 (was nominated & shortlisted for the 2017 BSFA Awards)  purchase here
  92. FUTURE IMPERFECT – alternate history short in Alternate History Fiction Mag March 2018 purchase here 
  93. INCREMENTAL: 25 Short surreal stories pub LL-Publications 6th October 2018
  94. One Small Change – in Alternate History Fiction Mag issue #5 201
  95. Book Stacks – Gold Dust Magazine Autumn 2018
  96. The Other Side of the Pebble – Alternate Hist Fiction #6 2019
  97. SUPPOSE WE first novella in the Flying Crooked series 2019 pub by LL-Publications
  98. FALLING UP – A short horror (intro to novella of the same name coming out later) pub by The Horror Zine Spring 2019
  99. TILT a short story about the Tower of Pisa – Alt History Magazine #9 
  100. FAILSAFE – a short scifi story in Aphelion Webzine Oct 2019 here 
  101. The complete novella FALLING UP released by LL-Publications 12th December 2019
  102. COTARD – horror story about Cotard Syndrome in The HorrorZine ebook and print Feb 2020
  103. SUSPENSE – parody scifi tale published in SciFi Lampoon summer 2020
  104. HERE TODAY – a flash first contact 3-min read in 365 Tomorrows May 2020
  105. ALIEN EXIT – refurbished edition of Exit, Pursued by a Bee. July 2020 here
  106. DON’T BITE MY FINGER (reprinted) Personal Bests Journal. Sept 2020 here
  107. VENGEANCE ISLAND – reedit and release of Xaghra’s Revenge. Dec 2020 here
  108. IN EIGER WILD WOOD (revised version) -Once Upon a Scream antho 2021
  109. BETTER THAN – Fantastic Worlds vol 2 Double Dragon. prob 2022
  110. IDENTITY CRISIS – Other Worlds Fiction4All Double Dragon 2022 here
  111. BALANCE OF LIES – The Horrorzine Jan 2022
  112. I THINK, THEREFORE I AM – Aphelion May 2022 here
  113. BETTER THAN a SF short in the Fiction4All collection Other Worlds Vol2 2022
  114. BLINK short story set at Horseshoe Pass also in Other Worlds Vol 2 here
  115. THE SYMONDS YAT JUMPER -horror short in Revenant antho from Gravestone Press 2022 here 
  116. KEPLER’S SON bk 3 of Flying Crooked SF series Nov 2022 here
  117. VANISHED EARTH book 4 of Flying Crooked series October 2023 here
  118. Dizzy But No Wormhole surreal SF short in Aphelion Magazine March 2024
  119. THE CLOCKMEISTER’S REVENGE time travel based on Prague’s Astronomical Clock in Peasant Magazine #2 FREE to download here