Standalone short stories
This is where I’m gathering one-off short stories. Organised loosely by genre and theme.
Science Fiction
The Best of All Possible Worlds, in which an Edinburgh church pastor has an unsettling encounter.
Dark Matter, which takes a concept from neurosciences and re-imagines it in the hidden fabric of the universe.
Deep Calls to Deep, in which the citizens of New Deep deal with an unexpected threat — or is it an opportunity?
The Potentate. Each year, one person is selected for an audience with the Potentate, but in the last ninety-seven years, the chosen Pilgrim hasn’t returned.
The Labyrinth (Part 1 and Part 2), in which two exogeologists make a strange discovery in the rings of Saturn.
Phobia, in which Mars colonist Asaph Stickney develops an unexpected fear.
Psychoflage, in which a young particle physicist makes an accidental discovery with wide ramifications.
The Nativity Scene, an advent-themed story about life and birth.
Supernatural
An Account of a Singular Event in the Parish of Ey, where seventeenth-century scholar Martin Martin experiences a strange happening on the Isle of Lewis.
Penter Painter’s Holiday Haunts: Last Job of the Season, part of Cole Noble’s spooky Christmas anthology.
Fantasy
Prince Shisin’s Revenge, an action adventure tale inspired by the Chinese wuxia tradition.