Standalone short stories
This is a collection of short stories and limited serials, organised loosely by genre and theme.
Science Fiction
All These Things Will I Give You, in which changes in society have led two very different people to react in a particular way.
His Majesty’s Advocate v. Grant Stewart Hitchcock, in which a new technology has implications in the courtroom.
Mr Lim, in which developments in the DPRK have implications for one Korean-born Scot.
Campfire, a flash fiction short in which a story told around the fire has consequences for the storyteller and his audience.
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. This story is currently available only in Shoreline of Infinity (39).
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 / Paranormal
The Powercut, where a house attracts visitors when the electricity goes out.
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
Knockansheen (Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3), a modern-day retelling of ancient Scottish folklore.
Prince Shisin’s Revenge, an action adventure tale inspired by the Chinese wuxia tradition.
Other
Khronos and Kairos, a magical realist tale of ambition and opportunity