A series of flash fiction stories, all inspired by cards from the tarot deck's major arcana, all featuring magic and/or really odd people.

This was a commission for my friend Robyn. Her prompt: What is the least convenient personal habit for a detective? Write about that detective.

Meet Neville and Joe. They're both fine, mostly. This was inspired by Lauv's song, Modern Loneliness, and by a lot of things I've been thinking about lately.

This is a commission for my patron Sarah, who sent me this prompt: 'So you're saying that you want me, a villain, to help you catch another villain? That makes no sense.'

Doing a deal with a sea witch isn't quite as bad as doing a deal with the Devil, but for lonely boys on highland islands, it's almost the same thing.

Morag's friend Tom is convinced that he's got the key to the mystery of the annual 'haunting' of St Aidan's Church graveyard, so Morag's gone along at midnight to find it out.

A brief history of My Chemical Romance, in rhyming verse. Commission for Jacki Maw.

My friend asked for a story looking at different cultures' interpretations and ideas about death... I ended up with this.

Don't mess with her. She will mess with you more.

Flash fiction - stories (or anything, who knows) no longer than 200 words, until I get bored or distracted.

Thalia's mother is big on celebrating all festive holidays. Thalia is big on dying her hair.

When new stepsisters Sophey and Ariel accompanied their parents on their honeymoon to Greece, they expected to see the ancient Greek world intertwined with the modern one. They didn't expect the ancient Greek world to be demanding a comeback.

I'm trying to get back in the habit of writing regularly, so these haikus are things I've come up with while I'm out-and-about and/or bored.

Each week, he noticed, she wore a different shade.

A cautionary tale. Pretty much what it says on the tin hahaha, etc. .

Else they'll banish you to a cloud.

Sometimes, you know, emoshitters get poetic with their lifestyle advice.

Seriously.

Don't the oddest things haunt us after we've left school?

It's Mauritius, circa 1600. What did the dodos get up to before they kicked the bucket?

This is hommage to Weird Al Yankovic, if I'm honest.

Chemical energy, the best kind!

The components to a relationship are...?

... Though So Was the Way Out.

Some jobs should come with warning tags: 'Caution - Clients Will Hate You'.

Heaven help us now... Come crashing down... And hear the sound... As you're falling down...

A little look at the people in Covent Garden and myself.