A Thousand Dances sample

Swinging England: Meet Nicky Spinnery, his filmmaker friend, his stylish frenemy, his irrepressible dad – and some of the best music ever played. From my as-yet-unpublished novel. 5,000 words.

One Year After

Victorian Era: What do you do the Christmas after ghosts made you change your life? A gentle speculation starring Charles Dickens’ beloved Ebenezer Scrooge. About 9,000 words.

His Friends and His Relations

Edwardian Era: Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories meet E.W. Hornung’s Raffles stories as a new string of jewel robberies hits London. Roughly 12,000 words.