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As a child, I loved to write:- for me writing stories pre-dated composing music. And then, as music became my life, I moved away from words other than to compile texts for compositions, write articles on music or draw up documents for curriculum development.
But I recently rediscovered the joys of creative writing: a means of expression with so many parallels to making music, yet fascinatingly different. From this page you can download the chilling short story 'Adverse Camber' and chapters one to three of my first novel 'The Moor Inn Fire'. A brief synopsis of my latest novel in progress 'Mobius' can also be found here.
Ever since his twin brother Alex was tragically swept out to sea aged nine, Daniel George has been on a downward spiral and in a state of denial. On Christmas day, twenty four years to the day since his disappearance, his long-lost twin is found huddled beside their mother's grave, unconscious. Taking Alex in and nursing him back to health proves to be both a healing and catastrophic journey for Daniel, revealing truths about their pasts and bringing him closer to both the lighter and darker elements within himself.
On their perilous drive home from a New Year's Eve celebration, through driving snow and much the worse for drink, a couple are caught in a near-fatal accident. Out of the blinding white appears a figure to help them. But his story will change their lives for ever. Read this short story for free.
A roadside burial site, a circle of ancient stones and the remnants of derelict mine workings are just a foretaste of what awaits young couple Mark Sheppard and Stephanie Latimer as they find themselves lost on Dartmoor on a cold late September evening. In pursuit of a harried looking woman, they finally stumble upon a quaint Moorland Inn, a sanctuary of rough oak beams, flagstones and fine ales. They are intrigued to learn of the pub’s claim to fame: its magnificent fire, which has been kept alight continuously for well over a century. But this ritual hides a dark secret, one that is slowly exposed by an eccentric old-timer sat at their table. He draws them into a bygone world, telling of a former tenant’s family torn apart by passion, infidelity, prejudice and tragedy. At the heart of his tale lies the inn-keeper’s daughter Martha, and her loyalties towards the local chimney sweep.
But what was Martha’s fate? And what her deadly secret? As they become embroiled ever deeper into Dartmoor’s ghostly past, Mark and Stephanie are forced to confront their deepest fears, their darker sides, their relationship and their true values.
The Moor Inn Fire is a ghost story, a murder mystery,
a rite of passage and, above all, a celebration of the romance and wild beauty
of Dartmoor.
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Read ‘Breaking
The Mould’
(article on the ‘Composers and Choreographers Exchange’ for Animated
Magazine)
Read ‘Choreographers
And Composers, Why Collaborate?’
(article for Dance Theatre Journal)
