Stories from the dark side of Milton Keynes
We're just over two weeks into the project, and it's been an absolute privilege to hear so many stories. They're all special, but there's something really trusting when people take the time to show me exactly where their experience happened. Tonight's story comes from Keely in Springfield, who not only told me about the experience... Continue Reading →
I really love that the MKLitFest gives themed prompts for their competitions - I had great fun coming up with stories for the 'Tales from the City' collection, and the 'Dreams for Llamas' and Christmas themes were great to write to. However, I really struggled with the prompt for this year's collection - "Home". Of... Continue Reading →
You may remember that I wrote about my experience of finding the old abandoned Devil's Den farmhouse over by Grange Farm? Well, that inspired a very short, very spooky story. I'm delighted to be able to share that it was picked for inclusion in the Milton Keynes Literary Festival's "Dreams for Lammas" writing competition, and... Continue Reading →
You may be interested to learn that I've been working on a project over the last couple of years: an MA in creative writing with the OU. For my final assignment, I've drawn together some of the material from the experiences I've talked about here, and have a written a collection of short stories about... Continue Reading →
Researching for my creative writing course, I encountered something unexpected and frightening...