‘The Shoe Mender’s Lament and other short stories’ by Peter Ruffell

Peter Ruffell’s short foreword tells the reader that these 17 little stories, and the poem which completes the book, started life during writing sessions at Off The Cuff, a writing workshop in Weymouth. The length of these stories reflects that: they’re a little longer (and, thus, meatier) than flash fiction, but short enough to read

Review of ‘Wisdom of Fools’, collection of short stories by Phil Harvey

**Originally written for “BigAl’s Books and Pals” book blog. May have received a free review copy.**   Of this collection of eight stories by Phil Harvey six of them are contemporary, two are science fictionish. Phil Harvey has other important career strands alongside his fiction writing. He is the author of non-fiction books about contraception,

Cooool offer

My volume of short stories – Ice Cold Passion – is available free on Kindle US and UK) from 27 until 1 October. Get it while it’s … er …  cold.