Spireclaw - Click here to go to the Spireclaw dedicated website

Spireclaw is a psychological mystery novel set in present day London. It follows the story of Kieran Whyteleafe, a post-room worker in a large office block in the city. One day he is intrigued to find the word “Spireclaw” written on a window in the sub-basement of the building; because it triggers the memory of one scary night when he was much younger. This minor coincidence sets Kieran on a trajectory of personal detective work and discovery, bringing him into contact with an old newspaper from the Second World War, an audiocassette that wants to be heard, and a girl called Ashley. A reluctant relationship develops between Kieran and Ashley, because they share a common loss, and she joins his investigations into the subtleties of Spireclaw. The closer he looks at the puzzle, however, the more complex it becomes. There are forces at work that Kieran cannot comprehend, and there seems to be no limit to the depths which a man is prepared to go when faced with the possibility of losing those things which he treasures most.

This novel is approx 56,000 words long and was written between October 2003 - October 2004.

 

Schaefer's Integrity - Read an extract

Duncan Schaefer is a chef in the Kuiper Mining Colony at the edge of our solar system. He has been infected by a virus that is baffling science. With the help of his disfigured companion Maxan, he struggles to understand the changes his body is undergoing. He is becoming a celebrity, but celebrity has its price. Everyone wants a piece of him. Schaefer soon learns that his illness has a design of its own, and that there are greater things at stake than just his own life. Can he survive long enough to uncover the mystery behind his illness, and make the connection between the physical changes in his body, and the future of mankind's place in the universe?

This novel is approx 90,000 words long and was written between December 2000 - January 2002. I have reawakened this project and am preparing a new draft.

 

The Daedalus Transfer - Click here to read the web-enabled version of the novel

My first science-fiction story. In the near future a message is received from Proxima Centauri 4.3 light years away. A massive operation is put into action to build a ship to send a crew of six to investigate the signal. They arrive after 150 years only to discover that the signal came from a very obscure and unexpected source.

This novel is approx 44,000 words long and was written between November 1999 and July 2000.

 

Tolerating Regis - Click here to read the complete novella in PDF format

When a load of young twenty-somethings drop everything and sneak away from London to Scotland to surprise a friend for his birthday, the most volatile of them all, Regis (nickname Bognor) continuously draws surreal and embarrassing situations to himself. There's a lot of alcohol, drugs and general messing around. But one of them has a secret, and it's revelation could change the way certain people view themselves and others in the group.

This novella is approx 28,000 words long and was written in the summer of 1995.