Accepted for publication (print and pdf) in Twisted Tongue Magazine, Issue 14, Dec 2009, ISSN 1749-9941. First published as Runner-up in Adult Creative Writing Club Competition No 86, Oct 2008.

Sitting Pretty (1,041 words)

Cherry-picked by the Editors at ABCtales, May 2009.

A Wave from a Stranger (1,518 words)

Winner, Writers Billboard Short Fiction Competition, Dec 2007.

The Timepiece (1,679 words)

Winning Entry, Adult Creative Writing Club Competition No.75, Nov 2007.

Characters and events are fictitious and any resemblance to actual people, living or dead, is purely coincidental. As pieces have been written for both countries, please excuse the mix of UK and US conventions and spelling. Stories have been revised since first publication and titles, text, and word counts may differ from original versions.

short stories by colin w campbell