‘Date a few guys. Know they’re not him… ‘

Prize listed for the Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize 2015/16. First published by Galley Beggar Press, 2016

Image: Francesca Woodman

‘The ice cream was the colour of little girls’ dreams…’

First published in UEA Creative Writing MA Anthologies 2015: Prose Fiction, October 2015 Shortlisted for the Words & Women Prose Competition, November 2015

‘The girl never looked up from her iPhone. She was scrolling through faces on Instagram. At first I thought she was checking her feed but then I saw her hit up the search bar: ‘femmefatale,’ ‘Iranian_beauty,’ ‘sexyeyes,’ swiping her finger over the faces like she was flicking her clit. Fast and greedy...’

Longlisted for the Bath Short Story Award 2016

Image: Regina Jose Galindo, Recorte por la Linea, 2005, performance

‘If you could be an object what would it be?
A sword.
If you could have any quality what would it be?
To self-tan.
If you were an onomatopoeia what would you be?
Glitz.’

Longlisted in the White Review Short Story Prize 2015/16

Shortlisted for the Short Fiction Prize 2016

‘Come in.’
His voice is perfection – hot stars glistening on swimming pools, sunlight; it melts her. She pushes open the door and registers instantly that he is alone…’

‘Begin aged 16 in your bedroom. Get the idea from your gran. She is a life drawing model. Tape a sign to your door that says, ‘No Entry! Artwork in Progress...’

Shortlisted for the Momoya Annual Review Short Story Competition, July 2016