Collections
Many — but by no means all — of these stories are also available in Michael’s two published collections…
Stories are available individually or together as an issue — in which case the third story is bundled in free. These additional stories will usually be early or rare, sometimes uncollected, and hard to impossible to find elsewhere. Alternatively, individual stories are also available from the full alphabetical list. These mini-collections (and individual stories) are currently only available in Kindle format, and from Amazon.
A classic story, and starting point for the novel SPARES.
WHAT YOU MAKE IT
A tale of dark cynicism, and light magic.
A LONG WALK, FOR THE LAST TIME
Sometimes the last job is the most important of all.
A simple mistake, a moment of forgetting, and it all breaks apart.
OPEN DOORS
Life is full of choices… some of them very bad.
GETTING OVER
A man, a hill, a rock.
A tale of pool, obsession… and death.
MAYBE NEXT TIME
A man approaching middle age starts to wonder exactly who he is… and why.
EVERYBODY GOES
For those days when you wish childhood had never ended.
Writing, life… and pizza.
THE DARK LAND
Sometimes dreams never end.
THIS IS NOW
Three boys, now men, and a forest fenced off forever.
A man makes some home movies, and ends up with less than he bargained for.
LATER
The classic tale of a man's love transcending normal boundaries — recently made into a short film.
AUTUMN
A woman living alone in the future. her future.
Some odd things come up for sale on shopping channels. Very odd… indeed.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE NIGHT
Stay in bed… whatever happens.
MISSED CONNECTION
Sometimes it's better just to stay at home.
Sometimes towns don't work out.
BEING RIGHT
Wouldn't it be nice to have some kind of independent opinion?
WHEN GOD LIVED IN KENTISH TOWN
A man, a Chinese takeaway… and someone who may or may not be God.
A man with chalks, a bad marriage, a child. Michael's first ever published short story.
SAVE AS…
It'd be great if real life was as reliable as computers. Wouldn't it?
A CONVENIENT ARRANGEMENT
A close circle of friends is important. More important than anything.
Three young scientists try to change the world… and succeed terribly.
MORE TOMORROW
A man sees pictures of a co-worker on a seedy website. What should he do?
DIET HELL [FREE WITH ISSUE 1]
How far would you go to shift those extra pounds? No, seriously - how far?