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Tales of the Unexpected are short, odd stories. The Market Diaries are about running a stall in the local Market Hall. Sikes is a serialised novel for paid subscribers about the notorious Victorian murderer. On Writing - explains itself!

The Market Diaries
A diary about buying and ruining a deli in Todmorden market

Tales of the Unexpected
Strange stories

Sikes
A serialised MS; found fiction. The life and times of the notorious murderer Bill Sikes, written in the mid 19th century by William Fairchild. You may find Mr Sikes not exactly as Mr Dickens portrayed him in his famous fictionalisation, Oliver Twist
On Writing
On writing - Different techniques of approaching novel writing, book by book.
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