Updated to Mon 21st Dec 2020 (Dinner with the Colonel)

Here the stories are listed according to word length, as follows:

• 100 word stories
• 200 word stories
• 300-600 word stories
• longer stories
• TASWG (Tetford and Salmonby Writers’ Group)
• excerpts
• blog

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100 Word Stories

No.		Title	Publication Date
1		Don’t Mind the Police!	30th Nov 2015
2		Dream of a Stone Horse	30th Apr 2016
3		Dumb	31st Dec 2015
4		Femme Fatal	31st Jan 2016
5		Life on Mars	31st Oct 2015
6		Postcard from Hispaniola (150 words)	2nd Aug 2017
7		Speechless	31st Mar 2016
8		The Final Mystery	31st Oct 2015
9		The Majorette	Sep 30th 2015
10		The Suspect	30th Nov 2015
11		What the Devil?	29th Feb 2016
12		Yesterday’s News	30th Sep 2015

 

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200 Word Stories

No.		Title	Publication Date
1		A Controlling Interest	10th Jul 2016
2		A Dartmoor Childhood	15th Nov 2015
3		A Design for Death	3rd Apr 2016
4		A Friend in Need	24th Jan 2016
5		A Night on the Clown	17th Apr 2016
6		A Personal Experience	18th Oct 2015
7		Ad Pacem	24th Jan 2016
8		Addressing Impatience	22nd Sep 2016
9		Adrenaline Junkie	26th Jun 2016
10		All Change	24th Jul 2016
11		Amid the Winter’s Snow	29th Sep 2016
12		Another Splash	15th May 2016
13		Bouncers!	6th Mar 2016
14		Chivvers’ Foibles	29th Aug 2016
15		Cilice Sod	7th Aug 2016
16		Cocksure	12th Jun 2016
17		Death of a Dear Friend	24th Jul 2016
18		Double Trouble	20th Mar 2016
19		Duck Surprise	21st Feb 2016
20		Encounter on London Bridge	18th Oct 2015
21		Fox Meat in Aspic	13th Dec 2015
22		Hen Morning	1st Oct 2016
23		Hopes and Arrows	17th Apr 2016
24		If Two Witches Were Watching…	10th Sep 2016
25		Incident at Clibbon’s Farm	24th Jul 2016
26		Legless in the Park	15th May 2016
27		Little Pricks in the Night	18th Sep 2016
28		Lobar Limbo	13th Dec 2015
29		Marley’s Spirit	6th Sep 2016
30		Mementoes	7th Aug 2016
31		Mind Your Subconscious!	27th Dec 2015
32		Mirror Man	12th Jun 2016
33		Miss Chan Takes a Trip	27th Dec 2015
34		Mysterious Ways	3rd Apr 2016
35		Nibiru	29th Nov 2015
36		Orwyn’s Ring	7th Feb 2016
37		Peer’s of Wigan	29th Nov 2015
38		Play with Emotions	27th Dec 2015
39		Rest Room	1st Nov 2015
40		Reunited	15th Nov 2015
41		Seeing What Isn’t There	26th Aug 2016
42		Sheldon’s Secret	21st Feb 2016
43		Si Vicium In Petasus	1st May 2016
44		Take A Long Holiday..	10th Jan 2016
45		The 100th Story	24th Sep 2016
46		The Blob from Outer Space	7th Feb 2016
47		The Coffee Break	6th Mar 2016
48		The Girl from the Labyrinth	10th Jul 2016
49		The Neighbour	15th Nov 2015
50		The Other Woman	26th Jun 2016
51		The Real Doctor Lamont	1st Nov 2015
52		The Saltby St. Mary’s Murders	1st May 2016
53		The Scrying Game	29th May 2016
54		The Story of a Bullet	10th Jan 2016
55		The War and Starvation Diet	20th Mar 2016
56		Tiger Tiger	29th Nov 2015
57		Titus	29th May 2016
58		Where is Your Mind?	10th Jan 2016

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300 – 600 Word Stories

		title	‘publication’ date	no. of words
1		A Flick of the Knife – A Halloween Story	30th Oct 2016	600
2		A Hidden Place	29th May 2017	550
3		A Labour of Magick	13th Feb 2017	600
4		A Saucerful of Bullshit	27th Oct 2016	400
5		A Visit from Saint Nicolas – 2017 Version (poem)	9th Jan 2018	495
6		Amid the Winter’s Snow – 500 word version	7th Nov 2016	500
7		Angels and Cards	8th Jun 2017	600
8		Arse from His Elbow	18th Jun 2018	550
9		Blind Hope	16th Oct 2017	500
10		Blind Panic	15th Mar 2017	600
11		But Can You Hide?	8th Feb 2018	600
12		Clarissa’s Missives	8th Feb 2017	600
13		Copperwood	27th Feb 2016	500
14		Deaf Date	23rd Mar 2020	600
15		Dust to Dust	1st Mar 2021 (scheduled)	600
16		Erection and Resurrection	10th Nov 2016	600
17		Every Day is a Poem (poems)	10th Jul 2020	500
18		Falling for the Boss	25th Mar 2017	500
19		Flip Side	3rd Feb 2017	600
20		Heartless Desires	14th Apr 2017	600
21		Here Comes the Sun	7th Dec 2016	500
22		How to Eat a Peanut	19th Jun 2017	500
23		If Two Witches Were Watching – 400 word version	9th Apr 2017	400
24		Inventions Я Us	1st Sep 2016	300
25		Killer on the Road	20th Dec 2016	500
26		Lost Memories	19th Apr 2017	600
27		Lucifer’s Kitchen	29th Jul 2016	500
28		Luck of the Devil	12th Nov 2016	500
29		Medium Rare	20th Oct 2016	300
30		Moonlit Gravestones	14th May 2017	550
31		Neck Snapping Time	11th Nov 2019	600
32		New Year’s Eve Ritual	19th Jan 2017	500
33		No Gold Pavements	Oct 31, 2017	600
34		Not to Forget, but to Forgive (poem – 255 words)	21st Jan 2019	255
35		Now I am Ten	4th Mar 2019	600
36		Oh, Moo-ah Moo-ah!	24th Jan 2018	500
37		Out and out and out (poem)	20th Mar 2018	400
38		Pills for Thrills	1st Sep 2017	600
39		Playing God	16th Oct 2016	300
40		Red Nose Day	10th Nov 2017	550
41		Red Snow	4th May 2018	500
42		Saint Teresa of Woking – 600 word version	1st Feb 2016	600
43		Scene in a Lincolnshire Churchyard	10th Mar 2017	500
44		Steal a Little Dream	3rd Nov 2016	500
45		Taylor Maid	30th Mar 2017	600
46		Teeth Can Wait	25th Mar 2016	500
47		Tetford, No Ordinary Village	27th Jun 2016	500
48		The Ballad of Johnny Fang	22nd Mar 2021 (scheduled)	370
49		The Black Swan	29th Oct 2015	590
50		The Butterfly’s Revenge	4th Feb 2019	400
51		The Downfall of British Journalism	28th Feb 2016	500
52		The Electric Frying Pan	19th May 2017	500
53		The Fabled Fox	24th Jan 2017	400
54		The Final Crossing	19th Apr 2018	550
55		The Hollow Santa	25th Dec 2016	500
56		The Magic Roundabout	27th Jan 2020	500
57		The Medium is the Message	22nd Oct 2018	600
58		The Tale of Tobias Squire	25th Jul 2018	600
59		Three Lives	10th Dec 2017	550
60		Time of Death	28th Jun 2017	600
61		Time out of Joint	30th Apr 2018	500
62		Tiny Demons	3rd Dec 2016	600
63		To Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores	29th Jul 2019	600
64		What’s in a Name?	30th Mar 2020	600
65		Where’s Superman When He’s Needed?	25th Mar 2018	600
66		Why is the Moon Hollow?	24th Apr 2017	600

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Longer Stories

No.		Title	‘Publication’ Date	No. of Words
1		A Brush with Teeth	25th Jan 2021 (scheduled)	900
2		A Churchyard Revisited	8th Feb 2021 (scheduled)	700
3		A Flying Visit	15th Jul 2018	1300
4		A Girl Like Alice	24th May 2018	650
5		A Kind of Peace	17th Dec 2018	750
6		A Merry Dance	29th Dec 2016	1000
7		A Tall Story	24th Sep 2018	1450
8		A Tube of Toothpaste	24th Nov 2019	700
9		An Eye for an Eye	1st Oct 2018	1400
10		Ask and It Is Given	14th Oct 2019	750
11		Away with the Fairies	13th Jun 2017	800
12		Behind Locked Doors	11th Jan 2021 (scheduled)	700
13		Billy Bunter’s Chrismas Surprise	23rd Dec 2019	2000
14		Black Swan, Green Lizard	15th Dec 2016	700
15		Bloody Mary	29th Mar 2021 (scheduled)	1100
16		Bound in Morocco: Part 1 – ‘Welcome to Marrakech!’	17th Jan 2016	7224
17		Boxed Into a Corner	20th Dec 2017	1200
18		Brief Encounter	24th Nov 2020	1200
19		Brother, Oh, Brother!	14th Apr 2018	650
20		Chateau Courdermaire	13th Feb 2018	850
21		Circles and Stones	10th Jul 2018	1,400
22		Clarissa’s Missives – Part Three	17th Aug 2017	1500
23		Clarissa’s Missives – Part Two	9th Apr 2017	1100
24		Comic Tragedy	20th Nov 2017	900
25		Cruising Down The River	15th Dec 2017	1300
26		Danny and the Dolly Bird	2nd Mar 2020	1100
27		Daydream Believer	30th Dec 2019	700
28		Death by DVD	18fh Feb 2018	850
29		Dinner with the Colonel	21st Dec 2020	900
30		Discourtesy	24th Feb 2020	1100
31		Dog Story	5th Aug 2019	850
32		Doing Time	7th Jan 2019	700
33		Don’t Dig for Bombs!	27th Aug 2018	1200
34		Don’t Know What to Write?	23rd Feb 2017	800
35		Down and Out	16th Nov 2020	900
36		Dreams on Board	23rd Jun 2018	650
37		Earthbound	14th Aug 2018	850
38		EC was Here	27th Aug 2017	700
39		Electricidad	9th Sep 2019	650
40		Elf Service	14th Jan 2017	700
41		Evil versus Evil	19th May 2018	900
42		Fallen Hero	2nd Jun 2020	1200
43		Fibonacci ‘n’ Chardonnay	11th Dec 2016	700
44		Fight for the Earth	7th Sep 2020	800
45		Fire Words	16th Dec 2019	1000
46		For She Had Eyes ….	25th Dec 2017	1200
47		Four Red Roses – A Valentine Story	10th Feb 2020	750
48		Free Money	28th Feb 2018	650
49		Fried Onions	19th Dec 2019	800
50		Full Fathom Five	5th Mar 2017	1300
51		Gender Concerns	11th Feb 2019	1000
52		Golden Tips	30th Dec 2017	1000
53		Gone	25th Mar 2019	800
54		Gone Fishing	29th Jan 2017	700
55		Goodbye Bernie, Hello Samantha	26th May 2020	1000
56		Gravity Hill	12th Aug 2017	800
57		Great Aunt Delilah’s Blanket	18th Nov 2019	700
58		Green and Pink	19th Nov 2018	1150
59		Happenstance	14th Dec 2020	950
60		Having the Family for Dinner	6th Apr 2020	900
61		Here’s Looking at Your Kid	29th Jan 2018	650
62		I Dream of Diwana	16th Sep 2017	850
63		I Dream of Diwana: 2000 Word Version	5th Nov 2017	2000
64		If It Wasn’t for You	15th Feb 2021 (scheduled)	1000
65		If Only They Could Speak	23rd Jun 2017	650
66		Incident in a Park	22nd Feb 2021 (scheduled)	1000
67		Incident on Putney Bridge	11th Sep 2017	700
68		Is There Anybody There	21st Oct 2017	1000
69		It’s Dark in Here	12th Aug 2019	1000
70		Jazz Guys	17th Jun 2020	1250
71		Just One Little Crumb	8th Apr 2019	1700
72		Just the Ticket	5th Dec 2017	1000
73		Kaleidoscope	1st Apr 2019	1500
74		Keeping It in the family	6th Oct 2017	700
75		Knocker Quarry	28th Jan 2019	1150
76		Labradorescence	13th Jan 2020	750
77		Learning the Alphabet: A Memoir	8th Mar 2021 (scheduled)	1000
78		Letters from Reuben	25th Nov 2019	700
79		Midnight Train to Marylebone	25th Jul 2018	1200
80		Monasticity	25th Nov 2017	1000
81		My Late Brother	7th Dec 2020	800
82		Myrtle Shaw Investigates	8th Jun 2018	1300
83		Nellie’s Law	8th Jul 2019	1100
84		Never Lovelier	12th May 2020	850
85		New Forest Frolics	4th May 2017	1750
86		Nine Miles to the Silent Woman	3rd Jun 2018	1000
87		November NINE	28th Jul 2017	800
88		On Strings	8th Oct 2018	800
89		On the House	20th Apr 2020	700
90		One Man in His Time	3rd Jul 2017	650
91		One Way Trip	2nd Sep 2019	850
92		Opportunity Knocked	15th Apr 2019	800
93		Out There	23rd Jul 2017	700
94		Payback Time	26th Oct 2017	850
95		Phoning a Friend	7th Aug 2017	700
96		Phoning a Friend: 1200 word version	1st Oct 2017	1200
97		Pie in the Sky	16th Mar 2020	1100
98		Poor Rose	15th Jul 2019	1100
99		Priceless	18th Mar 2019	650
100		Promise Her the Moon	18th Jul 2017	800
101		Quid Pro Quo	25th Feb 2019	650
102		Reba’s Wedding	17th Feb 2020	800
103		Reflections of a Traitor	9th Aug 2018	1200
104		Remembrance	14th Jan 2018	900
105		Return of the Gnome	4th Apr 2018	1,000
106		Ringing the Changes	1st Mar 2016	1750
107		Saint Peter	29th Oct 2018	1050
108		Saint Teresa of Woking	22nd Aug 2016	1167
109		Salmon and Soul	30th Nov 2017	1200
110		Salvador	21st Sep 2017	850
111		Seeking Villa Nowhere	3rd Feb 2020	900
112		Shameless!	19th Jan 2018	700
113		Shelly in the Jungle	19th Aug 2019	650
114		Shine On	23rd Feb 2018	1,500
115		Silence is an Empty Space	10th Dec 2018	1000
116		Sink or Swim	19th Oct 2020	900
117		Six Silver Moonbeams	14th Sep 2020	800
118		Something Nasty	1st Feb 2021 (scheduled)	900
119		Something to Do with the Sea	23rd Jul 2019	750
120		Souls and Arrows	14th Jan 2018	1,000
121		Spilling the Beans	11th Mar 2019	650
122		Stars in Her Eyes	4th Jan 2021 (scheduled)	800
123		Statue at Liberty	13th Jul 2017	700
124		Stone the Crows!	1st Jul 2019	800
125		Sycamore the Wise	13th Jun 2018	950
126		Tangled Lives	15th Oct 2018	700
127		The Artifact	15th Mar 2018	875
128		The Biggest Bang	9th May 2017	800
129		The Boy in the Attic	3rd Nov 2020	900
130		The Cat Will Mew …	20th Jan 2020	750
131		The Diogenes Syndrome	22nd Apr 2019	750
132		The Great and the Good	28th Sep 2020	900
133		The Healer	2nd Aug 2019	800
134		The Ideomotor Effect	10th Sep 2018	1250
135		The Listening	18th Jan 2021 (scheduled)	700
136		The Magic Onion	15th Nov 2017	650
137		The Miner	9th Nov 2020	1000
138		The Ministry of Truth, Revisited	4th Aug 2018	850
139		The Moonlit Garden (A Play)	9th Mar 2020	2000
140		The Mound Folk	29th May 2018	850
141		The Old Fuse Trick	13th Apr 2020	850
142		The Price of Silver	24th Jun 2019	850
143		The Psychic on the Hill	26th Nov 2018	1700
144		The Psychomanteon	15th Mar 2021 (scheduled)	1200
145		The Rump of Midas	9th Jan 2017	700
146		The Shell People	14th May 2018	850
147		The Strangest Cross	26th Aug 2019	700
148		The Telos Project	21st Sep 2020	950
149		The Visitation	4th Jan 2017	900
150		The Window Crack’d	27th Apr 2020	650
151		There Was None Bolder	5th Apr 2021 (scheduled)	1100
152		Time Games	31st Aug 2020	1200
153		Timothy the Armchair	12th Nov 2018	950
154		Touché	5th Mar 2018	700
155		Uncle Ambrose	6th Jan 2020	850
156		Voices from the Ether	11th Dec 2015	1000
157		What’s in Store?	26th Sep 2017	1100
158		When Something Stinks	3rd Sep 2018	700
159		Wish Upon a Star	13th Jul 2020	1100
160		Your Head in Our Hands	5th Nov 2018	900
161		Zip It!	4th Jan 2017	900

 

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TASWG (Tetford and Salmonby Writers’ Group)

No.		Title	Publication Date	No. of Words
1		Are You Being Served?	10th Apr 2016	1414
2		As Jehovah is My Witness – dialogue	8th May 2016	231
3		Biggest Brother – SF plots	12th Jun 2016	459
4		Get in the Habit!	12th Jun 2016	500
5		Legend of the Sprogge – poem	14th Feb 2016	216
6		Love, Let Us! – acrostic poem	14th Feb 2016	62
7		Mortal Gods – cover art description	14th Feb 2016	390
8		My Name is Ian Z McPhee	10th Apr 2016	627
9		Out of the Woods – story with/without clichés	13th Mar 2016	400
10		Stripogram Girls – potential plots	13th Mar 2016	604
11		Summer is Springing Up – descriptive passage	8th May 2016	252
12		Terrace with Tortoises – scene description	13th Mar 2016	321
13		The Roaring Sun – poems	12th Jun 2016	67
14		Walls Have Mouths	10th Apr 2016	782
15		Where Am I? – riddle	8th May 2016	91

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Excerpts

		Title	publication date	no. of words
1		A Baker’s Dozen of Favourites – LINKS	6th Sep 2017	100
2		Having a Laff (20 short excerpts – humour)	18th Feb 2017	1000
3		Hibars and Lobars (20 short excerpts – SF/fantasy)	30th Dec 2016	850
4		If Only They Could Speak (20 short excerpts – animals)	28th Oct 2019
5		It’s Supranatural! (20 short excerpts – supernatural)	4th Apr 2017	1000
6		So Many Ways to Die (20 short excerpts – horror)	29th Nov 2016	1000
7		Tiny Yellow Kites (20 short excerpts – general)	4th Sep 2016	800
8		Violets are Violet, Letters are Read (20 short excerpts – general)	6th Oct 2016	1200

 

 

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Blog

		title	publication’ date	no. of words
1		400 Followers, 400 Great Posts!	11th Mar 2018	5,000
2		All Apologies: A Writer’s A-Z	3rd Dec 2018	2200
3		Flash Fiction Matters	24th May 2017	2250
4		Guest Post: iPademonium by Martyn Searle	18th Nov 2019	600
5		Guest Post: Until The Nows Come Home by Peter Runfola	28th Jun 2018	400
6		Hey Kid, Wanna Write a Story?	28th Jun 2019	700
7		Mediumship Development – A Personal Experience	10th May 2018	800
8		Memories of Oscar	11th Oct 2017	750
9		One Year of My Blog: 20 Useful Tips!	22nd Aug 2017	4750
10		Onwards and Upwards – Day 1	24th Aug 2016	500
11		Publishing the ‘Best of Your Blog’ is as Easy as 1-2-3!	8th Jul 2017	3500
12		Reviews of TCASSS	24th Apr 2018	c. 800
13		Riddle-me-ree (riddles)	20th Jul 2018
14		Simon’s Lamb and Vegetable Madras Curry	30th Mar 2018	575
15		The Optimist Creed (by Christian D. Larson)	9th Apr 2018	200
16		This Post is Dedicated to You, Dear Reader – Day 4	3rd Sep 2016	500
17		Three Quote Challenge: Day 1 – Charles F. Haanel	3rd Jul 2018	800
18		Three Quote Challenge: Day 2 – Neville Goddard	4th Jul 2018	850
19		Three Quote Challenge: Day 3 – Rhonda Byrne	5th Jul 2018	500
20		Titillating Titles and Tantalizing Taglines – Day 2	27th Aug 2016	300
21		To Cut a Short Story Short – The Book!	3rd Jun 2017	330
22		To Cut a Short Story Short, vol. II: 88 Little Stories	3rd Jan 2019	400
23		Twenty Questions About the Putney Bridge Jogger Case That Must be Answered.	23rd Aug 2017	700
24		What Am I? (riddle competition)	18th Feb 2019	123