It's 2060. Western civilisation crumbled decades ago. A new and mysterious power controls what's left of the world - the Mandat Culturel. It came into being when the Earth was first contacted by aliens and it controls access to advanced technology. All that remains of the once mighty United States is the Petits Etats, centred on New England. Outside of there, civilisation survives in enclaves. The confederation of Sioux Nations, headed up by Wahchinksapa, a former intelligence operative, keeps the Mandat Culturel at bay. Triste is a bounty hunter with all the latest ordnance. He works the...

Real Fiction shines a light on a murky world of crime and business, where detectives pit their brains against each other, criminals try to beat the system and no-one is entirely good or evil.
Jonny Muse is an OpEd. In Alibi He gets involved in a suicide and his life is changed. In Tornado Alley, fresh from New York, he chases tornadoes and gets an introduction to Indian culture.
Ray wakes up in Korlam Heath, beaten and battered. Whos Ray? Thats me. I live in New Goodshaw, capital of New England and biggest city in world. When I find who left me like that Im gonna beat the crap outta them....

A sketch for a Space Opera. Lory Gato is a commissioning agent for CEAD, Core-Earth Azimuth Developments. What that involves is a stressful life, hopping from star to star seeking out ever more piquant tastes. Why? because the teeming billions of Earth can't afford the fare to the exotic pleasure palaces of the galaxy. His mission? to boldly seek out places where no human tongue has tasted or nose has sniffed before. No matter how repulsive or quixotic those alien luxuries might be, he's got to test them and send some back home. Yep, not what your average Joe does, but it has to be done....

This book gives an account of Burnley Grammar School before it was closed and, in doing so, offers an insight into the state of education in the town. It also looks at less well-known aspects of Burnley's history. Many towns have their claim to fame. For Burnley, this includes a dip into Anglo-Saxon times with Brunanburh, the battle that helped form the character of the English. Included is a nostalgic look back at advertisements in the 60s and 70s which paint a picture of town life from a different era. This 2nd edition is greatly expanded to include photos and other extracts from the B.G.S...

A sketch for a space opera. Long, long ago, there was war in the heart of the galaxy. The core stars were ripped apart by the fury of that conflict. Lucky is a survivor from it; she is lucky to even exist. Her people, the flowing people, were destroyed by the measuring people. War separates the victors from the losers. The victors survive and the losers are crushed from existence and from memory. To go home would have been death, so Lucky fled. She programmed her ship, the Expedient, to take her away from the galactic core, away from the planets where her people once lived and into the skeins...

A sketch for a fantasy (mythic, heroic) As a youth, Brant flees his homeland which has been conquered by the augeruch. He vows to one day return and free those he knows. That is some way off. He hires himself out to trader caravans and learns the trade of a mercenary, travelling the Northland steppes, the far off Khaif empire and beyond, even to the fabled city of Hrim The realm of Tyrikhon has fallen on hard times. Princess Aralie is to be bartered by her uncle, who rules in place of her assassinated father. She is kept prisoner in the town of Orby. Not far away bands of mercenaries gather,...

Lory Gato enjoys the privileged life, of an interstellar gourmet He gets sent to T'negi 36 where humans have a small presence. As new kids on the galactic block, humanity get the scraps - T'negi 36 is nearly airless and it'll be a long time before it's fit to live on. The few bars on T'negi 36 are closed because of problems with humans. He arranges, anyway, to meet a t'negi xeno-archaeologist, Liasse, who is researching a long dead civilisation. She believes whatever destroyed it is still a threat. Lory has a run in with Earthers - humans who believe their manifest destiny is to (somehow)...

Lory Gato enjoys the privileged life, of an interstellar gourmet He gets sent to T'negi 36 where humans have a small presence. As new kids on the galactic block, humanity get the scraps - T'negi 36 is nearly airless and it'll be a long time before it's fit to live on. The few bars on T'negi 36 are closed because of problems with humans. He arranges, anyway, to meet a t'negi xeno-archaeologist, Liasse, who is researching a long dead civilisation. She believes whatever destroyed it is still a threat. Lory has a run in with Earthers - humans who believe their manifest destiny is to (somehow)...

Five tales, eight stories. A journalist leaves the Big Apple to go tornado chasing in Indian country; An America where law enforcement is as feared as the mob; A private investigator checks out the legend of the Ridge Runner; A corsair threat to the Kingdom of Sicily; The slaughter of three Roman Legions at Teutoberger Wald has repercussions as far afield as Alexandria.

Writing Day: a wannabe librarian is on the run -from the last library on Earth. The Slow Holocaust: once again millions of Britons are out of work. The Wrong Lane: it's the individual versus society, but who wins? Undercroft: a crotchety scribe downs his quills.