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Film Projects

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Zoom Doom: 5' Horror Short
Committee members meeting on Zoom to discuss reopening the Seton Home for Abandoned and Neglected Children begin disappearing and their profile pictures are definitely NOT the ones they chose to post.
Made in 48hrs for the GFI Film Challenge at the Screen and Story Festival Co-Writer with Wendy Jones.

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Leap: 5' Magical Realism Short
Jane wants to be closer to her friends but Magic makes her too close.
Made in 36hrs using mobile phones, no budget and a crew of four for the GFI Film Challenge at the Screen and Story Festival. View the result here.

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Lavender's Blue: 6' SciFi Short
In a world controlled by Artificial Intelligence can one woman’s home video start a revolution?
Co-writer with Saranne Bensusan for From The 3rd Story Productions ltd.
Selected 'One Take Film Festival' in Zagreb, Croatia and Portobello Film Festival. Part of the Transmedia Project 'Anthropocene Chronicles'. Find out more here.
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Silence: 2' Drama Short
How do you explain to your non-verbal Asperger's daughter that the biggest change is about to happen?
Winner in the Create50 Impact Project. Produced by Intercept Studios.
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Jump: 2' Comedy Short
Fred would kill just to see the end of the World in peace.
Finalist in the Create50 Impact Feature Film Project.

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Drones and Clones: 4' Surreal Short
A Call Centre worker tries to be different from his uniform world but the more he rebels the more he conforms.

Commended in ScreenwritingGoldmine 7 day shorts. Currently being reworked into a feature film script.

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Commuter Belt Heaven: 7' Comedy Short
An elderly lady makes the most of her Commuter Village being empty during the day. Available.

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Finger Painting: 4' Supernatural Short
A woman blinded in the crash that killed her family remembers them through her paintings.   Available.

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Scavenging: 14' Comedy Short
Chaotic old Kitty solves her loneliness by ensuring her neighbour, control freak young Ian, has to move in with her.   Available.

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On The Fence: 8' Romance Short
Respectable Jemma has a crush on her neighbour Doug but is he secretly a pot grower?   Available.

TV Projects

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The Gate: Present Day Gothic Horror Series
Amber returns to her remote village to close the gate to the realm of the Terrors but they have her daughter hostage and she finds there are those on both sides of the gate that want it left open. About to become a Graphic Novel.
Quarter Finals: Screenwriting Goldmine Awards
Selected for Writing Fantastical Television Mentoring with Steve La Rue: LSF. Final 16 of ScriptAngel Mentoring Competition: LSF. Long List: CBBC New Voices Initiative
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Highs and Lows: Drama Series
Six Lakeland farm kids become amateur crime fighters to relieve their boredom but their concept of punishment would not be recognised in any British court. Available

Radio Projects

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Lost in the Music: BBC Radio Cumbria recording on hold due to Covid 19.
Inter-Pub Pole-Vaulting: Broadcast BBC Radio Cumbria.
My Boys: Broadcast BBC Radio Cumbria.
Winter Escape: Broadcast BBC Radio Cumbria.

Tonight's the Night: Shortlisted BBC Radio Cumbria 'The Crack'.

Stage Projects

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Paddling: Short Play
Col wants to close the pool but Jed needs it to prepare for the end.
North Cumbria Scriptwriters 'Write Angles' Winner and Ashton Group 'Scriptease' Shortlisted.

Prose Projects

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The Spirit of Yule: Short Story
Sometimes a sacrifice is not what you expect.
Published in Twisted: Ghosts of Christmas. Find out more here. Get it in the US here and the UK here.
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Pippin's Worry: Short Story
Pippin worries he will be forgotten by Santa.
Published in Santa's Bedtime Book of Adventures. Find out more here and get a copy here.
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Coffee Break Reads: Terror Bites Vol 1
Four writers of horror came together to produce a collection of scary nuggets. Each just enough to make you drop your coffee mug in your break. Fund raising for Fuck Cancer. No longer in print.
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The Anthropocene Chronicles: Transmedia - Novellas, Graphic Novel, Short Film, Feature Film, TV Series
Eight stories reveal the lives of individuals living in a high-tech dystopian future where their actions are strictly controlled and monitored. The writers involved are  Saranne Bensusan, Fiona Leitch, Carmen Radtke, Emma Pullar, Nick Jackson, Lawrence Mallinson and myself, Find out more here. Buy the combined volumes here.
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Potholing: Short Story
Two cavers decide to take the easy route out.
Winner in the Create50 Twisted 2 Project. You can buy a copy here.
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The Lane: Short Story
Beware of fun in the country.
Shortlisted in the Create50 Twisted 2 Project. Find out more here.
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The Beating Of My Heart: Short Story
Sometimes hearing a beating heart is not enough to prove you are alive.
Winner in Create50 Twisted Vol.1. Find out more here. You can buy a copy
here.

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Velvet Mary: Short Story
Not every port in a storm is worth the risk.
Winner in Create50 Twisted's Evil Little Sister. Find out more here. You can buy a copy here.
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