16th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Haiku Contest Selected Haiku Submissions Collection
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The annual Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Haiku Contest aims to celebrate the renowned Haiku poet Matsuo Basho. Each year, the Memorial Museum, in conjunction with the Yamagata City Culture Foundation, select three winners from four different divisions, as well as select Haiku for publication in their annual collection anthology from those entries submitted. The judging panel for the 16th Contest included Takehisa Iijima, President of the International Association of Japanese Studies.
My Haiku: Lily-White Doves and Outstretched Paw are published inside. Publisher: Yamagata City Cultural Promotion Foundation. Publication Date: 9th November 2024. My Haiku can be downloaded below: in the 16th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Selected Haiku Collection. |
| 16th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Selected Haiku Collection |
Flash Dances: 100 Little Queer Stories
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This project was to encourage LGBT+ writers to explore their creativity through writing short stories and narrative poems. Flash Dances aim was for 100 such items and will also include contributions from established members of Gay Authors’ Workshop. It is edited by Stephanie Dickinson, editor of the anthology We Want to Tell You How and Peter Scott-Presland, author of Amiable Warriors and director of Homo Promos Theatre Company.
There has been a huge surge of interest in Flash Fiction in recent years: that is, stories and narrative poems of under 1000 words and sometimes even under 300 words. It's a form where you convey a world, a situation, in miniature. My Flash Fiction: Twice a Half-Life, Coming Out, Going Home, and Leftovers are published inside. Publisher: Paradise Press. Publication Date: 17th November 2024 |
Lockdown Horror #7
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Horror stories for the lockdown period, including:
Scurry by Beth W. Patterson Vow of Chastity by D.M. Burdett Nine Ladies Dancing by D.M. Burdett How Do I Take Off My Skin? by Joel R. Hunt Tailored to Fit by Kimberly Rei The Gift by Laurence Sullivan A Terrible Game of Revenge by Luis Manuel Torres Pacem Ex Terris by Maggie D. Brace Janie Wept by Patrick Winters The House by Stephen Herczeg The Accountant’s Office by Stuart Conover My Flash Fiction: The Gift is published inside. Publisher: Black Hare Press. Publication Date: 30th May 2024. |
Wyrms 2
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Wyrms 2 is an anthology of drabbles - stories of exactly 100 words! Within these pages are sixty-four stories of dragons, hydras, wyverns, sea serpents, and all other forms wyrms take! Step into dozens of different fantasy worlds but be careful where you tread, there be dragons here.
My Flash Fiction: A Breakfast to Die For is published inside. Publisher: Shacklebound Books. Publication Date: 26th April 2024 |
Programmed Hearts
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Programmed Hearts is an anthology of drabbles, stories of exactly 100 words in length. Within these pages are stories of robots, AI, and their relationships with humans and what it means to be human through an artificial lens.
My Flash Fiction: Terminal Decline is published inside. Publisher: Shacklebound Books. Publication Date: 12th April 2024 |
15th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Haiku Contest Selected Haiku Submissions Collection
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The annual Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Haiku Contest aims to celebrate the renowned Haiku poet Matsuo Basho. Each year, the Memorial Museum, in conjunction with the Yamagata City Culture Foundation, select three winners from four different divisions, as well as select Haiku for publication in their annual collection anthology from those entries submitted. The judging panel for the 15th Contest included Takehisa Iijima, President of the International Association of Japanese Studies.
My Haiku: Thistle and Apathetic Cat are published inside. Publisher: Yamagata City Cultural Promotion Foundation. Publication Date: 2nd November 2023. My Haiku can be downloaded below: in the 15th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Selected Haiku Collection. |
| 15th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Selected Haiku Collection |
Run, Rabbit, Run: Dark Drabbles #15
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Bunny butchers, lunatic lagomorphs, cut-throat cottontails, evil Easter bunnies, poisonous pikas, and all manner of arduous alliterative animal anecdotes, compiled by the Hell Hare Submission Reader:
They queue. With gaunt faces and bloodshot eyes, weary feet trudge slowly. The line snakes down the hill, back and forth between the Hell Fires, all eyes on the stooped shoulders in front. Silence, but for quiet groans. He watches. Three crimson eyes glow eerily in the dark; all that can be seen of the black Hell Hare waiting in the shadows. Trembling hands lift their offering to the altar, reverently placing it upon the last. Some even shed a single tear. His soul aches. For he knows he is the maker of dreams, but also the breaker of hearts. My Flash Fiction: Catalogue Raisonné of Le Lapin is published inside. Publisher: Black Hare Press. Publication Date: 28th April 2023 |
14th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Haiku Contest Selected Haiku Submissions Collection
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The annual Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Haiku Contest aims to celebrate the renowned Haiku poet Matsuo Basho. Each year, the Memorial Museum, in conjunction with the Yamagata City Culture Foundation, select three winners from four different divisions, as well as select Haiku for publication in their annual collection anthology from those entries submitted. The judging panel for the 14th Contest included Takehisa Iijima, President of the International Association of Japanese Studies.
My Haiku: Shore and Sunlight are published inside. Publisher: Yamagata City Culture Foundation. Publication Date: 2nd November 2022. My Haiku can be downloaded below: in the 14th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Selected Haiku Collection. |
| 14th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Selected Haiku Collection |
Wyrms: An Anthology of Dragon Drabbles
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Wyrms is an anthology of drabbles – stories of exactly 100 words! Within these pages are eighty-two stories of dragons, hydras, wyverns, sea serpents, and all other forms wyrms take by authors all over the world! Step into dozens of different fantasy worlds but be careful where you tread, there be dragons here.
My Flash Fiction: Torchbearer is published inside. Publisher: Shacklebound Books. Publication Date: 1st July 2022. |
Canopy 2022
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An anthology of poems and stories for the Urban Tree Festival 2022 based on the theme of 'Healing Trees'. A 24 page A6 illustrated chapbook published by Sampson Low Publishers ISBN:978-1-915505–07-1 includes writing by Nancy Charley, Sally Duffin, M.L. Grieve, Daniel Harwood, Gina Headden, Jude Higgins, Rosaleen Lynch, Cheryl Markosky, Jackie Morrison, Sara Stegen, Laurence Sullivan and Joanna Wolfarth, all of whom were shortlisted in the Festival writing competition. Edited by Chris Bestwick and illustrated by Alban Low. All net proceeds support future Urban Tree Festivals. Limited edition of 250.
My flash fiction: Each and Every April is published inside. Publisher: Sampson Low. Publication Date: 18th May 2022. |
13th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Haiku Contest Selected Haiku Submissions Collection
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The annual Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Haiku Contest aims to celebrate the renowned Haiku poet Matsuo Basho. Each year, the Memorial Museum, in conjunction with the Yamagata City Culture Foundation, select three winners from four different divisions, as well as select Haiku for publication in their annual collection anthology from those entries submitted. The judging panel for the 13th Contest included Takehisa Iijima, President of the International Association of Japanese Studies.
My Haiku: Hermit is published inside. Publisher: Yamagata City Culture Foundation. Publication Date: 29th October 2021. My Haiku can be downloaded below: in the 13th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Selected Haiku Collection |
| 13th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Selected Haiku Collection |
Mythical Beings of Asia
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Mythical Beings of Asia is the fourth volume in the Insignia Drabbles series. This anthology includes 60 drabbles (100-word stories) inspired by Asian folklore all across the region.
My Flash Fiction: Off-Track is published inside. Publisher: Insignia Stories. Publication Date: 30th September 2021. |
Mythical Creatures of Asia
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Mythical Creatures of Asia is the third volume in the Insignia Drabbles series. This anthology includes 94 drabbles (100-word stories) inspired by Asian folklore all across the region.
My Flash Fiction: Earth-Shattering is published inside. Publisher: Insignia Stories. Publication Date: 10th May 2021. |
Dark Magic: Drabbles of Magic and Lore
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There is darkness in magic and we have given life to that darkness.
Dark Magic is a collection of over two hundred bite-size drabbles of dark fantasy and horror. Enter a world of curses and creatures, the hideous and the hexed, where love is cruel and victory is tainted. Where gods and demons hold sway over mortals, senses are enticed and spirits ensnared. Angels fall, dragons rise, shadows hide secrets and power comes from blood and bone and death itself. My Flash Fiction: First Born and Bookworm are published inside. Publisher: Eerie River Publishing. Publication Date: 1st May 2021. |
Hundred Word Horror: Beneath
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Cave-dwellers. Grave-dwellers. Crypts, catacombs, nuclear bunkers. This volume of one-hundred-word stories will explore the horrors that lie beneath. From monsters lurking below the Earth’s crust to subconscious nightmares forced to the surface, you can be sure to find something to appeal amongst these bitesize tiny terrors.
My Flash Fiction: Half-Life is published inside. Publisher: Ghost Orchid Press. Publication Date: 28th April 2021. |
Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony
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An inordinate desire to consume more than that which one requires. Including the stories:
The Monster by Alannah K. Pearson The Bingles by D.J. Elton Cheesecake of the Month by Dawn DeBraal Welcome to Helios by Denise Ruttan A Piece of Cake by Jacqueline Moran Meyer A Killer Brunch Special by Jamie Zaccaria Hunger Pangs by Jess Chua Radical Therapy by Jodi Jensen The Very Hungry Caterpillar by K.B. Elijah I Am Mine by Kelly Matsuura Teddy’s Little Secret by Laurence Sullivan Tongue Tied by Maggie D. Brace Demon Love by Nick Petrou The Enormous Appetite by Rachel Ginsburg My Flash Fiction: Teddy's Little Secret is published inside. Publisher: Black Hare Press. Publication Date: 31st March 2021. |
Lockdown Phantom #3
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Paranormal stories for the lockdown period, including:
Hunting Shadows by Alannah K. Pearson The Beckoning by Frederick Pangbourne Not at Rest by Galina Trefil Oeo by Hari Navarro Remembrance by Helen Merrick Circles Out of Salt by J. Agombar He Wasn't There by Joel R. Hunt A Harvester Calls by Johann van der Walt Her Watchers by Laurence Sullivan The Howling Castle by Zoey Xolton My Flash Fiction: Her Watchers is published inside. Publisher: Black Hare Press. Publication Date: 24th December 2020. |
12th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Haiku Contest Selected Haiku Submissions Collection
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The annual Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Haiku Contest aims to celebrate the renowned Haiku poet Matsuo Basho. Each year, the Memorial Museum, in conjunction with the Yamagata City Culture Foundation, select three winners from four different divisions, as well as select Haiku for publication in their annual collection anthology from those entries submitted. The judging panel for the 12th Contest included Takehisa Iijima, President of the International Association of Japanese Studies.
My Haiku: Moonlight and Discordant Crow are published inside. Publisher: Yamagata City Culture Foundation. Publication Date: 6th October 2020. My Haiku can be downloaded below: in the 12th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Selected Haiku Collection |
| 12th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Selected Haiku Collection |
Southeast Asian Fantasy Drabbles
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Southeast Asian Fantasy Drabbles is the second volume in the Insignia Drabbles series. This anthology includes 83 drabbles (100-word stories) inspired by various Southeast Asian folklore, as well as original fantasy and science fiction pieces.
My Flash Fiction: Infested and Unearthly Urge are published inside. Publisher: Insignia Stories. Publication Date: 28th September 2020. |
Ancients: Dark Drabbles #10
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From Rome to Thebes, Nefertiti to Cleopatra, Aristotle to Sappho—tiny tales of ancient peoples, myths, and philosophies. What miracles can more than one hundred debut to bestselling authors do with 100 words?
My Flash Fiction: Tying Up Loose Ends and Unfeeling Dawn are published inside. Publisher: Black Hare Press. Publication Date: 25th August 2020. |
The Bookends Review: Best of 2019
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Founded in 2012, The Bookends Review is an independent creative arts journal dedicated to bringing you the best original fiction, nonfiction, poetry, interviews, essays, book reviews, and visual/musical works from around the world.
This anthology comprises a collection of the best pieces published by 'The Bookends Review' in 2019. My Flash Fiction: Her Big Day is published inside. Publisher: The Bookends Review. Publication Date: 14th April 2020. |
Oceans: Dark Drabbles #9
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Savage sirens, selkies, sailors, serpents, suckers, and sea monsters.
What miracles can one hundred debut to bestselling authors do with 100 words? My Flash Fiction: Neptune's Bounty is published inside. Publisher: Black Hare Press. Publication Date: 14th April 2020. |
Forgotten Ones: Drabbles of Myth and Legend
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For as long as men have lived, myths and legends have permeated cultures across the globe. But for every known monster, are there creatures of lore, gods of fable, and rituals of old that have been forgotten by time?
Delve into the darkness that came before and witness over 100 short drabbles resurrect the ancient world in 100 words or less. Featuring award-winning horror and fiction authors from around the world, we dare you to remember the fear of the unknown and to dive headfirst into the beyond. Within these pages the old gods have awoken and with them, chaos will reign again. My Flash Fiction: Baby Doll is published inside. Publisher: Eerie River Publishing. Publication Date: 21st March 2020. |
Flash #MyLandmarks
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The Museum of Walking ran a My Landmarks flash fiction competition, which looked for flash fiction responding to a favourite location or landmark of the author. The competition closed on the 30th September and had a total of nine winners who have since been published in MyLandmarks, a limited edition chapbook, published by Sampson Low Publishers.
My Flash Fiction: Summer in Sannomachi is published inside. Publisher: Sampson Low Publishers. Publication Date: 15th November 2019. |
73rd Basho Memorial Haiku Anthology
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The annual Basho Memorial Haiku Contest aims to celebrate the renowned Haiku poet Matsuo Basho. Now in its 73rd year, the competition selects two grand-prize winners and twenty honourable mentions from a pool of thousands of entries. These twenty-two selected entries are then collected into an anthology which is produced and sold in Japan each year.
My Haiku:Winter Coat is published inside. Publisher: Basho Memorial Museum. Publication Date: 7th October 2019. My Haiku can be found online: on the Basho Memorial Museum website. |
Shipwrecked
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To celebrate the 300th anniversary of the publication of Robinson Crusoe published on the 25 April 1719, and to complement our Crusoe300 Flash Fiction Walkshop, the Museum of Walking ran a Crusoe300 flash fiction competition. The competition, which looked for flash fiction taking a contemporary response to the themes of Robinson Crusoe, opened on the 1st April and had a total of eight winners who were published in Shipwrecked, a limited edition chapbook, published by Sampson Low Publishers.
My Flash Fiction: Establishing Connection is published inside. Publisher: Sampson Low Publishers. Publication Date: 11th August 2019. |
11th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Haiku Contest Selected Haiku Submissions Collection
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The annual Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Haiku Contest aims to celebrate the renowned Haiku poet Matsuo Basho. Each year, the Memorial Museum, in conjunction with the Yamagata City Culture Foundation, select three winners from four different divisions, as well as select Haiku for publication in their annual collection anthology from those entries submitted. The judging panel for the 11th Contest included Takehisa Iijima, President of the International Association of Japanese Studies.
My Haiku: Musty Book and Border Wall are published inside. Publisher: Yamagata City Culture Foundation. Publication Date: 31st July 2019. My Haiku can be downloaded below: in the 11th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Selected Haiku Collection |
| 11th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Selected Haiku Collection |
10th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Haiku Contest Selected Haiku Submissions Collection
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The annual Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Haiku Contest aims to celebrate the renowned Haiku poet Matsuo Basho. Each year, the Memorial Museum, in conjunction with the Yamagata City Culture Foundation, select three winners from four different divisions, as well as select Haiku for publication in their annual collection anthology from those entries submitted. The judging panel for the 10th Contest included Takehisa Iijima, President of the International Association of Japanese Studies.
My Haiku: Nest and Wisteria are published inside. Publisher: Yamagata City Culture Foundation. Publication Date: 20th August 2018. My Haiku can be downloaded below: in the 10th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Selected Haiku Collection |
| 10th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Selected Haiku Collection |
8th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Haiku Contest Selected Haiku Submissions Collection
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The annual Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Haiku Contest aims to celebrate the renowned Haiku poet Matsuo Basho. Each year, the Memorial Museum, in conjunction with the Yamagata City Culture Foundation, select three winners from four different divisions, as well as select Haiku for publication in their annual collection anthology from those entries submitted. The judging panel for the 8th Contest included Takehisa Iijima, President of the International Association of Japanese Studies.
My Haiku: Fireflies and Fire are published inside. Publisher: Yamagata City Culture Foundation. Publication Date: 28th July 2016. My Haiku can be downloaded below: in the 8th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Selected Haiku Collection |
| 8th Yamadera Basho Selected Haiku Collection |
Wicked Young Writer Awards Anthology 2016
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The “prestigious Wicked Young Writer Awards” (The Times) was established by the long-running musical Wicked in order to link the important messages of the production with a competition that would inspire young people to use their writing to look at life a little differently. Since its launch in 2010, they have received over 20,000 entries to the award. A shortlist of 120 entrants were invited to a very special prize event at the Apollo Victoria Theatre and published within this annual Wicked Young Writer Awards Anthology. My story Clouding the Future came second overall in the 18-25 category, earning a 'Highly Commended' accolade.
My Short Story: Clouding the Future is published inside. Publisher: ArtsLink. Publication Date: 24th June 2016. The text of the story can be downloaded below: in the Wicked Young Writer Awards 18-25 Finalists' Anthology. |
| Wicked Young Writer Awards Anthology 2016, 18-25 Category |
Inspired By Ghandi
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Sampad's 'Inspired by Ghandi' international writing competition provided an opportunity for writers to connect with this immensely philosophical and influential thinker and leader, and express their own response through inspired writing. The publication which will be produced at the end of the competition will be a valuable educational tool and source of inspiration for young people in schools and colleges and beyond, helping to keep Gandhi’s message alive for future generations.
My Flash Fiction: Attribute of the Strong is published inside. Publisher: Sampad. Publication Date: 12th October 2015. The text of the story can be found online: in my personal portfolio. |
That Which We Do Not Understand
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To celebrate 10 years of Ameila's Magazine supporting emerging artists and writers, Amelia's House produced a one-off limited edition collectible artists’ book that featured artworks, fiction, poetry, artist interviews and musings on the theme of 'That Which We Do Not Understand'. The books is available online and in a few prestigious bookshops, including the Tate Modern.
My Flash Fiction: Mrs. Ozeki is published inside. Publisher: Amelia's House. Publication Date: 11th December 2014. The text of the story can be found online: in my personal portfolio. The Huffington Post covered the creation of the anthology, the article can be found online: on HuffPost's website. |
Inspired By My Museum
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Sampad and the British Council's 'Inspired by My Museum' international writing competition, called on budding writers to record and share their personal reactions, connections or experiences inspired by a visit to a museum. This anthology contains all the winning poems, short stories and reportages.
My Flash Fiction: In the Tea Leaves is published inside. Publisher: Sampad and the British Council. Publication Date: 19th November 2014. The text of the story can be found online: in my personal portfolio. |
Darker Times Collection: Volume Two
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The terrifying tales in this volume are the results of monthly writing competitions that are run by 'Darker Times Fiction' at www.darkertimes.co.uk. Each month, there is a winner, three or more runners up, and the opportunity for some honourable mentions. This second collection includes entries from May 2013 – February 2014 and is separated into a Flash Fiction section (for this, writers were given a limit of approximately 500 words) and a Poetry section (with a limit of 1000). So, what can you expect from this collection? The aim of the competition is to write about the theme of 'darker times'. This can be interpreted in any way the author sees fit, and this is where it gets interesting. This is where we delve deep into the minds of our writers, where we see what secrets they've been harbouring, where we come to the main question that this volume is based on: what scares us the most?
My Six Flash Fictions: Chains, Her Watchers, Slumber, Teddy's Little Secret, Castaway and The Sssilent Killer are published inside. Publisher: Darker Times Fiction. Publication Date: 17th March 2014. |
Darker Times Collection: Volume One
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The terrifying tales in this volume are the results of monthly writing competitions that are run by 'Darker Times Fiction' at www.darkertimes.co.uk. Each month, there is a winner, three or more runners up, and the opportunity for some honourable mentions. This first collection includes entries from November 2012 – April 2013 and is separated into a Flash Fiction section (for this, writers were given a limit of approximately 500 words) and a Poetry section (with a limit of 1000). So, what can you expect from this collection? The aim of the competition is to write about the theme of 'darker times'. This can be interpreted in any way the author sees fit, and this is where it gets interesting. This is where we delve deep into the minds of our writers, where we see what secrets they've been harbouring, where we come to the main question that this volume is based on: what scares us the most?
My Three Flash Fictions: The Gift, Rose and Tokyo Dreams are published inside. Publisher: Darker Times Fiction. Publication Date: 19th May 2013. |
