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Ailsa Thom

Born in Edinburgh, Ailsa now lives in Rutherglen.  She has written several short stories, and is trying to finish a novel.

DAVE (1,007)

Alan Brough

Alan was born and brought up in Glasgow and now lives in Sussex.  He has written many short stories.

Heedless (2,089)
Molindinar (3,352)
The Scoretto Trick (1,589)

Alan Crossan

Born in Paisley, Alan now lives in Barrhead.  He writes mostly short stories and flash fiction.

Dead End Street (1,386)

Alan Gillespie

Alan hails from Kirkcaldy and studies Creative Writing at Glasgow University.  His short stories appear here and there.

Francis Good's Hung Himself (1,185)

Alasdair McPherson

Originally from Dalmuir, Alasdair now lives in Lincolnshire.  He has written eleven novels and many short stories.

A Timely Intervention (3,378)​
Absolution (6,058)
​Achilles Foot (1,954)
After the Weigh-in (2,560)
Ash Can (704)
Attack!  Attack! (1,937)
Author!  Author? (634)
Big Fearty (1,487)
Born and Bred (2,386)
Brief Encounter (1,995)
Call Me Alice (2,239)
Charlie is My Darling (2,534)
Cry Wolf (856)
Dead Certain (1,880)
Dead Sure (710)
Deep Fried Mars Bars in Your Calorie Controlled Diet (764)
Dream On (341)
Falling Off a Bike (5,622)
Faster Than Light (3,690)
Father Brown's Last Case (1,602)
Fellow Feeling (3,722)
Flight (2,727)
Fly Man (1,729)
For A' That (3,924)
Geriatric Olympics (786)
Get Lost (3,488)
Halo-istic Medicine (2,369)
Hame's Best (583)
Homesick (1,803)
Interview With The Deity (1,346)
Invisible Man (3,797)
Jobby Done! (2,419)
Just Nod If You Agree (1,563)
Mackerel Kippers (1,408)
Magic Carpet (1,577)
Noblesse Oblige (2,449)
​Nosegay (3,621)
Not Entirely PC (2,562)
Nothing But The Truth (1,202)
Otrach Bladach City (2,390)
Paradise Regained (2,706)
Pass the Salt (754)
Plus ça change (912)
Real Friends (3,386)
Reductio ad Absurdum (838)
Romance Is Dying (1,309)
Running Away (2,234)
Santa's Tipsy Reindeer (1,206)
Scribo Ergo Sum (528)
Second Chances (2,164)
Space Invaders (1,028)
The Bard (2,368)
The Golden Cage (2,643)
The Good Old Days (776)
The Guinea Stamp (1,403)
The Judas Bull (4,553)
The Next Big Bang (916)
The Poodle and the Bulldog (812)
Wall-to-Wall Sunshine (719)
Wasserkinder (599)
Westies (1,617)
Where is Scotty When You Need Him? (1,320)
Women's Football (1,649)
Worst Selling Authors (761)

Allan Watson

Born, living and working in Glasgow, Allan is a comedy sketch writer and an author of novels and short stories

​Anastasia Arellano

Home-Koming Night (1,927)
Memento (1,682)
The Ladies Trepanning Society (546)

What Sounds Like Silence (4,967)

California-born Anastasia is a graduate ​of the MPhil in Creative Writing at Trinity College, Dublin.  She has recently completed a YA novel.

Andrew McCallum Crawford

Andrew was born in Grangemouth and now lives in Greece.  He has published poetry, short fiction and a first novel.

A New Life (698)
Aliens (577)
Chicken Soup (3,110)
Complement (510)
Flatshare (1,180)
Gentlemen, We Have A Winner (1,684)
Greek As A Foreign Language (1,283)
Greek Coffee In An Emergency (235)
I'm Not Their Dad (347)
Jammed (2,136)
Mr Golden (288)
Musical Death Knell (3,099)
Old Flames And Time Machines (1,819)
Pistachio (749)
Signing On And Off In Greece (467)
Sofitel Gatwick (1,184)
That Hope (3,069)
The Skelf (524)
The Watchmaker's Wife (1,947)
They Made The Effort (1,966)
Wayne (562)
When Iron Turns To Rust (1,659)

Andrew Velzian

Born in Dunfermline, Andrew now lives in Vietnam.  He scribbles short stories in between working and sleeping.

B1InD dRuNk (759)
Chance have ye got like? (533)
Doledrums (1,927)
Even The Pool Was Poor (165)
Junkie Jacket (216)
Last Call (132)
Nowt Inside (464)
Papillon's Coconuts Carry Cars And Dreams (514)
Running On Eggshells (1,255)
Snippits in Scots (956)
The Broons! (974)
The Scream Box (642)
Turkeys (849)
Waiting for Something, Waiting for Everything (1,440)
Waves (546)

Angus Shoor Caan

Saltcoats-born Angus is the author of over a dozen novels, two short story collections and twelve collections of poems.

A debt to be paid (545)
A Different Count (1,212)
A Heavily Dependent Habit (1,151)
A life in five words (307)
A loast weeken' in ri middle e' ri week (1,280)
A Mysterious Stranger (1,754)
A room with a phew (1,546)
Afore we hud ri telly (858)
B.O.G.O.F. (874)
Boab saves ri day (1,315)
Body Language (1,420)
Broady (1,366)
Bus meets ipod (1,198)
Can't take you anywhere (301)
Cheese (701)
Chooby, One Lazy Bastard (1,275)
Christenin' (989)
Cover Story (354)
Cue-Ball and the Pen (2,655)
Deeper Water (916)
Despair (453)
Do the Funky Chicken (649)
Doug's Dinner (517)
Dream topping (803)
Dressed to suit (1,743)
Dyb dyb dyb (541)
Every Reader's Nightmare (1,204)
Fairground Distraction (939)
Fairy Tale Birth At Hazel Grove (916)
Forever, A Curse On Arran's Children (924)
Forty-Eight Angels (374)
Four Coanvursation Pieces (274)
Furst (287)
Gathering Storm (1,524)
Hands across the water (1,075)
Hard Times (2,414)
He shoots... he scores (853)
Helmut's Helmet (1,229)
Hide 'n' Seek (1,100)
High Noon et ri Greasy Spoon (287)
Hirplin' (1,555)
Jimbob and Manny (1,231)
Juke-box Judy (3,683)
Just About To Break (876)
Karaoke Night at Drac's Castle (806)
Kung Fu Hoody (1,204)
Last Resort (1,038)
Limpy an' Shug (327)
Long before ever I knew what a Eureka moment was (561)
Love Never Runs On Time (1,539)
Manners (599)
Most Wanted Man In The World (1,082)
Nivir a lender nur a borrower be (1,072)
No Quitter (1,241)
No Witnesses (1,257)
Nothing But A Dream (1,125)
Officer Down (651)
Other People's Houses (1,790)
Phonetically speaking (625)
Playing For Keeps (2,761)
Professionally Compatible (1,579)
Ri Anniversary Waltz (1,462)
Ri demise a' Christmas (400)
Ri new fulla (801)
Ri Room (740)
Ri Tartan Bunnet (591)
Rock 'n' Soul (936)
Saikint Haun' (562)
Scots Away (1,518)
Smoke Under The Bridge (948)
Song From the Sixteenth Floor (841)
Speech (444)
Sunset (613)
Tasteless (1,460)
Tattie Bye, Zkowens (3,169)
Tattie Zkowen Boaxes Clivur (5,565)
Tattie Zkowen's Day Aff (7,297)
Teething problems (1,322)
Ten to Seven (1,086)
The Barefoot Bishop (1,422)
The black hill (2,051)
The first time (1,660)
The Oxter Bar (3,492)
The Parrotts of Penzance (1,388)
The Solution (1,678)
The Tomorrow Bridge (1,592)
They Thought I Was Asleep (990)
To Her Door (1,514)
Trap 6 (287)
Trinket (1,523)
Twelve Years And Counting In A Goldfish Bowl (1,047)
Wake Up, Coll (1,496)
Wanted: Pearl Diver (2,649)
Wean (114)
Whair's ri Catch? (785)
What I did during the holidays (789)
What Squirrels Don't Ever Tell You (1,549)
Wintercoat (731)

Anna Silvestro

Anna was born in Coatbridge and now lives in the English Midlands.  Her work has been published in local and national magazines.

Annie Christie

Aberdeenshire-born Annie has just started writing serial prose fiction and has several stories in the pipeline

Harry Mac and the Wee Chookie Chicken (4,988)
Surfinias Are Everywhere (2,321)

Family Fictions - Episode 1 (1,700)
Family Fictions - Episode 2 (2,085)
Family Fictions - Episode 3 (2,307)
Family Fictions - Episode 4 (1,925)
Family Fictions - Episode 5 (1,956)
Family Fictions - Episode 6 (2,427)
Family Fictions - Episode 7 (2,400)
Family Fictions - Episode 8 (1,940)
Family Fictions - Episode 9 (2,421)
Family Fictions - Episode 10 (1,771)
Family Fictions - Episode 11 (1,622)
Family Fictions - Episode 12 (2,312)
That Long Hot Summer - Episode 1 (1,698)
That Long Hot Summer - Episode 2 (1,606)
That Long Hot Summer - Episode 3 (1,816)
That Long Hot Summer - Episode 4 (2,291)
That Long Hot Summer - Episode 5 (2,425)
That Long Hot Summer - Episode 6 (2,550)
That Long Hot Summer - Episode 7 (2,200)
That Long Hot Summer - Episode 8 (2,456)
That Long Hot Summer - Episode 9 (2,348)
That Long Hot Summer - Episode 10 (1,548)
That Long Hot Summer - Episode 11 (1,998)
That Long Hot Summer - Episode 12 (1,797)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Track 1 (2,337)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Track 2 (2,731)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Track 3 (1,616)
The Soundtrack of Our Livees - Track 4 (1,616)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Track 5 (1,630)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Track 6 (2,117)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Track 7 (1,633)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Track 8 (1,970)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Track 9 (1,877)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Track 10 (2,329)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Track 11 (1,763)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Track 12 (2,472)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Track 13 (2,042)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Track 14 (2,564)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Disc 2 Track 1 (3,270)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Disc 2 Track 2 (2,706)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Disc 2 Track 3 (3,069)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Disc 2 Track 4 (2,442)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Disc 2 Track 5 (3,471)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Disc 2 Track 6 (2,970)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Disc 2 Track 7 (1,551)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Disc 2 Track 8 (3,003)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Disc 2 Track 9 (2,405)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Disc 2 Track 10 (2,879)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Disc 2 Track 11 (2,647)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Disc 2 Track 12 (3,066)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Disc 2 Track 13 (1,167)
To Die For - Episode 1 (3,684)
To Die For - Episode 2 (3,202)
To Die For - Episode 3 (3,027)
To Die For - Episode 4 (3,426)
To Die For - Episode 5 (3,650)
To Die For - Episode 6 (3,335)
To Die For - Episode 7 (3,330)
To Die For - Episode 8 (3,184)

Bill Kirton

Born in Plymouth, Bill has lived in Aberdeen for most of his life.  He has published numerous books and short stories.

A Game For Gentlemen (955)
Another hole in the beach (1,414)
Date Rape (1,760)
Death Ship - Part 1 (523)
Death Ship - Part 2 (684)
Death Ship - Part 3 (722)
Death Ship - Part 4 (705)
Death Ship - Part 5 (1,157)
Death Ship - Part 6 (709)
Death Ship - Part 7 (1,378)
Eliminating Heat (1,806)
Haemoglobin Dot Com (925)
Inside Things (1,797)
Look to the Lady (1,784)
Maudie (2,174)
Not the Snowman (1,534)
Statistically Improbable (1,377)
The Continuing Story of the Lovers of Wensley Dale (774)
The Couple (584)
The Lamplighter (291)
The Lovers of Wensley Dale (509)

Bill Robertson

Perth-born Bill is an acclaimed short story writer.  He has published two collections of his stories.  His work has also appeared in several anthologies.

A Fine Romance (2,744)
A Growing Boy Needs His Lunch (1,898)
A Second Chance (500)
After the Fact (2,611)
Black and White (3,099)
Busted (447)
Devil's Advocaat (1,577)
Funhouse (456)
Harvest (2,408)
Helen (3,181)
Independence Day (267)
Intensive Care (1,549)
Once Upon A Crime (1,745)
Probably the Best in the World (1,327)
Still Life (978)
Strictly Business (499)
The Breakthrough (1,329)
The Cleaner (1,417)
The Kindness of Strangers (744)
The Last Mile (1,335)
The Last Post (3,158)
The Morning After The Night Before (508)
The Pit (500)
The Rabbit (605)
The Unexpected Guest (443)
Tomorrow Has Been Cancelled (384)
Trick or Treat (503)
True Love Ways (375)

​Bob Ballard

Bob is retired and a member of Perthshire Writers.

Brendan Gisby

Born in Edinburgh, Brendan is the author of three novels, three biographies and several short story collections.

Antarctic Discovery: Lost at Sea (2,421)

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A Brief History of Violence (695)
A Disturbance in a Small Town (2,000)
A Parcel of Rogues (2,395)
After the War (769)
An Act of Kindness (1,891)
An Immaculate Conception (1,989)
Butchers v. Coopers (1,596)
Dux (685)
Fitting Retribution (1,347)
Goaded By Nuns (731)
Goldsmith Country (1,969)
Irish Riddles (634)
Made in Ireland (720)
Maestro (1,579)
Man Up (1,065)
Monsieur Zola's Funny Valentine (689)
Mother Hen (1,567)
My Bestest Pals (1,090)
No' on a Friday (648)
Overboard (641)
Ping Time (2,988)
Red Leather Slippers (784)
Revenge of the Proletariat (932)
Rules of Engagement (968)
Summoned to The Tower (541)
That Hemingway Moment (1,188)
The Ballad of Billy G (2,396)
The Body (3.928)
The Boxer (3,291)
The Cancer Queen (764)
The Cowboy (1,354)
The Dreamer (1,337)
The Exile (3,763)
The Hero (3,912)
The Legend (3,296)
The Patriot Game - Part One (1,061)
The Patriot Game - Part Two (1,254)
The Patriot Game - Part Three (2,056)
The Priest (3,007)
The Quest - A Story for Christmas (1,429)
The Race (1,639)
The Ratcatchers (1,414)
The Scavengers (2,200)
The Shopkeeper (2,301)
The Shoppers (2,758)
The Survivor (1,827)
The Two Stevies (2,111)
Tommy's Big Night (2,014)
Trumped (2,016)
Twa Men Deid (694)
Up The Indians! (1,336)
When Terry Met Paddy (432)
When the World Changed (572)
Working-Class Hero (685)

Brian Morrison

Saltcoats-born Brian is a caricaturist, a comedy sketch writer and more recently a novelist and writer of children's stories.

Ask Archie (998)
Carlos and the Crab Blades (3,355)
Carlos Goes Way Down Yonder (4,917)
How would Leonardo have sliced a pizza? (2,028)
It's A Kinda Magic (735)
Jockeys in the Rain (1,111)
Knock Knock (1,053)
My Mother's Iguana (925)
Not A One-Horse Town (1,877)
Nun So Many (1,006)
Play Bingo Like an Egyptian (1,739)
Talk Like an Egyptian (606)
Talking of Trips (700)
Tattie Masher (1,831)
​The Dark Stranger (2,832)
The Inter-Club Talent Contest (1,265)
The Klugenhoffs (1,779)
The Professionals (2,435)
The Steal (4,765)
The Writer (475)
Virtual Trouble (1,592)
Walk Like an Egyptian (637)
Wash Like an Egyptian (464)

Brian Ross

Brian was born in Australia, but has lived in Scotland for most of his life.  He has over ninety publications to his name.

Reflections of (328)

Cal Wallace

Glasgow-born Cal is based in Aberdeenshire.  He writes quirky short stories and dreams of publishing a novel.

Nothing to Declare (705)

Cally Phillips

Born in England but of Scottish descent, Cally has lived in Scotland most of her life.  After a 20-year career as a screenwriter/playwright, she has retired from fiction and drama and turned publisher and editor.

A Fishing Line (1,013)
Another World is Possible - Episode 1 (1,579)
Another World is Possible - Episode 2 (2,954)
Another World is Possible - Episode 3 (2,885)
Another World is Possible - Episode 4 (2,562)
Another World is Possible - Episode 5 (2,565)
Another World is Possible - Episode 6 (5,954)
Another World is Possible - Episode 7 (3,309)
Another World is Possible - Episode 8 (2,184)
Another World is Possible - Episode 9 (3,948)
Another World is Possible - Episode 10 (3,658)
Another World is Possible - Episode 11 (1,775)
Another World is Possible - Episode 12 (3,999)
Another World is Possible - Episode 13 (1,292)
Another World is Possible - Episode 14 (3,353)
Another World is Possible - Episode 15 (2,226)
Cottoning on to Fashion (5,005)
Duck! (501)
Gonnae No Dae That (3,094)
Heather Holds My Hand (1,627)
January Blues (2,330)
Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it's independence! (3,285)
Love Chocolate? (6,633)
Saddam Insane (1,270)
Terrorists Need to Plan (1,205)
The First Class Traveller (469)
The Keltoi (2,054)
The Stabbin o' Rizzio (3,075)
Totally Awesome (1,725)
Wha's feart o' the library? (2,985)

​Caroline Mackie

Edinburgh-born Caroline lives in Holland and writes mainly children's stories.

Clare Steele

Born and still living in Glasgow, Clare has written, mainly short stories, for many years.

Peepuls O The Hedge (6,012)

You Can't Just Have Everything You Want (2,829)

Connor McCallum

Born and brought up on Loch Lomond-side, Connor's main focus is on short stories, but he also dabbles in the odd poem.

​Danny Gillan

Glaswegian Danny is the author of two novels and a short story anthology.

David Christie

The Problem's That (964)

Awake (3,143)
Something Freeing (3,649)

Lunch for Two (1,236)
The Measure (2,724)

Born in Huddersfield of Scottish parents, David has lived in Scotland for many years.  He is relatively new to writing.

David D. Sharp

David was born in Zimbabwe, but has lived in Scotland most of his life.  He regularly writes short stories.

Bad Day Clay (1,822)
Chemicals (1,534)
Creatures of the Deep (1,534)
In the Shade (1,049)
The Ballad of Nate and Carla (991)
The Man I Want To Be (3,849)
The Passing (1,332)
The Pit (1,157)
The Wandering (656)

David McWilliam

Born in Stonehaven, David is a member of a creative writing group.  He has written dozens of short stories and poems.

Sam, Lil and Sal (1,008)
The Crossing (759)

Derek Freeman

Born in South Queensferry, Derek has been inspired to write about growing up in the town in the 1950's and 1960's.

Another View from the Crossroads (1,310)
Crimes of South Queensferry 1955/56 (2,110)
Dundas Bullets (959)
My Family and the Ferry (2,236)
The Ferry School and Dead Fish (2,089)
Whisky Galore! (4,259)
You Can't Search Me, I'm An Officer (3,386)

Donald S Murray

Born in Hamilton and now living and working in Shetland, Donald is an acclaimed author and poet.

Return to Lochinver (3,285)

Douglas Lloyd

Douglas was born and raised in Grangeburn.  He has written many short stories.

One Day In The Life Of Derrick Mooney (3,795)

Emma Guinness

Emma is a writer from Glasgow, who lives and works in London.  Her work has appeared in a number of publications in the UK and Ireland.

Duntocher Cinderella (1,315)

Fiona Johnson

Kilmarnock-born Fiona, aka McDroll, has published three collections of short stories and a novella.

​Forbes Walker

Don Masson's Big Toe (1,341)

The Quest for a Turneep Lantern (572)

Edinburgh-born Forbes loves to write poetry, prose and plays.

Garry Stanton

Born in Edinburgh, Garry now lives in Fife.  He is a musician by trade.  He also writes fiction and poetry.

Bring Your Befuddled Zxeardks (979)
Cold, cold tarmac (1,286)
Empires End (1,296)
Simon Says (3,971)
Something About Money (1,715)
The Heights (3,963)
The Mysteries of Light (2,425)
The Wildness of Our Dreams (1,244)
Ward Closed (1,389)

Gavin Broom

Born in Falkirk, Gavin now lives in Michigan.  His short stories and poetry have appeared in numerous publications.

Glenn Muir

Born in West Lothian, Glenn is a member of the Bathgate-based Quill poetry and writing group.

Digging For Gold And Finding Coal (2,984)
Postcards from the Departure Lounge (1,382)
The Book of Malky (2,006)
Winter Pays For Summer (2,567)

Al Fresco (1,094)
​Blessed Are The Meek (1,134)
Breaking Bad (828)
David of Seafield (1,447)
Family Matters 1990 (2,323)
​In the Summer of Ninety (1,541)
Lion Rampant (1,096)
Ozsome (1,390)
Pet-gilante (1,326)
​Roadkill (755)
Save the Rhino (665)
Sport! (822)
Still Rampant (1,253)
The Bruce Triumphant (172)
The Magical Chalks (1,145)
The Shortcut (637)
The Truth Will Out (1,127)
The Wildebeest, the Lycanthrope and the Frenchman's Croft (1,128)

Gordon Gibson

Gordon was born in Motherwell and now lives in Troon.  His prose and poetry have appeared in a number of online and print publications.

Imagining Maria (1,238)
That McAdam (1,562)
The departure of a small man (1,465)
The Tin Man's Hat (891)

Graham Mathew Scott

Graham is a Canadian of Scottish heritage. He is an artist, a musician and a writer of fiction.

A Late Night Story (2,058)
Little Steven (1,771)
Where Do You Get Your Ideas? (4,189)

Graham Smith

Carlisle-born Graham has lived in Scotland most of his life.  He is a crime writer, with three published collections of his stories.

The Smell of Perfume (4,387)

Greg Michaelson

Greg lives and works in Edinburgh.  He has been publishing fiction since 2001 and likes to write about how things aren't and how they might be.

Gregg Elliot

Born and still living in Drumchapel in Glasgow, Gregg has been writing fiction throughout his life.

Cute (3,198)
Errant (472)
Hollow Murder (2,227)
Jackie and the Magic Bricks (1,155)
The Lions' Share (1,367)

Frozen Assets (1,339)
Nippin Oot tae the Shop (903)

Gurmeet Mattu

Gurmeet was born and lives in Glasgow, though his forebearers are from India.  He is an award-winning writer and journalist.

Asylum (703)
Promotion (1,350)
The Gesture (1,339)
The Goat Woman (981)

Harriet Goodchild

Harriet was born in Glasgow and wishes she was there still.  She has written a novel and many short stories.

​J. M. Barrie's An Edinburgh Eleven

​J. M. Barrie's Better Dead

The Seal's Daughter (4,704)

Lord Rosebery (1,709)
Mr Joseph Thomson (1,424)
Professor Masson (1,543)
Rev Walter C Smith (1,231)
Robert Louis Stevenson (2,181)

Chapter 1 (1,576)
Chapter 2 (2,731)
Chapter 3 (2,572)
Chapter 4 (2,670)
Chapter 5 (1,422)
Chapter 6 (1,725)
Chapter 7 (1,166)
Chapter 8 (1,484)
Chapters 9 & 10 (1,770)

​J. M. Barrie's Young Men I Have Met

J. T. Wheeling

Born in Airdrie and now living in Edinburgh, J. T. Wheeling retired from business to write primarily for youngsters. 

Episode 1 (1,329)
Episode 2 (1,163)
Episode 3 (950)
Episode 4 (748)
Episode 5 (738)
Episode 6 (826)

A Wounded Tiger (2,477)
Farber's Jewel (1,411)
Legends of the Ells - The Beginning (4,856)

Jack MacRoary

Tattybogle-born Jack attends DrumTumshie Academy and has been publishing ebooks since he was at Tattybogle Primary.  Which might make him seem somewhat precocious.  He’s not.

The trout who dreamed of being a salmon (926)

​Jack MacRoary's Big Brexit Blethers

Jack MacRoary's Guide to the General Election

Jack MacRoary's Guide to the Independence Referendum

Jack O'Donnell

Dalmuir-based Jack pursues a love for the written word on ABCtales.com, where he's a generous contributor to the community, a competition winner and a prized editor.

Episode 1 (1,653)
Episode 2 (2,171)
Episode 3 (852)
Episode 4 (1,931)
Episode 5 (1,106)

Episodes 1 & 2 (5,664)
Episode 3 (3,338)
Episode 4 (2,908)
Episode 5 (2,736)
Episode 6 (3,187)
Episode 7 (2,620)
Episode 8 (3,035)
Episodes 9 & 10 (5,478)

Episodes 1 & 2 (3,911)
Episode 3 (2,501)
Episode 4 (2,305)
Episode 5 (3,011)
Episode 6 (2,397)
Episode 7 (3,257)
Episode 8 (2,269)
Episodes 9 & 10 (4,674)

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A Very Easy Death (1,540)
Angela's Bouquet (1,530)
Ben (2,043)
Charlie Porter - True Irish (517)
Cherry Lips (1,137)
Coal Bags (2,639)
Corn (1,348)
Creotine (1,910)
Dirt (1,669)
Duckin' Day (2,005)
Every Day Free (1,997)
God Made Me Ugly For A Reason (1,374)
Going Home (1,406)
Life Lessons (1,615)
Love Me Dooh (1,131)
Maureen (1,319)
Me and Big Jock Stein (1,078)
Mince and Tatties (1,063)
Nanny Bludgeon's Teeth (2,905)
Old Fogey (1,542)
Reformation (1,289)
St Patrick's Day (766)
The Big Malky (1,077)
The Holy Ghoulie (2,036)
The Holy Ghoulie Revisited (1,650)
The Old Man (1,193)
The Orange Walk (817)
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Uncle Stephen (3,413)
War Profits (877)

Jacky Cowper

Born in Dundee, Jacky now lives in Edinburgh.  She writes short stories and is currently working on a novel.

Game On (2,542)

James A. Stewart

James hails from Croy near Glasgow.  He is a member of Cumbernauld's Frontier Writers.

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Business Is Business (498)
Does It Make Him Unfaithful, People? (806)

Episode 1 (2,560)
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Episode 7 (1,700)
Episode 8 (1,729)
Episode 9 (1,600)
Episode 10 (2,049)

James McPherson

Glasgow-born James has been writing seriously for the last three years and already has three novels under his belt.

Eternal Shadows (1,975)
Father Dominic's Garden (2,993)
The Funeral of Titus Craig (2,007)
Two Charcoal Statues (421)

January Bain

Of Scottish parentage, January hails from Canada.  With three books to be published in 2012, she is working on a fourth.

​Jen Hughes

Jen lives in Ayrshire and has been published in various online journals.

A Slice of Undead Life (3,066)

About A Girl (1,378)
Purgatory (1,711)

Jim Murdoch

Glasgow-born Jim has been writing poetry and novels for many years.  More recently, he has been giving short stories a go.

Blank Page (1,158)
Zeitgeist (1,194)

John Crosbie

Born in Milngavie, John is a writer of short stories, plays and screenplays.

The Tomato Manifesto (396)
Weapons (1,015)

John McGroarty

Born in Glasgow and now living in Barcelona, John has been writing short stories for many years.

All There Is (1,984)
An Authentic Act (3,396)
Banal Realism (2,068)
Beautiful Souls (4,443)
Everywhere (3,950)
Free (2,545)
Homage to Ana (2,115)
Horses (2,496)
I, Hamlet (1,177)
Logic Games (3,117)
Matt Kelly's Fifteen Minutes of Infamy (1,273)
Mr Black (771)
My Right Ear (2,508)
Nutrition (1,307)
Olga (3,872)
Perhaps (2,059)
Queen Victoria (2,619)
Rose (812)
Sing (1,406)
Subterranean Science Blues (998)
The Beach (1,614)
The Blackhill Poet (1,746)
The Box of the New Happiness (910)
The Caricature (388)
The Christmas Tree (1,928)
The Entrepreneur (834)
The Epigone - Parts 1 & 2 (1,384)
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The Epigone - Parts 5 & 6 (1,613)
The Epigone - Parts 7 & 8 (2,579)
The Epigone - Parts 9 & 10 (3,410)
The Epigone - Parts 11 & 12 (3,067)
The Favour (3,251)
The Impossible Thing - Part One (2,325)
The Impossible Thing - Part Two (1,382)
The Impossible Thing - Part Three (2,376)
The Impossible Thing - Part Four (1,566)
The Irish Buddha (463)
The Leaving of George and of James (2,681)
The Magog Prize for Literature (2,562)
The Secret History of the Fourth Reich (1,936)
The Siggi Shortsword Suicide Saga (2,089)
The Soul of the World (1,861)
The Ten Planet Finger Theory (4,529)
The Waters (1,788)
There Will Always Be Punctuation (5,851)
Triple Indemnity (5,854)
When Frankie Loved Jeanie (1,632)

Karen Jones

Born in Glasgow, Karen's work has appeared in numerous magazines, anthologies and ezines.

All The Fun (1,206)
Boundary Lines (1,470)
Diamond Dust and Moonstones (1,474)
In The Background (464)
Open to Interpretation (1,019)
Past Perfect (2,216)
Prodigal (803)
The Last Word (246)
The Resurrection of Andy McPhail (2,425)

Keith Coleman

Originally from Dundee and now living in Cornwall, Keith prefers to write supernatural short stories.

Dreel (3,387)
Fleg (2,911)
The Square Woodie (2,795)
Two Wee Men (1,500)
Wee Eddie McPhee (2,308)

​Kenny Wilson

Born and raised in Edinburgh, Kenny describes himself as a writer, a dreamer and lucky.

​Kevin Crowe

Highland-based Kevin is a writer of fiction, poetry and non-fiction, whose work is published regularly.

Kevin McCallum

Born in Dumbarton, Kevin lives in The Vale.  He only began to write in recent years and is now addicted.

Teatime in a Jam Jar (615)
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Tomorrows (272)
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Behind Bars - Chapters 1 & 2 (4,161)
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Behind Bars - Chapters 5 & 6 (5,639)
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Behind Bars - Chapters 11 & 12 (6,547)
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Behind Bars - Chapter 28 (5,018)
Behind Bars - Chapter 29 (5,633)
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Double Jeopardy (2,565)
The Bacon Sandwich (1,392)

Howling Like A Rabid Wolf (2,730)
Put The Face On (2,319)
The Alchemist's Apprentice (2,183)
The Big Match (1,853)
The Glasgow Resurrection (2,886)
The Road to Luss Pier (2,504)

​Kirsten Stalker

Perth-born Kirsten is attending creative writing workshops.

Kirsty Eccles

Dundee-born Kirsty gave up a career in financial services to go into advocacy. She now heads Creative Advocacy which runs Guerrilla Midgie Press, the advocacy publisher.

​Kirsty Grant

The Impoverished Artist (1,940)

Between Seeing and Believing (2,240)
Girls and Boys Come Out to Play (2,251)
Hope Over Fear (5,689)

Don't You Read the Papers? (3,093)

An English Literature & Creative Writing student, Edinburgh-born Kirsty is a writer and poet and keen blogger.

Kristen Stone

Although born in London, Kristen has been granted the status of Honorary Scot.  Her first novel was published in 2011.

L M Blackburn

Born in St Andrews, L M Blackburn is a freelance researcher who now lives in Edinburgh.

​Laurence MacDonald

Edinburgh-born Laurence writes supernatural short fiction set in the 19th century.

Anything You Can Do... (1,912)
From the Back of a Drawer (1,293)
If The World Hadn't Changed (1,805)
Perfect Partners (2,805)
The Horrendous Secret (1,793)
The Supplier (1,019)

The View From The Border (563)

A Haunted Conscience (4,938)
My Girl (490)
Stormbound (2,242)
The Curse of the Clock (3,605)
The Post-Mortem Composer (3,474)
The Room Above the Study (4,949)

M. W. Harris

Born in Essex of mixed Scottish and English parentage, M. W. Harris lives in Scotland.  She attends the Greenock Writers' Club.

Soon (1,246)
Soul Sailors (1,782)
The School (2,920)
The Trick of the Tale (1,196)

Malcolm J. Croan

Now living in Canada, Malcolm (who prefers to be called Callum) was born in Leith, Edinburgh.  He has two published books.

​Marc Innis

A Glimpse At The Past - Episodes 1 & 2 (2,994)
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Balls of the Feet (4,260)
No Ball Games (1,437)

Aberdeen-born Marc now lives in Lossiemouth and writes about the people, history and language of that place.

Marc Spahn

Cincinnati-born Marc currently lives in Taiwan and teaches English.  He is a musician and writer at heart.

Art Broken (749)
Early Morning Pep Talk Blues (660)
I Barely Remember It (1,921)
The Cooler (1,416)

Marie-Therese Taylor

Salford-born Marie-Therese lives in Edinburgh, but writes anywhere.

​Matthew Richardson

Stewarton-based Matthew has had stories published in a number of literary magazines.

Melissa Palmer

Born in New Jersey, Melissa has a passion for poetry and creative writing, having published multiple works in many journals.

The Steam Room Incident (1,968)

Boarding (1,946)
Light in the Blackhouse (2,907)
Meeting Margery Mercer (2,754)
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At This Moment (3,168)

Michael C. Keith

Originally from Albany, New York, Michael is a leading scholar in electronic media in the US and the author of two dozen books.

A Dining Experience (523)​​
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A Town Without a Box Store (256)
Breakfast for Cassie (469)
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Consuming Dream (2,021)
Contrails (2,271)
Cupid's Arrow (929)
Dad Leaves (1,134)
Daylight Moon (121)
Doing a 360 on Route 66 (490)
Down That Old Bumpy Memory Lane (1,141)
Empty Breathing (278)
Exceptional Service (219)
Food for Thought (1,378)
Friends In Crime (1,286)
Hair Today (248)
If Mama Could Speak (326)
It Was a Book That Revised Itself (95)
Life Goes On (337)
Mama's Hurts (1,244)
Not Prescribed (1,061)
Nothing Bothers Me (249)
Pensées Dix (491)
Perpetual Stranger (905)
Purple Hearts (1,835)
Questionnaire (223)
Redundancy (768)
Riding the Hound (2,376)
Saints With Dirty Feet (889)
Second Sentences (423)
Sochi Dog (1,461)
Song of Jacob (4,486)
Standing Up While Lying Down (181)
The 300th (1,240)
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The Late (827)
The Man Who Said Yes... Once (350)
The Night We Slept On the Mall (449)
The Past Is Behind (760)
The Valet (1,105)
Their Just Deserves (430)
We All Grieve In Our Own Way (460)

Olga Wojtas

Edinburgh-born Olga is a journalist and writer.  Her short stories have been published in literary magazines in the UK, America and India.

​Pab Roberts

Reconstitution (3,149)
The Secret Life of The Sheriff (1,293)
The State Opening of Parliament (1,222)

Like Kings (1,802)

Glasgow-born Pab is an Edinburgh-based writer and actor

Pat Black

Born and raised in Glasgow, Pat is a writer and journalist with many short stories to his name.

Arena (2,285)
Atlantis (4,438)
Bite (2,623)
Blinko's Revenge (1,382)
Catch (2,193)
Come Home (6,689)
Maggie Murphy's Home For Bad Boys (4,332)
Man Alive (221)
Mural (4,253)
Sentinel Blues (6,001)
Settling Accounts (2,353)
Shall We Do It Boy-Girl Boy-Girl? (5,003)
Short Cut (1,188)
Taxi For Glennie (1,193)
The Bull (2,882)
The Dragon In The Water (2,599)
The Ferryman (2,091)
The Heidie (278)
The Mowgli Chronicles (7,979)
The Voracious Reader (2,654)
Wild Boys (3,086)
Windowboxes (3,247)
Your Number's Up, Let's Go Crazy (5,703)

​Patrick Hutchison

Aberdeenshire-born Patrick writes his stories in the Doric of the North-East of Scotland.

Paul Bruce

Kirkcaldy-born Paul is a short story writer and short film-maker.  ​He’s generally very fond of anything if it's short!

Peter Devlin

Born in Airdrie, Peter now lives in Glasgow.  His forays into writing fiction have so far produced a novel.

Rab Christie's Game of Gnomes - Series One

Angels Ten (2,137)
Bob the Dog fae the Bog (1,660)
Bulletbroo (2,291)
Catty (4,495)
Dalek (1,901)
If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye (1,142)
Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes (828)
The Burkers (2,677)
The Seven Coins o Kineddart (4,667)
The Stones That Turned (2,379)
The Tabby Sooker (2,112)
The Three Cannels (3,895)
This Is My Dying Day (1,147)

The Panthers of Rannoch Moor (4,216)

A Wee Black Door on Hope Street (2,965)

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Episode 1 (1,296)
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Episode 3 (1,698)
Episode 4 (1,615)
Episode 5 (1,645)
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​Episode 8 (1,577)
Episode 9 (1,784)
Episode 10 (1,500)
Episode 11 (1,636)
Episode 12 (1,469)

Rob McClure Smith

Airdrie-born Rob now lives in the United States.  His short fiction has appeared in many literary magazines.

​Robert Cowan

Wood (2,979)

Honour Amongst Thieves (1,415)

Bellshill-born Robert writes fiction.  He has published two novels and is working on his third.

Robert Davidson

Born in Carlisle, Robert spent his formative years in Scotland.  He has one published novel and is working on a sequel.

Roger McKillop

Edinburgh-born Roger has been writing poetry in Scots for many years.

Deception (1,391)

Ae Day in June (557)
Candays (3,895)
Colle di Tenda (1,712)
College Memories - Challengin' Times (1,470)
College Memories - Educational (Mis)Communication (1,156)
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College Memories - The Staff (3,316)
College Memories - Wee Roge Boobs (1,285)
Hogmanay (1,497)
Liberty? (267)
Ma Bannockburn (517)
Ma Heroes o' History (3,146)
Ma Heroes o' Music (1,289)
Ma Heroes o' Sport (2,103)
Pomsky Beat I - One of Eight (1,788)
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Pomsky Beat III - Candy Abroad (4,785)
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The Appin Murderer (1,524)
The Flemings o' Dalnoid (729)
Uprisin' an' Doonfa' (1,437)
Wee Roge Reflects (3,265)

Ron A. Sewell

Now living in Cyprus, Ron was born in Leith, Edinburgh.  He has written five complete novels and numerous short stories.

A Night Ashore (825)
A Shelter from the Storm (1,897)
Angels Don't Have Wings - Take 1 (1,110)
Angels Don't Have Wings - Take 2 (1,327)
Angels Don't Have Wings - Take 3 (1,080)
Angels Don't Have Wings - Take 4 (996)
Bank (715)
Confession (1,852)
Echoes from the Past (870)
Jane's Song (1,986)
Mary (1,608)
Partners in Time (2,108)
The Black Widow (582)
The Collector's Apprentice (2,213)
The Empty Room (739)
The Fare (990)
The Last Train (1,578)
The Quarrel (857)
The Smoking Chimney (1,247)
Uneventful Passage (913)

Ronnie Smith

Glasgow-born Ronnie now lives and works in Romania.  He is getting back into the writing of fiction after a long break.

Ross Clark

Edinburgh-born Ross now lives in Germany.  He is a lecturer and as yet unpublished author.

Ruth Aylett

Brown Cord Trousers (1,056)
Bus Stop (1,043)
Contract (366)
Done (577)
Estranged (1,796)
Just the Two of Us (863)
Not a Drop (3,099)
On the Shuttle (1,538)
The Rush (824)
Uncle Willie's Bus (445)
White Knuckle Ride (2,563)

The Fez (966)

By hand or by brain (1,132)

Edinburgh-based Ruth writes poems and short stories, many of which have been published in literary magazines.

S. R. Crockett

S. R. Crockett was born in Galloway in 1859 and died in 1914.  He had over 60 novels published, as well as hundreds of short stories and sketches.

A Cry Across the Black Water (5,940)
An Idyll of the Sud Express (1,685)
Barraclough's (3,718)
North to the Arctic (3,312)
Peter the Renegade - Episode 1 (5,628)
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Peter the Renegade - Episode 3 (5,393)
Peter the Renegade - Episode 4 (5,167)
Peter the Renegade - Episode 5 (6,548)
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The Courtship of Tammock Thackanraip, Ayrshireman (3,087)
The Hanging of Harry Polwart (2,370)
The Ice Run (4,078)
The Impartial Hand (3,037)
The Old Tory (1,605)
The Progress of Cleg Kelly, Mission Worker (4,662)
The Stickit Minister (1,800)
The Stickit Minister Wins Through (2,415)
The Stickit Minister's Wooing (3,639)
The Toboggan Run (1,493)

Sandy Wardrope

Ardrossan-born Sandy came to writing late in life, but already has a first novel and many published stories to his name.

A Star Is Born (1,903)

​Sara Clark

Hawick-based Sara is an award-winning writer and poet.  Her debut novel was released in 2015.

​Sara Clark's The Last Day

Skagadol Husche

Skagadol was born and raised in Glasgow.  He writes prose and poetry, using his own name of Hamish Montgomery for the latter.

Bag Lady (874)
Table 2 (1,055)
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Dread (2,121)

Steven Porter

Inverness-born Steven is a published author of fiction, short stories, poetry, memoirs, travelogues and reportage.

Looking For The New Black (1,851)

Stewart Wright

Stewart was born in Dumfries.  He is the author of many short stories, both published and unpublished.

​Susi J Smith

Livingston-born Susi enjoys writing short stories and flash fiction.

Thomas Clark

Bellshill-born Thomas is a Glaswegian poet, writer and translator.

Piety, and Other Lies (1,001)
Under the Watchful Gaze of Iron, Paint and Mum (1,497)

Doctor, Doctor (1,002)
The Shoes (999)

Auld Hughie's Losin It (1,275)

​Tom Gillespie

Falkirk-born Tom is a published novelist and short story writer.

Tom Greenwood

Tom was born in Bishopbriggs and now lives in Edinburgh.  He writes short stories and sci-fi novels.

William Stephen Taylor

A descendant of the Clan Taylor, Manchester-born William has published fifty ebooks since his retirement.

My Beloved Edith (1,225)

A Glaswegian God (1,659)
A Sheet in Time (562)
Arratal (859)
Being Male (2,147)
Cosain Péist (763)
Cryo (1,220)
King Louis XXIII (925)
No Matter What (459)
Phage (1,293)
The Bin Day Code (617)
The Tale of Jimiik the Mad (1,170)
The Tale of the Comedian and the President (1,520)

You Remind Me of Bela Lugosi (2,210)