1. Literary fiction: Ebb Tide – first published in the Henry Lawson Anthology (2017)
On a tropical beach at dawn a woman is torn between caring for her young son and her difficult elderly father.
2. Speculative fiction: Putting on a Brave Face – first published in the British Fantasy Society’s Journal (2017)
Following the Second Doctor’s War, blue is a sacred colour. The cathedral needs to be consecrated but one of its stained-glass windows is contaminated by brown glass. Delbert’s face becomes God’s chosen instrument to remove the unholy colour from the cathedral.