Pleasantly surprised to find that my middle grade novel, The Time-Consuming Adventures of Harper Smedley, was recently long-listed for The Yeovil Literary Prize 2024. Still hopeful she’ll find publication someday…

Starting 2024 with a reading at Edinburgh’s NOIR AT THE BAR, sharing the spotlight with many talented writers. I read from THE UNTIMELY DEATHS OF ADDISON PALMER, a speculative mystery I’ve recently dusted off in the hope of publication. Lots of positive feedback, so I persevere…

Bringing 2023 to a close with a fresh, glossy cover design for my first novel, THE LIFE LIVED.

To celebrate Book Week Scotland, Scottish Book Trust recently published their annual publication, this year with the theme of ADVENTURE. I wrote ADVENTURES IN ADVENTURING which… didn’t make the cut. So, rather than let it fester in a file, I thought I’d post it HERE. Hope you enjoy the ride…

https://ianmurphywrites.com/adventures-in-adventuring/

Good news: My as-yet-unpublished children’s cli-fi time travel caper, THE TIME-ADVENTURES of HARPER SMEDLEY, has been shortlisted for the Wells Festival of Literature 2023 Book For Children Competition. Winner announced October 30th, so holding my breath until then…

2023 Book for Children Competition Shortlist

A flash fiction piece of mine – Alphabet Song – has been published by EUNOIA REVIEW, a fine Singapore-based literary journal publishing two new pieces of writing from around the world.

The Time-Consuming Adventures of Harper Smedley is a sci-fi/cli-fi children’s novel I wrote and am seeking a good home for. Meanwhile, Harper has been longlisted as part of this year’s WriteMentor Award, so fingers crossed for the shortlist… https://write-mentor.com/2023/02/23/awards-longlist-novel-picture-book/

IMITATION of LIFE: A Short Story Collection

A psychiatrist cures a husband who can predict his wife’s every thought, a man receives the ultimate gift from his ex, a father returns from the underworld for his son’s birthday, the last man on earth can’t be sure he is. In this collection of short stories and tall tales, the speculative rub shoulders with the truth, divine comedies with warnings for the curious, and sleepless dreams of dystopia take root a little too close to home.

Available in Paperback and eBook format via Amazon

IMITATION of LIFE – a short story collection.

This December I shall be releasing a collection of my short fiction from recent years. Release date TBC, but hopefully mid-Dec. Watch this space.

Ending 2021 by blurring the line between fiction and non-fiction more than usual, as my short story – The Last Thing To Go – is featured in the first edition of Lavender Bones Magazine.