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Verulam Writers' Circle has a diverse membership spanning ages from sixteen to late seventies, and our occupations and backgrounds give rise to many varied styles of writing. Here we present work by past and present members that is hosted online, either on this site or elsewhere. Submission guidelines
Kate Allan |
Fateful Deception (extract) |
Cherly Alleyne |
Mr Beecham's Coat (a winning entry in the 2009 Forces Literary Organisation Worldwide Short Story Competition) The Tin Box (shortlisted in the British Fantasy Society Short Story Competition 2009) |
KJ Bennett |
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Kevin Childs |
Lifting (VWC competition runner-up) |
Mark Clementson |
The Trouble with Mr Gibson (VWC competition runner-up) |
Nick Cook |
Valentine's Day (Part of our Short Story Radio triple whammy) |
Barbara Cooper |
Breaking the Fast (VWC competition runner-up) Sunday Breakfast (VWC competition runner-up) |
Ian Cundell |
Wither the message? (VWC competition winner) Organised Chaos (on cundell.net) Sex and the girl upstairs (on cundell.net) |
Toby Frost |
The Case for Lucky Jim (VWC competition winner) When Slay Bells Ring (on spacecaptainsmith.com) The Celery and the Ivy (on spacecaptainsmith.com) Fairytale of New Dorchester (on spacecaptainsmith.com) |
Jean Gardner |
Houses of the Art Deco years (extract) Aviation Landmarks (extract) |
Julie Mayhew |
Horses (Part of our Short Story Radio triple whammy) The Lion Cub (one of "The Best Three" in Biscuit Publishing's 2008 Flash Fiction Competition) The Horn Bird (at Monday Night (US)) |
Gordon Message |
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Sandra Norval |
Don't revere the peer (at the view from here) |
Jon Pinnock |
Piss and Patchouli (at Litro) Natural Selection (Part of our Short Story Radio triple whammy) Rebel Without Applause (VWC competition winner) The Guitarist's Inheritence (at APT) Canine Mathematics (at Smokebox) Ignorance of Chemistry (at Everyday Fiction) Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions (at Liars' League) Dog Star (at Aphelion) |
Paul Rich |
Evil Empire (VWC competition winner) |
Coleen Richardson/ Rosemary Woodland |
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John Spencer |
On the Edge (VWC competition winner) You'll Be A Man My Son (VWC competition runner-up) |
Tony Stevens |
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Jim Thompson |
One's A Wish (VWC competition winner) Trope (VWC competition runner-up) |
Wendy Turner |
Walking Into It (VWC competition winner) The Undead (VWC competition runner-up) |
Dave Weaver |
Charlie's World (VWC competition runner-up) Blow Up (at Aphelion) |
Oscar Windsor-Smith |
Write for Your Life (at Life.info magazine (p26)) Trumpet Volunteer (at Flash Fiction Online) Pigs Could Fly (at Everyday Fiction) Grave Concerns (at Everyday Fiction) Heartfelt Wellcome, a new Renaissance (on If Shakespeare...) |
Mary Woodward |
Russian Tea (Also collected by Fish Publishing) Quelle Week! (Guardian competition winner) Risotto (At Timesonline - scroll down a bit) St Albans Odeon (Mary's photo record of what will hopefully be a great restoration) |
Submission Guidelines
VWC will host, or link to, works by authors who are or have been fully paid up members or postal members:
- All work hosted here must be original, and copyright of the author
- All work hosted here will, of course, remain copyright of the author
- Any work hosted here that contains adult material must contain a warning to that effect beneath the title.
- Verulam Writers' Circle, its committee and its webmasters, shall not be held responsible for the content of material submitted to the site - that responsibility remains with the author. However, the work hosted here must not contain obscene, libellous or other material likely to bring disrepute on the Circle and such work will be rejected; if such material slips through the vetting system and is displayed, it is at the risk of the author, who must take full responsibility for the content. If it is brought to the attention of the webmaster or other committee member that material displayed on the site is likely to lead to litigation or is offensive to our readership, it will be removed immediately
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