Bibliography

Novels

Cover of Gifts of Anger by Richard Salsbury. A very worn-out and stained old armchair.

Gifts of Anger (published May 2025)

Cover of Mute by Richard Salsbury. A mechanical pencil being driven through the screen of a mobile phone.

Mute (published September 2023)

Longlisted for the Bluepencilagency First Novel Competition

Published Short Stories

Cover of Six Word Stories, edited by Doug Weller, featuring a giant number six.

Three six-word short stories

Six Word Stories ed Doug Weller (Feb 2022)

Cover of Leaving, an anthology by Hammond House Publishing, featuring an abstract painting.

‘How to Become Crimson’

Hammond House anthology ‘Leaving’

A logo featuring a star above a crescent.

‘Ten Years Gone’

Pens of the Earth; Star & Crescent (19 Nov 2019)

A logo featuring a star above a crescent.

‘A Celebration’

Pens of the Earth; Star & Crescent (14 Nov 2019)

Cover of Flash Fiction Magazine, featuring a silhouetted person looking at a starry night sky.

‘Loaves’

Flash Fiction Magazine (18 Sep 2019)

Cover of Turkish Delight, an anthology by Michael Terence Publishing, featuring a hand-drawn image of a man in bed.

‘Sonata for Sausage Roll and Exploding Foam’

Michael Terence Publishing anthology Turkish Delight (Dec 2017)

A logo featuring a star above a crescent.

‘Plimsolls’

Star & Crescent

Cover of the Bedford International Writing Competition 2016 anthololgy, featuring the silhouette of a person looking through a window at an owl in a tree.

‘The Worm’

Bedford International Writing Competition 2016 Anthology

The logo for the Portsmouth News, featuring a sailing ship.

‘One Last Ice Cream’

Portsmouth News (16 Sep 2016)

Cover of Artificium 4, featuring a close-up of an insect's wing.

‘Red, Noir’

Artificium 4; Portsmouth News (21 July 2017)

Cover of World Wide Writers magazine, featuring a painting of two people in a winter street.

‘Panaphasia’

World Wide Writers issue 14

Cover of World Wide Writers magazine, featuring a line drawing of a man fishing while reading a book.

‘The Aspirant’

World Wide Writers issue 11

Cover of World Wide Writers magazine, featuring a line drawing of a man laying down, reading a book while being covered in autumn leaves.

‘Blues’

World Wide Writers issue 8

Short Story Competitions

Shortlisted‘How to Become Crimson’Hammond House Short Story Competition 2019
Shortlisted‘A Sun in the Heart of London’Dorset Fiction Award 2018
3rd prize‘Fast Jazz’London Independent Story Prize 2nd quarter 2018
Shortlisted‘Sonata for Sausage Roll and Exploding Foam’Writers’ Forum competition 2017
Highly commended‘Sonata for Sausage Roll and Exploding Foam’Michael Terence Publishing short story competition
Winner‘Red, Noir’Artificium ‘In Brief’ Competition 2016
Shortlisted‘Eleven’Aeon Award 2016
3rd place‘The Worm’Bedford Short Story Competition 2016
Longlisted‘Plimsolls’Flash 500, second quarter 2016
Longlisted‘The Worm’Bare Fiction Prize for Short Story 2014
Runner-up‘Law of Averages’Real Writers competition
2nd prize‘Blues’World Wide Writers 8 competition

Radio

The BBC Newsjack logo: a cat wearing glasses and operating a laptop.

Newsjack, BBC Radio 4 Extra – series 19, episode 3 and series 21, episode 4

Acting

The poster for Richard, featuring a man almost lost in darkness and several award laurels.

Richard, dir. Vaughan Capstick

Winner of the Best Short Film at the Beyond the Curve International Film Festival

Other

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