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UPCOMING
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November 2025
THE LAST MERMAID
(Ed. Winston Malone)
Take A Breath (Storyletter)
PUBLISHED SHORT FICTION
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A RESPECTABLE TENANCY
MODERN GOTHIC
Ed. Isabelle Kenyon (2024)
Fly On The Wall Press
Words - 5,500
An epistolary tale of an arguably unconventional contract, part of an anthology of contemporary gothic tales.
“Biggin’s story unfolds with keening, distant dread” (The Manchester Review)
“... these stories show the Gothic themes are as powerful as ever – the connections and disconnect between man and nature, reality versus dream, fantasy and the power of the subconscious, even the place of the individual in an increasingly threatening and all-pervasive capitalist world.” (Louder Than War)
“... I was not prepared for the absurdity that followed in A Respectable Tenancy by Rose Biggin. We meet our protagonist through a series of decoded and typed up letters that explore her joy at moving to a new house with her husband. The terror begins as she [REDACTED] [...] a bizarre but incredibly well written story which had me hooked until the end.” (BeccaReadsBooks)
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THE ICE TIGS
THE BLACK BEACON BOOK OF GHOSTS
Ed. Cameron Trost (2024)
Black Beacon Books
Words - 6,000
An M.R. James tribute featuring precarity, cold water, whatever dark academia is, and a main character with Raynaud’s Syndrome.
Reprinted in Best British Short Stories 2025 (Salt)
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THE BOOK OF COLOURS
FATHOMS IN THE EARTH
Ed. Todd Sanders (2024)
Air and Nothingness Press
Words - 1,500
This collection of 24 stories reinterpreting The Tempest takes the five fundamental characters and their interactions and places them in new contexts, inventing new narratives for their relationships. Each story’s title is taken from one of Prospero’s Books
“The Tempest goes Hollywood! I chuckled throughout this retelling as all elements of the 16th century tale worked perfectly when put in modern Tinseltown! Never forget that Shakespeare was part of the original entertainment industry. And the dialogue here was spot on for that fast-talking-high-waisted-pants Old Hollywood.”
(Goodreads)
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THE AVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY
THE BLACK BEACON BOOK OF PIRATES
Ed. Cameron Trost (2024)
Black Beacon Books
Words - 3,000
A tricksy take on the immortal captain.
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THE LAST MERMAID
TAKE A BREATH
Ed. Winston Malone (2025)
Storyletter
Words - 3,200
The last surviving member of a crumbling
mer-aristocracy makes an unforgettable find for a deep sea diver who should know better. A claustrophobic and breathlessly doomed encounter beneath a low-hanging coral ceiling.
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MORGAN LE FAY IN THE GREEN ROOM
ELA LITERARY MAGAZINE
Eds. Pepper et al (2025)
Words - 2,700
The ending of a collaboration between two great artist-magicians. There’s no dialogue, only punctuation, but that isn’t the strangest thing going on in this chapel.
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TREASURE MAP
THE CAFE IRREAL
Eds. G.S. Evans and Alice Whittenburg (2017)
Words - 1,100
Being the honourable and most true record of a piratical excursion.
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HATCHLINGS
CROW & CROSS KEYS
Ed. Elou Carroll (2022)
Words - 5,500
Folkloric yarn about a flock of malicious birds and the human they adopt.
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TALL LEATHER TEETH
TALES TORN FROM THE HEART
Ed. Sarah Crocoll-Smith (2024)
Love Letters to Poe
Words - 4,000
“Let no man look at us funny.”
Written for an anthology of stories riffing variously upon Poe’s story of a tale-telling heart. A trio of violent drunks have a preoccupation and a problem.
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LIGHTENING
SHADOWS ON THE HILLSIDE
Ed. Storm Constantine (2021)
Newcon Press
Words - 2,000
Fern, Briony, Amber and Ash are a headstrong group of nature-lovers making their way towards something unexpected. Part of an anthology exploring landscapes in experimental ways.
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For more stories see
MAKE BELIEVE AND ARTIFICE
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November 2025
THE LAST MERMAID
(Ed. Winston Malone)
Take A Breath (Storyletter)
PUBLISHED SHORT FICTION
- - - - - - - - - - - -
A RESPECTABLE TENANCY
MODERN GOTHIC
Ed. Isabelle Kenyon (2024)
Fly On The Wall Press
Words - 5,500
An epistolary tale of an arguably unconventional contract, part of an anthology of contemporary gothic tales.
“Biggin’s story unfolds with keening, distant dread” (The Manchester Review)
“... these stories show the Gothic themes are as powerful as ever – the connections and disconnect between man and nature, reality versus dream, fantasy and the power of the subconscious, even the place of the individual in an increasingly threatening and all-pervasive capitalist world.” (Louder Than War)
“... I was not prepared for the absurdity that followed in A Respectable Tenancy by Rose Biggin. We meet our protagonist through a series of decoded and typed up letters that explore her joy at moving to a new house with her husband. The terror begins as she [REDACTED] [...] a bizarre but incredibly well written story which had me hooked until the end.” (BeccaReadsBooks)
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THE ICE TIGS
THE BLACK BEACON BOOK OF GHOSTS
Ed. Cameron Trost (2024)
Black Beacon Books
Words - 6,000
An M.R. James tribute featuring precarity, cold water, whatever dark academia is, and a main character with Raynaud’s Syndrome.
Reprinted in Best British Short Stories 2025 (Salt)
- - - - - - - - - -
THE BOOK OF COLOURS
FATHOMS IN THE EARTH
Ed. Todd Sanders (2024)
Air and Nothingness Press
Words - 1,500
This collection of 24 stories reinterpreting The Tempest takes the five fundamental characters and their interactions and places them in new contexts, inventing new narratives for their relationships. Each story’s title is taken from one of Prospero’s Books
“The Tempest goes Hollywood! I chuckled throughout this retelling as all elements of the 16th century tale worked perfectly when put in modern Tinseltown! Never forget that Shakespeare was part of the original entertainment industry. And the dialogue here was spot on for that fast-talking-high-waisted-pants Old Hollywood.”
(Goodreads)
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THE AVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY
THE BLACK BEACON BOOK OF PIRATES
Ed. Cameron Trost (2024)
Black Beacon Books
Words - 3,000
A tricksy take on the immortal captain.
- - - - - - - - -
THE LAST MERMAID
TAKE A BREATH
Ed. Winston Malone (2025)
Storyletter
Words - 3,200
The last surviving member of a crumbling
mer-aristocracy makes an unforgettable find for a deep sea diver who should know better. A claustrophobic and breathlessly doomed encounter beneath a low-hanging coral ceiling.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
MORGAN LE FAY IN THE GREEN ROOM
ELA LITERARY MAGAZINE
Eds. Pepper et al (2025)
Words - 2,700
The ending of a collaboration between two great artist-magicians. There’s no dialogue, only punctuation, but that isn’t the strangest thing going on in this chapel.
- - - - - - -
TREASURE MAP
THE CAFE IRREAL
Eds. G.S. Evans and Alice Whittenburg (2017)
Words - 1,100
Being the honourable and most true record of a piratical excursion.
- - - - -
HATCHLINGS
CROW & CROSS KEYS
Ed. Elou Carroll (2022)
Words - 5,500
Folkloric yarn about a flock of malicious birds and the human they adopt.
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TALL LEATHER TEETH
TALES TORN FROM THE HEART
Ed. Sarah Crocoll-Smith (2024)
Love Letters to Poe
Words - 4,000
“Let no man look at us funny.”
Written for an anthology of stories riffing variously upon Poe’s story of a tale-telling heart. A trio of violent drunks have a preoccupation and a problem.
- - - - - -
LIGHTENING
SHADOWS ON THE HILLSIDE
Ed. Storm Constantine (2021)
Newcon Press
Words - 2,000
Fern, Briony, Amber and Ash are a headstrong group of nature-lovers making their way towards something unexpected. Part of an anthology exploring landscapes in experimental ways.
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For more stories see
MAKE BELIEVE AND ARTIFICE