New Anthology Story + Sparks Program

Last June I was commissioned by the West Midlands Readers Network to meet with Warwickshire Pride’s book club and quiz them about what they’d like to read the most. I then went away and wrote a short story to fit their demands!

They wanted to read about trans+, poly characters in their twenties and thirties, and requested ‘vampire smut’ and spooky elements. I ended up writing a story about a group of trans housemates living in a Victorian terrace which is haunted. The story, T-Boys, has been published in an anthology FIVE STORIES.

We’re launching the anthology with a panel at Leamington Spa Library on 19th March at 7.30pm, alongside contributors Ania Bas and Kate Mascarhenas. Everyone who comes along will get a copy of the anthology!

This project was funded by Arts Council England. Thanks to David and the Warwickshire Pride Book Club for their enthusiasm and excellent ideas!

I’m also very excited that Future Hopes is a Book Trust Spark reading pick! The 15 titles were picked by a panel of librarians and teachers to represent the best of modern fiction for shared reading in KS3 students.