Short Fiction
Find links to David's latest short publication here, or read free stories from the site. Click here for details of the monthly SpinningLizard.co.uk Jaragua Flash Fiction Competition.
Latest shorts from David Brookes
— BigDog (March 2013) printed in Aoife’s Kiss #44, ed. Tyree Campbell
— A Taste of Real Earth (November 2011) printed in AntipodeanSF, ed. Ion Newcombe
— A Quiet Moment (October 2011) featured in Paraxis, eds. C Massey / A. Hedgecock
— Kashkei and the Firebird, at Peace (June 2011), printed in Mirror Dance, ed. Megan Arkenberg.
— Untitled (February 2011), printed in Scifikuest, ed. Teri Santitoro.
— Shaking the Tree (August 2010), printed in Bewildering Stories, ed. Don Webb.
— The Colours Behind the World (April 2010), printed in Morpheus Tales, ed. Adam Bradley.
— Touching the Foam (September 2009), printed in Bewildering Stories, ed. Don Webb.
— Providence (May 2009), printed in The Cynic, snr. ed. Dan Hollifield.
— Tulpa (March 2009), printed in Pantechnicon, ed. Trudi Topham et al.
— The Dry Air (December 2008), printed in Aphelion, snr. ed. Dan Hollifield.
— Bleach (August 2008), printed in Aphelion, snr. ed. Dan Hollifield.
— Tranquil Sea (June 2008), printed in Pantechnicon, ed. Trudi Topham.
— Split (March 2008), printed in Pantechnicon, ed. Trudi Topham.
— Space Castaway (March 2008), printed in Aphelion, snr. ed. Dan Hollifield.
— Krill (June 2007), printed in Pantechnicon, ed. Trudi Topham.
— Crust (May 2007), printed in Brew City Magazine, ed. Kenneth Broskey.
Free shorts from SpinningLizard.co.uk
— Re-Entry - Prelude to Tulpa, the final part of the Gas Giant Sequence.
— Three, points of view for the derange and heart-broken.
— Jenga With Death, stack 'em up, watch 'em fall.
— For Only So Long, reflection, division, duplication, separation, emancipation.
— Paradise Falling, the oldest story retold.
— Wheels, short-listed for the Fish One Page Short Story Prize.