Publication News: Veronica and the Men in Roadside Fiction


My short story "Veronica and the Men" has been published in the Winter issue of Roadside Fiction. Please see the link, and click on the story titles to read them. "Veronica and the Men" is a contemporary story set in London, not typical of my usual genres, and is an amusing satiric story about a young woman coping with the grind of her daily commute and her job:

http://roadsidefiction.com/index.php/roadside-fiction-issue-six/
Roadside Fiction cover by Tom Darin Liskey
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This story was written in 2009 and also published in my 2010 "Beyond Twilight" short story collection.
This collection is available at Amazon here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beyond-Twilight-Fourteen-short-stories-ebook/dp/B0057FKS32
Or you can find it at Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/295025

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