Contributors

Authors’ notes and web links, if provided, will display here, once a story volume is compiled and ready for publication. Author notes will not appear in the printed versions of the anthologies, but will be included in digital versions.

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Our Contributors

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1contact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMcontact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMBruce AikenBruce was the originator of the 256Stories project. He was, inter alia, a novelist, short story writer and poet, a designer and freelance creative.https://bruceaiken.me.uk/AikenBruce
2contact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMcontact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMJane BarclayI am a psychotherapist who welcomes the story of each client, as well as my own – and recognises the healing power of being heard, with heart as well as ears/eyes. By which I mean daring to live beyond survival mode, sensing and even realising the possibilities of joy that come from reconnecting with heart.http://www.jbcounselling.co.ukBarclayJane
3contact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMcontact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMPeter Best*Peter Best* is one of several pen names used by Bruce Aiken, the originator of the 256Stories project.https://bruceaiken.me.uk/BestPeter
4contact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMcontact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMMark BlackburnMark was a shoe-seller in London; he’s now a writer in Somerset. He’s the winner of the 2024 South Hams Literary Festival Short Story Prize and the Heathrow 70 Writing Prize. He has had numerous other short stories and pieces published. His travelogue/memoir Final Approach: My Father and Other Turbulence (published by Claret Press) has received great reviews.BlackburnMark
5contact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMcontact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMPamela CookCookPamela
6contact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMcontact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMMaisie DaviesDaviesMaisie
7contact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMcontact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMAlexander DenholmAlex’s story is inspired by a true event. He was born (1954) and grew up in Malaya, and his father was a rubber planter during the Malayan emergency.DenholmAlexander
8contact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMcontact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMJac Esterhuizenhttps://bruceaiken.me.uk/EsterhuizenJac
9contact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMcontact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMNat Wood FoxI’m a scriptwriter from Dorset, writing mostly comedy scripts. I’ve worked on films and some pilot TV programmes. My work has appeared on BBC Radio, and in theatres. I also have a Comedy Creatives podcast which can be found on You Tube or by visiting my website.https://natwoodfox.co.uk/FoxNat Wood
10contact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMcontact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMJanet Franklin“Janet Franklin” is one of several pen names used by Bruce Aiken, the originator of the 256Stories project.https://bruceaiken.me.uk/FranklinJanet
11contact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMcontact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMJulian FullerIt was the Covid pandemic which tipped Julian belatedly into creative writing. His short stories have appeared in print and online, with a modicum of competition success – King Lear 2023 Beginners’ category, 2nd place in Parracombe Prize anthologies 2024 & 2025. In 2025 he edited ‘Write Way Up’, an anthology by his South Devon writers’ group. From time to time he chances his arm at Open Mic.https://thin-skin.com/shortstory/a-trick-of-the-light/FullerJulian
12contact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMcontact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMFenja HillFenja Hill is the self-published author of What I Did on My Holidays, a novella, Nightwriting, a 2022 collection of short stories and Happy Endings are Overrated, a 2024 collection of darker stories. Her stories have featured on BBC Upload and in anthologies by the Writers in Stone collective. Fenja took 2nd prize in the 2023 Wells Literary Festival competition.HillFenja
13contact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMcontact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMKeith HoernerHoernerKeith
14contact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMcontact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMGlenn HolmesHolmesGlenn
15contact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMcontact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMJanet HowardJanet Howard is a writer with a big imagination for short stories and flash fiction. Her writing takes you to a different place, her stories often taking a dark twist and turn, yet they remain colourful, thought provoking and are full of emotion. When she is not daydreaming or writing, she is busy creating a garden in her French home.janethowardthewriter.wordpress.comHowardJanet
16contact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMcontact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMJay JacobsAuthor of Back For Good, an uplifting tale of a mother on a mission and her maverick trainee spirit guidehttps://bookguild.co.uk/our-authors/jay-jacobsJacobsJay
17contact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMcontact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMAnn Knights*Ann Knights* is one of several pen names used by Bruce Aiken, the originator of the 256Stories project.KnightsAnn
18contact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMcontact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMCharli LeeLeeCharli
19contact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMcontact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMDennis LeeLeeDennis
20contact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMcontact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMKieran LeeLeeKieran
21contact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMcontact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMJanet LeesonLeesonJanet
22contact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMcontact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMMatthew LlewelynMatthew Llewelyn is a Welsh author and poet from Caerleon. Matthew now lives in Torquay with a beautiful wife, their lively young son and far too many cats. Recognition includes All-Wales Comic Verse Runner up 2022, Yeovil Literary Award Shortlist 2023, Parracombe Prize Shortlist 2024 and 2025. Matthew writes an eclectic mix specialising in historical fiction and fantasy.https://www.facebook.com/llewelynwritesLlewelynMatthew
23contact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMcontact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMPaul McSheehyThis is Paul’s first 256-story, and a companion piece to the children’s book published on Amazon: “Lizary, the tiny animal with a huge heart”.McSheehyPaul
24contact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMcontact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMPatricia MooreMoorePatricia
25contact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMcontact256stories@icloud.com17/01/2026 04:47 PMKeith ParkerI originally started writing short stories in the 1990s, which means I’m old. After reviving this passion in 2024, I’ve landed stories in nine different publications since then. I’m married to my sweetheart from college, where together we studied beer. I have no plans to stop writing, no matter how bad I get. Oh, and I work at NASA (yes, really).https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6870091.Keith_ParkerParkerKeith
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