It's out of season in the small Greek port of Artemesis. Among the community of foreign sailors overwintering there one man is found drowned in mysterious circumstances. The Port Policeman enlists the help of the local doctor to investigate. The stories he unearths make him look at the strangers passing through with new eyes. Just who was the not so innocent victim, Ivan, and why did so many wish him dead?

Slipstream is an eclectic poetry collection which has evolved over several years. The poems are grouped into 4 topics Nature, Travel, Magic and Tricky Times to enable easy access to the wide ranging subject matter. But these are not rigid categories and there is plenty of crossover between them. The anthology is written in a variety of styles from free verse to haiku from rhymes to ballads. The author hopes the reader will find something to connect, comfort, amuse or inspire them.

The Artemesis Mysteries: The Trilogy is a compilation of 3 novellas, Flotsam, Yes! Yes! Yes! and Jetsam all set in the small fictional port of Artemesis in Greece. Each book stands alone but the characters of the port policeman, Vassilis, the local doctor, Michaelis, and a cast of visiting sailors, appear throughout the 3 stories. The circumstances surrounding the death of a drowned sailor, Ivan, and the activities of his elusive associate, Sergeii, refuse to go away haunting their lives u...

Cradling the Bones is a collection of 15 fictional short stories inspired by travel, news items, historical events and fairy tales written over the last decade. Although wide ranging in style, location and characters they are loosely linked by one unifying theme, travel and journeys. We meet a soldier recently returned from active service trying to adjust to family life (Barbecue Bones), a couple searching for an elusive Chilean horseman (Looking for Tito Limon), and a haunted writer whose...

A crew of sailors are hired to sail two sister ships from Port Sudan to Mauritania. The Algerian Captain, Saeed, and the Mauritanian Captain, Wara, have reluctantly signed up to a pay on delivery contract before discovering the boats are barely seaworthy. When the ships are impounded in Greek waters they find themselves trapped for months in a foreign port far away from their families and homes. This fictional story shines a light on the, often hidden, exploitation of hired maritime crews ...

When prosecution lawyer, Alex Stone, unexpectedly loses a court case he feels his life is under threat. He decides to disappear for a while, leave everything behind and reinvent himself. He buys a sailing boat and moves to Greece with hopes of starting a relationship with the enigmatic Ellie. But what exactly is he escaping from? As the journey progresses he is forced to confront the real nature of the danger to his life.

Two years have passed but the circumstances surrounding the death of a sailor visiting the Greek port of Artemesis refuse to be laid to rest. The Port Policeman, Vassilis, finds his job on the line unless he can discover the truth behind the drowning. But the cost of re-opening the investigation may endanger his life and jeopardize his long friendship with the local doctor, Michaelis. Characters from the last two books are drawn back into the story and the shadow of the elusive stranger, S...