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Recent work
Basket Case
A hot air balloon passenger becomes outnumbered when his wife makes a fatal error
(Flash Fiction, Horror)
Arty Party
Phillip has to rely on his own creative talents when graffiti artists gatecrash his daughter’s birthday party.
(Flash Fiction, Comedy)
Count Your Blessings
Be careful what you wish for, and read the small print.
(Flash Fiction, Sci Fi)
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My Story
Once upon a time....
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there lived a lazy writer. It took him seven years to write his first (only to date) novel that was politely turned down by every literary agent he could find ( and therefore has a great chance of success), but thanks to the strict time constraints placed on authors by competition organisers, he managed to throw out about three or four pieces a year by way of screenplays and short stories. These are lovingly published here. If I was writing back in the 1950's, these scripts would have been found on desks, propping up uneven tables, in bookcases and in grubby pockets. Thanks to emails, Dropbox and the Cloud, I can retrieve just about everything I've written in the last seven years and post it here. The latest novel, 'Terminal' took three years to write and I've taken the plunge to get it edited professionally. It is now available on Amazon in paperback and ebook, alongside my complilations of short stories, many to be found on this site, Jamboree Bag and Jamboree Bag, the Refill
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If you think all the screenplays and short stories are a bit random, it's because the competition organisers (in most cases NYCMidnight) allocate contestants random objects, places, characters and genres to work with. It makes for challenging and infuriating writing.
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The motives? This is mostly for my mum, who pesters me to see the things I enter in competitions, and the rest of my family who will be told to read it by my mum. Kate, my lovely wife and firmest critic ("Well, it's OK") will have a look and thanks to the permanence of the internet, generations of Leighs will be able to see how their ancestor saw the world. There is also a very slim chance that a publisher or film company may see something here that interests him/her. Call me!!! If someone wants to collaborate on a project or commission me for a thirty-episode TV series, then get in touch.
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Finally, I am a writer by hobby but a school principal by career. If anyone attached to this other world finds this website, please accept that my use of language in certain works is purely for artistic purposes.
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The End
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