The Story So Far

A recap on Tall and Tiny Tales, February to June 2022

Dear Subscriber

Thank you for your continuing support for Tall and Tiny Tales! I’m truly delighted with the way this online publishing project has been received.

I thought it would be a good idea to send out a summary, every six months or so, of the stories published on my Tall and Tiny Tales website. Just in case there’s a story that you’ve missed and would like to catch up on.

Badger Hill

A young woman suffers an injury on the first day of a walk in the rugged Otways hills. She finds herself stranded at a lonely campsite. Events soon take a sinister turn.

Story: Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3

Podcast: Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3

Writer’s Retreat

A novelist hopes for a productive winter in an isolated coastal cottage. She finds that she has more company than she bargained for.

Story: Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5

Podcast: Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5

Lethe

A darkly humorous story of love, forgetting and cups of tea. And who is that in the woodshed?

Story: Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3

Podcast: Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3

Astrid

A woman on holiday falls in love with a delapidated wooden schooner. ‘Astrid’ takes the reader on a voyage spanning half the globe and half a lifetime.

Story: Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5 • Chapter 6 • Chapter 7 • Chapter 8

Podcast: Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5 • Chapter 6 • Chapter 7 • Chapter 8

There’s one title missing above: I’ve withdrawn my short story ‘Gone South’ from Substack, pending publication in an anthology. It’s been shortlisted for a prize. Yay!

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