Fiction – Page 5 – Tom Vater

Friday – Short Story

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021tomLeave a Comment

British publisher Close to the Bone have just released my latest short story, Friday. On a Monday. I’d returned early from the jungle party. The drugs hadn’t agreed with me. Definitely shouldn’t have broken into that second packet of ketamine, like a thief in the night.That was two weeks ago on the full moon night. […]

Troubled Waters – Novella in Paperback Anthology Le Phare de L’Enfer.

November 22, 2020November 22, 2020tomLeave a Comment

Troubled Waters, the first novella I wrote with Laure Siegel for Ecoute Magazine, the story of a surfer who dies under mysterious circumstances on La Reunion Island, is out now in Le Phare de L’Enfer (The Lighthouse from Hell), a new anthology of crime stories for French learners in Germany. Our fourth novella ‘I Want […]

Short story ‘Bag Time at the Blue Parrot’ in new anthology ‘Face Masks and Hand Gels: A Year of Living Covidly’

October 29, 2020October 29, 2020tomLeave a Comment

My short story Bag Times at the Blue Parrot is soon to be published in a new anthology published by Howl in Cambodia. Face Masks and Hand Gels: A Year of Living Covidly is the first book by the literary organization. Howl’s founder, Wayne McCallum says, “The book features poems and prose from the Lockdown […]

Interviewed on Bangkok crime fiction at Strange TV

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020tomLeave a Comment

JD Strange aka Bangkok based writer and film producer James Newman interviewed me on Bangkok crime fiction for Strange TV. This is a segment from a longer documentary on Bangkok fiction, currently in production. Thanks, James! Watch the interview here. All my crime fiction titles are currently published by Crime Wave Press.

The Elephant in the Room – Short Story

August 23, 2020August 23, 2020tomLeave a Comment

British crime fiction imprint Close to the Bone published my short story The Elephant in the Room, set in the drug addled backpacker scene of southern Thailand. The bungalow burst open, the flimsy lock ripped from the door frame and clattering to the floor.“Where’s Jimmy?”Zoe shot up from the bed and shrunk back against the […]

Port of Thieves by JD Strange

July 22, 2020July 22, 2020tomLeave a Comment

I just edited JD Strange’s Port of Thieves, a brilliant rough ride of a pirate novella and probably the most fun adventure story I’ve worked on. The only way you can enjoy life is to set sail on a ship such as this and leave every idea of normality behind in the dusty city. The […]