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‘To Kill an Arab’ short story review

January 20, 2020May 27, 2020tomLeave a Comment

I liked this story because the characters were planned very well. I say this because they were both American and Arabic. It had an interesting perspective and used the Aramaic language to enhance reader identification. It was a spy story told from the other side of the coin. An interesting read. Great review by Haley […]

Eaux Troubles – crime novella set in la Reunion – published in Ecoute Magazine

June 30, 2019June 30, 2019tomLeave a Comment

Finally got my hands on the first short novella I wrote with Laure Siegel for Ecoute Magazine. The five parts of Eaux Troubles, a crime story set around the problematic relationship between man and shark on the French island of La Reunion have been published. Our next story, set in 1940s French colonial Cambodia, is […]

Eaux Troubles – Sharks are not the only killers… – Short Story in Ecoute Magazine

September 10, 2018September 10, 2018tomLeave a Comment

Sharks are not the only killers off the shores of Réunion Island. Eaux Troubles, the first of three parts out with Ecoute Magazine in Germany this month, written by Laure Siegel and myself, is our first crime fiction short story collaboration in French.

Mekong Shadows anthology on Cambodian book shelves

September 4, 2017September 2, 2017tomLeave a Comment

Mekong Shadows, the new anthology of fiction from and about Cambodia, published my Saraswati Publishing is not available in print from Monument Books in Cambodia. The story collection features and extract from The Cambodian Book of the Dead along with contributions from many local and ex-pat writers. Read a review in Thailand’s The Nation.

Mekong Shadows anthology features The Cambodian Book of the Dead

August 4, 2017August 6, 2017tomLeave a Comment

Earlier this week, Saraswati Publishing in Phnom Penh launched Mekong Shadows a new anthology of dark tales from Cambodia. Edited by British journalist Iain Donnelly, this collection includes both Cambodian and ex pat writers, both complete unknowns and widely published authors, including Kosal Khiev, John Burdett and James Newman. Feedback has been positive with coverage […]