So good to have news about the Worcestershire LitFest and Black Pear Press anthologies for this year—both the Flash Fiction and the Young Writer anthologies are now available for pre-order, please click on the links below for details. The launch for the Flash Fiction anthology ‘Her Final Goodbye’ is at 4pm Sunday 29 November. TheContinue reading “2020 Anthologies”
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When The Gorse Is In Bloom
Author and Playwright Mark Billen publishes his second collection of stories. Mark says ‘You won’t find The Forest, Whytteford, Humbury, Salchester, or any of the villages, on a map.’ His wonderful locations in which When The Gorse Is In Bloom is set. As a successful playwright, Mark continues to have his plays for children suchContinue reading “When The Gorse Is In Bloom”
On The Day Of The Dead
Black Pear Press Short Story Anthology 2016–On The Day Of The Dead Anne Wilson is this year’s winner of the BPP Short Story Competition with, ‘On the Day of the Dead’ and Graeme Hall took second place with, ‘The Photographer.’ The anthology is now available–the perfect travelling companion. On The Day Of The Dead andContinue reading “On The Day Of The Dead”
BPP in Writing Magazine – July 2016
Great to see the Black Pear Press short story competition is shown in the July 2016 edition of Writing Magazine.
Short Stories
A brilliant book to take on the train or for when you’re waiting to do something else – so good to have a set of short stories by different and talented writers that you can dip in and out of…click here for more information Get ‘Short Stories from Black Pear’ via PayPal. Thirty-four different shortContinue reading “Short Stories”
Barred
Tim Cranmore, Worcestershire Poet Laureate 2013, launches his first poetry collection
The First Ever Black Pear Press Short Story Competition!
Short Story Competition 2014 – CLOSED The first Black Pear Press (BPP) Short Story Competition is now open Closing Date Friday 26 September 2014 Send us your short story maximum 1500 words Entry fee: £5 per story For rules see below Judges: Authors Rod Griffiths, Tony Judge and novelist and award winning short story writerContinue reading “The First Ever Black Pear Press Short Story Competition!”
Seeds of Destruction
The seeds of destruction have their roots in Simon’s bitter and lonely childhood. On the death of his grandfather he becomes wealthy enough to abandon his teaching job and, with ruthless determination, plans to remove anyone who stands between him and the attainment of his dream. Gradually losing all touch with reality, his behaviour becomesContinue reading “Seeds of Destruction”
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