Heaven’s Above! is a gripping read: 13 short stories which at times connects to and expands on the narrative from the earlier publication Whittling our Niche: at other times they travel in alternative directions, exploring new and exhilarating horizons. Dream sequences bookend the compendium, but many of the tales in between are brought to the page as dreams of the author, carefully crafted, and given life. .... READ MORE

“I recall the exact moment. The birth certificate extract showed my unique quartet of Christian names. Strangely, the names next to MOTHER were a replica of the trio I recollected for my elder sister, 25 years my senior. Birthplace correct. Against FATHER was scrawled a single word: unknown. There, at the age of 26, I came to know I was a bastard!” .... READ MORE

It was a remarkable feeling: that inner warm glow when I saw my first book in print - holding it, reading it – in many ways similar to turning the pages and finding my column in the latest edition of the local newspaper; or from years gone by, that first sight of the quarterly magazine I once produced for schools in Australia. But a 270-page book was a step above all that: a different intensity .... READ MORE