‘Not  long into a Steve Dearden story, I’m always a bit lost, bewildered almost. I mean in a good way – compelled not confused.  There’s a mystery I have to solve. Part of the mystery is in the meticulous unfolding of the story and the other part is the powerful force and density of his…

I’ve been a Writer in Residence at Bluewater Shopping Centre as part of archiTEXTS for the 2013 & 14 Wakefield Literature Festivals. In addition to the publications in the slider above, my stories have been published in magazines such as Westerly, Horizont and the Reater and anthologies like route’s Compendium and Naked City and Brace from Comma Press.  A rare poem…

Interland was a collaboration with Kath McKay, Adam Strickson and from Yorkshire, England and Carita Nystrom, Marko Hautala and Ralf Andtbacka from Ostrobothnia, Finland. ‘Steve Dearden’s short prose epiphanies are perfectly placed at the beginning of the book. There’s a carefully organised and mellifluous quality that carries you along. There is also a great variety of…