Hi, I’m Franky
I write fantasy, fairytales, and everything in between. Short stories, flash fiction, and things you don’t realize are stories until after you’ve finished reading them.
Competitions & Awards
Winner of the 2024 Write Mango Short Story Award, part of the 2024 Edinburgh Writing Awards.
Longlisted for the 2024 Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction
Finalist for the 2023 and 2024 NYC by Midnight Flash Fiction and Short Story Challenges
Short Stories
A Letter Was Left at the Front Desk for You, Sir
“I saw you today, down by the water, walking a dog we both know isn’t yours. You looked happy. You looked content.
Maybe that’s why I’m writing this letter.”
In Conversation With Machines
“Careful, K-i. Call yourself human again, and the Fleet Guard will have you reprogrammed.
“I apologize, Tal. I use the term ‘us’ to establish a sense of shared identity. You know I cannot truly align myself with humans.”
“I know, Kai. I’m only messing with you.”
Offerings
My grandmother was a witch. We did not see eye to eye. While my peers were raking leaves and scrubbing stoves for their pocket money, I was picking gypsy-flower and chasing crows from rafters.
“Offerings for the Faerie folk,” she called it.
“How you get ants,” I would mutter.
Latest Blog Posts
Joy Ride: A Short Story
Putting the Punk Back in Publishing
Pushing Up Daffodils
