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Peter Bromley’s short fiction has been described as “superb and moving.” Looking briefly through the windows of modern life, the stories in this collection deal with the everyday, in a thought-provoking and closely observed way. Lives such as the young person leaving home, the widower seeking new friendships, the couple trying to re-find their relationship or the woman caring for her children; this collection, from an award-winning short fiction writer, is a look at the human perspective of today’s world, through “writing of uncommon clarity.”

“Thoughtful and intelligent...a considerable accomplishment.” John Murray. Booker Longlisted Author.

 New from the pen of historical author, PAMELA GORDON HOAD.

A fascinating insight into the lives of a group of women during the Wars of the Roses.

The Chronicle of the Woodcote Women

Heritage of rancour... Legacy of remorse

In Fifteenth Century England, even privileged women are constrained and some are little more than abused chattels of their menfolk. In a family with secrets to protect, the tensions are greater. The Woodcote women know this.
Jennet, orphaned and victimised, has learned to expect little from life. Her patroness, Lady Alice, by contrast uses devious ploys to exert influence and control certain events. Alice's sister, the Prioress, is dominant in the small religious house she leads but not so cloistered from the secular world as might be expected. Alice's sister-in-law, Joanna, has chosen a very different path, to the irritation of her censorious daughter, Mary. Their interests interact and clash while the danger of civil war increases in the land and they are faced with unexpected choices.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0F3PZW4WY

FEBRUARY 2025

LOCHINVER BOOKSHOP the most north-westerly bookshop on the mainland has named Peter Bromley's OF HUMAN FOLLY as their book of choice - an exciting accolade for one of Silver Quill's newest authors.

Huge congratulations to Peter!

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Short stories arrive with us in all shapes and sizes. A bereaved family riven by internal friction. A beleaguered policeman with a rejuvenated wife. A burnt-out doctor, counting the minutes. Cameos from life in a small Welsh town. Diversions to other crises around the world.

In his first foray into fiction, Christopher C James’s incendiary and acerbically witty collection of short stories is a perfectly observed study of the malaise of modern day life.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DMVYZ7K5

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unredacted-Expletives-Christopher-C-James/dp/1804402303

OF HUMAN FOLLY

Struggling with a series of personal and professional turning-points, Simon Carter re-evaluates his own role in helping avert the current climate crisis. Giving up his work as an environmental lecturer, he moves to a remote area of Northern England, where he seeks to become self-sufficient, less dependent on others and sets about re-wilding the local landscape. However, despite swapping words for action, climate change and the lives of others continue to close in around him. As further crises develop, he once again has to assess his own place in this changing world and question where, with his family and friends, hope might be found.

https://www.peterbromleywriting.co.uk/