Tales From The Cottage is a collection of Flash Fiction written by the author in 2012. The eighteen stories range in style from the macabre to the heart-rending.
You'll never look at a robin, or a... More > bat, in quiet the same light again, and for certain, you'll check your facts before jumping from your office window.
This collection is the perfect companion with which to curl up in front of a log fire.< Less
After reading a few quotes from famous people posted on Twitter, I decided to create and post some of my own.
Unlike the other quotes, which were mainly serious or witty, my quotes tended to be... More > silly and humorous, and were posted as #Twittclass items.
Reading through these posts sparked some ideas for nonsense verse and so this book was born.
As the poems are short, Twittclass makes the ideal companion for those moments on the toilet when you have little else to do but stare at the wall opposite and dream what you'll do when you win the lottery.
Good reading
Peter Barns.< Less
How far would you go to save your family?
Marine biologist, Alex Winters, is about to find out.
When a secret experiment goes terribly wrong Dawn Winters is trapped, her life is in danger and Alex is... More > the only one who can rescue her. While Alex battles to reach her, Dawn and virologist Sheena McKenzie make their own voyage of discovery.
Until Gonzalez, an American mercenary arrives to clean things up for his paymaster.
And the bodies begin to mount.< Less
Ex con, Frank Collins, had a new life and a new love. Until the day his daughter's suicide brings his whole world tumbling down.
Determined to find out why his daughter had done such a terrible... More > thing, he returns to a life he thought long behind him. Desperately trying to deal with emotions that threatened his new found stability, he follows his daughter's lonely downward journey into drugs and prostitution.
Finally discovering that a London gang had used and abused her, he has a choice to make. Will he seek justice from the courts, or evoke his own deadly payback?
His decision will turn his whole future on its head.< Less
Hobart is a pugnacious, yet lovable rogue, who
manipulates his long suffering nephew into numerous tricky situations; including, hunting an ostrich with a smelly sock, visiting France in a home made... More > balloon, exploding the farm's best cow, and shooting the world's only homing pig. Hobart is the kind of man that you like to meet, but can't wait to walk away from. His home made philosophy is: “Everything's okay, so long as there's plenty 'o beer ter be drunk.” Recently, widowed, Hobart is on the look out for someone to cook, clean and tidy up for him, a point his nephew misses until it's far too late. Hobart is a forceful character with strong views, and woe betide anyone who disagrees with him.
If you like a chuckle at people's misfortunes - you'll love Hobart at Home.< Less
Boddaert's Magic portrays the unending struggle between good and evil, set in a world seldom visited by man.
Boddaert's Realm is a world dominated by magic and the moon - a domain where the Prime... More > Mover holds the ultimate power.
The struggle to gain control of Boddaert's Magic takes Darkburst on a long and dangerous journey to Migaro Lake, where he discovers the Circle of Claws. How could he know that allowing the Preceptor access to the relic would destroy them all?< Less
Born in Harlsden on the outskirts of the 'big city' in 1943, Peter Barns spent his formative years living beside Regent's Park in north London. Now retired, he resides in the Highlands of Scotland with his partner. Along with his writing, Peter Barns passes his time travelling and refurbishing houses for the rental market.
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