June 2025

Deception Bay

Mitchell sails confidently through familiar waters, sharing sea tales and narrow escapes with Peter. His control of the yacht mirrors the one place he feels certain—out here, among the tides, currents, and markers of a world that obeys rules. Peter’s casual question about children strikes a chord. There will be no children, Mitchell says. Samantha […]

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The Skipper’s Game

Mitchell and Peter sail through the Pearl Channel aboard Surly Mermaid. It’s Mitchell’s world now—confident, calm, in control. He wasn’t always a sailor, but fear taught him quickly. Now, he navigates currents, winds, and the subtle shifts in people with practised ease. Over drinks, Mitchell shares how solitude at sea makes people vulnerable—and how women

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Where AI Fears to Tread

I recently used AI to convert one of my novels into a series of micro-chapters for blog posts. The results? Technically brilliant. The machine excels at summarising, trimming fat, and presenting my work in bite-sized, reader-friendly pieces. But once the narrative entered morally grey terrain—my usual haunt—it hesitated. Worse, it blocked. Scenes with suggestive violence?

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The Girl at the Door

Mitchell wasn’t expecting visitors. Yet a knock interrupted his solitude. At the door stood a young woman in a red coat—blonde hair, bright eyes, hauntingly familiar. It was Nina. No—couldn’t be. Nina was dead. But the voice, the smirk… it was her daughter. Natasha. She introduced herself politely, excited, fidgeting with a note in her

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Still Waters, Dark Secrets

Alan and Wendy jolted awake to a strange thud against their yacht, Rising Wind. “The dinghy?” Wendy asked. Alan grumbled and listened—no tension on the tether. “Something’s not right,” he muttered, slipping into a battered tee and stepping out to the deck. Morning light revealed nothing unusual: empty bottles from the night before, a lazy

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The One He Keeps Hidden

Mitchell needed release. A week of mundane photography and artificial smiles had worn him down. The soundscape in his ear wasn’t helping either—mundane clicks and casual chatter from another woman’s apartment. No threat. No secrecy. Just ordinary life. He closed the feed and opened an old folder: photos of “her.” Not Sam. The other one.

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He’s the Perfect Husband—But She Doesn’t Know What He’s Hiding

Mitchell Felding leads a double life. On the surface, he’s a dedicated husband and a digital photo editor, gently responding to his wife’s odd sensitivities. But behind his computer screen and earpiece, he’s a methodical predator. Using sophisticated hacking techniques, he infiltrates women’s computers, accessing their microphones and patiently deciphering the ambient pops, clicks, and

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