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If you’re in or near West Sussex you might be interested to hear about the first ever Shoreham WordFest, a literary festival running from Thursday 29 September to Sunday 2 October.

This is a new venture organised by local writers and readers. We’ll be starting off with a small but perfectly formed set of events – play readings, new fiction, poetry – with a view to hosting a larger festival next year.

I hope to be involved with at least a couple of the events, and I’m doing everything I can to support this exciting project. Maybe if you’re nearby you can do the same? I’ll post the full schedule of events very soon, with details of how to get tickets.

Well, I’ve finally got around to recording a couple of excerpts from Exit Strategies to post on the site. Takes longer than you’d think to get it right.

Anywhere, here they are. The first is an introduction to the novel followed by the opening section of Chapter One, where we find Vic arriving at work to take part in the dissection of a corpse.

Chapter One (intro and excerpt)

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And here is an excerpt from Chapter Four. Vic’s initial money-making schemes have all fallen flat and now he needs a haircut before his date with the widow. Cue Francesco the barbarian barber and his spiteful sidekick Vito.

Chapter Four (excerpt)

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I’ll be posting more excerpts from Exit Strategies in the coming weeks. Let me know if you like them, and feel free to share this content with friends. I need you to help me get the word out there!