About

Who We Are
and
What We've Written

Northwriters Past and Present

Pictured: Terry Jackman, Shellie Horst, John Moran, Liz Sourbut, David Lascelles, Jacey Bedford, Gus Smyth (writing as Gus Grenfell), Ian Creasey, Sue Oke, John Biglands, Tony Ballantyne, Tina Anghelatos, Andrew Knighton, Georgina Kamsika, Jeremy Pak Nelson, Cheryl Sonnier. Past members also include: Sue Thomason, Kari Sperring, Jim Gotass, and Terie Garrison (RIP 2017).

What We've Published

Stories and novels that have been through the Northwrite critique process since our inception in June 2012, and which have been subsequently published. (Short stories unless stated otherwise.)

Tony Ballantyne: DREAM LONDON (Novel) Solaris (2014)

Tony Ballantyne: THE REPRESENTATIVE in Lightspeed (2017)

Jacey Bedford: EMPIRE OF DUST (Novel) DAW (2014) Republished as PSI-TECH, Wizard’s Tower, (2026)

Jacey Bedford: CROSSWAYS (Novel) DAW (2015)

Jacey Bedford: NIMBUS (Novel) DAW (2017)

Jacey Bedford: SILVERWOLF (Novel) DAW (2017)

Jacey Bedford: ROWANKIND (Novel) DAW (2018)

Jacey Bedford: THE LAST WILD PLACE in Bloodbond (2015)

Jacey Bedford: WEIRD IS THE NEW NORMAL in Alien Artifacts (Anthology) ZNB (2016)

Jacey Bedford: METHUSELAH in Derelict (Anthology) ZNB, (2021)

Jacey Bedford: THE AMBER CROWN (Novel) DAW (2022)

Jacey Bedford: THE WAGER in Familiars (Anthology) ZNB (2024)

 Ian Creasey: ESCAPE FROM THE ANDROMEDAN EMPIRE in Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show (2013)

Ian Creasey: RESTORING THE MAGIC in Neverland’s Library (Anthology) Ragnarok Publications (2014)

Ian Creasey: THE UNPARALLELED DEATH-DEFYING FEATS OF ASTOUNDIO, ESCAPE ARTIST EXTRAORDINAIRE in Asimov’s (2013)

Ian Creasey: MY TIME ON EARTH in Asimov’s (2015)

Ian Creasey: THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS in Analog (2016) Nominated BSFA Award

Ian Creasey: BOB’S NO-KILL MONSTER SHELETER in Unidentified Funny Objects 4 (Anthology) UFO Publishing (2015)

Shellie Horst: MY LITTLE MECHA in Distaff (Anthology) KDP (2019)

Shellie Horst: THE PRICE OF ART in Challenging the Tides (antho)

 Georgina Kamsika: THE STAR’S BRILLIANCE in The Daily Tomorrow (Substack)

Georgina Kamsika: FRAGMENTS OF US in Swords & Roses (Antho) Flame Tree Press (2026)

Georgina Kamsika: THE FIRST CAGE in Helen of Troy (antho) Flame Tree Press (2026)

D.A. Lascelles – COCH A GWYN in Gwyllion Magazine (2023)

Sue Oke: BEST CASE SCENARIO in Amazing Stories (Readers Choice Awards Winner)

Sue Oke: HULL’S TEETH in Challenging the Tides (antho)

Sue Oke: LITTLE GEMS in BAM Magazine (2026)

Cheryl Sonnier: INVESTIGATING THE SEA HAG in Dark Cheer Cryptids Emerging (Anthology) (2021)

Cheryl Sonnier: TROUBLE AT CLACKHAMMER in Wyldblood Magazine (2026

Contact: jacey@jaceybedford.co.uk - 01484 606230 (UK)