Spec pieces

When I’m not working or writing for other people, I spend time writing essays, often spec pieces running for 5,000 words or more. I’m always pitching these pieces, but I’m also placing them here, with extracts if anyone comes in, sees them, and wants to read more.

‘My Friends, My Murderers’ (5,556 words)

There was a time in my life that I spent among people steeped in violence. This is an essay outlining some of what happened in that time, why it happened, and what it says about us as a species. Extract

‘Among the Lonely People’ (4,799 words)

The best education I ever received came not from within the walls of an institution, but from within the walls of a dive gay bar in North Yorkshire, where I worked for three years. In this essay, I examine some of the things I learned there and the impact that place still has on me today. Extract