I write for both adults and children.  This site has excerpts from my novels and complete short stories too.  There are also audio stories, and previews of unpublished work.  I hope you enjoy exploring!  To give me any feedback, find me on Twitter @RobDoddsAuthor, or follow the link to my Amazon page below.

​As a 'taster' of my writing, here are two (rather grim) stories told in less than fifty words.  These were entries for Scottish Book Trust's monthly 50 word story competition.  Anyone can enter - follow the link at the bottom of this page if you want to have a go!

THE MAP

I threw down the hateful map.  It curled into itself like a dying animal on the baking sand.  For days I had followed its dotted lines through the desert: twisted lines of lies. Now the looked-for lake was a dish of clay.  Sun-circling raptors stared me down. ​

THE SILENCE OF THE WOODS

In the silent woods, I see her.  She sees me not.  She follows the path.  I follow her.  She hears my footfall in the leaf mould.  Sssh!  I hide, but let her glimpse.  Her feet fly.  My breath is at her ear.  My teeth.  Her hood turns red.

AUDIO STORIES

BBC RADIO FOUR has broadcast eight of my short stories.  You can listen to three of them below.

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​NAUSCOPY
In an isolated house by a barren, sun-beaten shore a man waits with his family. Far out to sea, something is approaching. Audio (thirteen minutes) read by MICHAEL PERCEVAL-MAXWELL,  produced by DAVID JACKSON YOUNG

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THE HOME GUARD 
An indiscreet mobile phone call made in Jenners café leads to trouble for a lady from Edinburgh's Morningside. Audio (thirteen minutes) read by ANN SCOTT-JONES, produced by DAVID JACKSON YOUNG

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​THE ABERDEEN HORSE BOY
A London academic heads north on the trail of “a popular mystery of the Internet age”: a horse-headed boy on the streets of Scotland’s granite city – as captured by the passing cameras of a certain well-known search engine…
Audio (fifteen minutes) read by JAMES BRYCE, produced by  DAVID JACKSON YOUNG

Listen at 'the story player' website

my author page at amazon

HERE ARE SOME LINKS TO MY FAVOURITES:

GOODREADS
This takes you to my author page on Goodreads, which is a great website for exploring the world of books.

GOODREADS REVIEWS
I regularly write short reviews of books I read on Goodreads.
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SCOTTISH BOOK TRUST'S 50 WORD MONTHLY STORY COMPETITION
Anyone can enter.  There are 'all age' and 'young writers' categories

THE MONTHLY BOOK GROUP
Intelligent and entertaining reports of discussions about books of all kinds, but mostly fiction.  A new book is added each month.

LAURA DODDS GAMES
My daughter is a video game developer, currently at The Chinese Room.