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Manifesto The Great comes from a dynasty of leaders who treat women like breeding machines. When his forefather dies, he must take over as leader, but will he be able to control the women?

Planet Hy Man is a planet as pure as a baby’s belly button until a spaceship arrives full of celibate men and women hungry for all things ‘earthy’.

They hurl...

Manifesto The Great rules Planet Hy Man, a Planet where meat is as toxic as nuclear waste. Faced with an uprising, Manifesto The Great turns to the only person he can trust----his mother; but she has days to live.

With an army of malfunctioning Mae West robots and a committee as innovative as a sock puppet, Manifesto The Great loses control. And...

Planet Hy Man’s future lay in the hands of two women as ruthless as a cock in a cockfight, but only one can rule.

Bette, an ex-cleaner with a love for order, is grimly hanging onto her leadership. Champing at her heels, rewriting history is Beryl, a woman so ambitious she has rewritten Planet Hy Man’s Geographic——Manifesto the Great’s legacy....

Planet Hy Man’s energy is running on empty and earth is their only hope. The only problem is, no one wants to go there.

Mex is ready to hang up her catsuit and watch the galaxy pass by. But when she is ordered to save Planet Hy Man or kiss her pension goodbye, she has no choice but to don her leathers and head to Scotland.

With no idea what the...

Planet Hy Man is in turmoil. Her leader lost on earth. Will Mex rise to the challenge or fade faster than her hair dye?

Mex is heading for the Edinburgh Festival in search of lost energy. Hot on her heels is Beryl, her leader who has already dropped Mex in it once and may do it again. Beryl has a planet to save and an arch-rival to beat. A feat...

Planet Hy Man has toppled under the coup of the century and Mex must choose, will she settle for her retirement fund or are politicians too young to take seriously?

Planet Hy Man is at a loss as their new and callous leader takes a sabbatical, she has found her "pleasure dome" and while she learns there is more to life than a new manifesto, a...

Corona Virus has arrived on Planet Hyman, and only Beryl and Legless can help, a couple at war with their past. Will they rise to the occasion or fall out for good?

Planet Hy Man is under the leadership of H2, who has as much experience as a toddler. With a dwindling budget, she is still learning the ropes when a portal to Earth opens. H2 summons...

Corona Virus has arrived on Planet Hyman, and only Beryl and Legless can help, a couple at war with their past. Will they rise to the occasion or fall out for good?

Those on Planet Hy Man thought they were the only women on the Planet Hy Man until a sea of mechanical rats exploded onto the scene.

H2, still reeling from the near pandemic of...

Some women dream of running away; Sheryl dreams of saying no to her mother.

On the wrong side of thirty-five, Sheryl has lost her job, her home, and the will to fight back. She is wilting in a sea of whisky and American wrestling, rooting for Johnstone, a wrestler as believable as Die Hard.

Then she stumbles into belly dancing.

Sheryl is a natural....

Some women rebuild their lives—one shimmy at a time.

Once Nefertiti was a dancer people queued to see; now she runs a belly dancing class in the middle of nowhere, and the numbers have dwindled. Disappointed, Nefertiti turns to her partner and rock, but he has other plans and drops her like a hot potato.

The breakup is painful, and Nefertiti...

Sometimes it takes a funeral to realise what truly matters.

Mavis and Lumpy are getting married, but they can't agree on anything—not even the size of their wedding cake. And when Fanny, Mavis's sister, arrives to "help", every decision becomes another battleground.

Fanny soon wins Lumpy over with budget ideas that would have Scrooge tap dancing....

Sometimes becoming a mother is harder than giving birth.

Sheryl and Steven have always longed for a baby. But nine months of yoga doesn't guarantee a smooth birth, and after a night of labour, Sheryl returns home with the maternal instincts of a clay brick.

Steven does his best to reassure her, but years of living next door to her mother have...

Two linked novellas. One small Scottish town. Plenty of chaos.

Beatrice

George is a patient man who enjoys sparring with his partner Beatrice. She’s as complex as a Rubik’s Cube, fiercely determined, and never knowingly admits defeat. So when the council threatens to close the library where Beatrice tells stories to local children, she hatches a...

Longlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize 2025.

At sixty-two, Neff never expected to fall in love again.

Then she met Tenzam, a younger Bangladeshi man whose warmth and wit made her feel alive in ways she'd almost forgotten. Working at his Indian takeaway, Neff soon discovers that passion doesn't come with an expiry date. But while Tenzam...

Sometimes it takes a little drama to find your voice.

Charlie’s marriage has hit rock bottom—and, in a bid to rekindle his mojo, he joins a local writing class. A decision that has his wife laughing into her morning latte.

But the writing class loves Charlie’s stories, and before long he’s been recruited to write the town’s next pantomime....

Midlife, mischief, and more sequins than sense.

Agnes and Lesley are a couple “on more than a break.”

For years, Agnes ruled the pantomime stage in thigh-high boots and glitter. Now in her sixties, she’s desperate for one last starring role. Lesley, on the other hand, wants her partner to hang up the suspenders and grow old quietly. She’s fed up...

A crush, a clash, and a backstage compromise.

The last thing Helmut was looking for was romance. The last thing Toby was looking for was a father. But Red, Toby's mother, had other ideas.

Helmut, a travelling blogger from Germany, is searching for his next great story. When he meets Red and her teenage son, Toby—a boy determined to save the...

Panto on Zoom. What could go wrong?

George, ousted from the drama club, is desperate to direct again. The club would rather have their nails ripped out than let him back, and with lockdown on the horizon, his theatrical dreams look well and truly over.

Then his elderly aunt is whisked off to a nursing home with visiting rules stricter than a...

Expect the unexpected.

From mischievous queens and stubborn writers to yoga with an extraterrestrial twist, these witty short stories prove that ordinary lives are anything but ordinary. Packed with satire, quirky characters, and humour, this collection serves up humour with a heart.

Inside you'll discover:
A Dress for a Queen – Lizzie loves to...