Short Stories by Gregory Norris

Here is a selection of my favourites.  These have all been published or won prizes in short story competitions.

"Thirty Dollars" is strongly disliked by some readers.  It doesn't compromise in a couple of the descriptions. 

But then reality never compromises so why should a story? 

It was runner-up in the Mathew Prichard award.

I once tried a creative writing exercise where the task set was to write something with a lot of contrast.  "Moths in Porbandar" was the end result.  It fitted the theme of the first Orange Labyrinth competition, "Culture Clash", and was a prize winner behind Lindsey Mountford's "School Bell". 

I experimented with an unreliable narrator in "Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red". 

It's a technique I recommend. This story was runner-up in the Real Writers short story competition.

"One Small Step" is a science fiction story with added comedy just for fun.  I would probably try to include more humour if writing it today.  It was a prize winner in the Bridport Prize.

I've always enjoyed stories where modern civilisation is destroyed.  Judging by the popularity of "The Day of the Triffids" so do many other people. 

"The Precipice" is my attempt at the genre.  The finished story is more depressing than I intended. 

It was runner-up in the Focus on Fiction competition and was published in Cadenza.