After Jessica & Hitman Sam: Two British Crime Novellas

Two crime novellas in one... ‘After Jessica’, a crime mystery novella (c.37,000 words): Jessica is an ordinary girl who comes across extraordinary circumstances and pays for them with her life. As well as identifying her body, her brother Simon then has to wind up her affairs but gets more than he bargains for. Who is Alexis, and why are Veronica and Daniel searching for her? Why is there a roll of cash in Jessica’s house, and what’s the connection between Simon’s sister and Alexis? ‘Hitman Sam’ a crime lad lit novella (c. 47,000 words): Having been made redundant as a photocopier software designer, Sam Simpson is lured by a cryptic advert. As he learns it is for a trainee hitman, will he be tough enough to see the job through? Even James Bond had to start somewhere and Sam, as his alias Josh Bradley, looks forward to enjoying James' lifestyle, although soon embroiled in a love triangle, Sam hadn't expected things to get so complicated so quickly.

Morgen Bailey is a writing-related blogger who spotlights authors, agents, editors and publishers. Other content includes guest posts, flash fiction, poetry, and short story and writing guide reviews. She is also a freelance editor and offers a free 1,000-word sample edit to all new enquirers. Morgen runs a free monthly 100-word competition and has been a judge for various competitions including the annual H.E. Bates Short Story Competition (2015), NLG Flash Fiction Competition (2013-4), RONE (2015), and BBC Radio 2 500-word Competition (2016). The author of numerous short stories, novels, articles, she has also dabbled with poetry. Morgen teaches creative writing across Northamptonshire (and beyond), belongs to three local writing groups, is a charity shop volunteer, a regular cinema visitor, reads (though not as often as she’d like), and in between she writes. Everything she’s involved in is detailed on her blog http://morgenbailey.wordpress.com. She can also be found chatting away about all things literary on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Tumblr. To contact her you can also complete her website’s ‘Contact me’ page or email her at morgen@morgenbailey.com.