Dan Powell spent nearly ten years teaching English in UK secondary schools before handing in his notice to become full-time dad to his young family. He is currently studying for an MA in Creative Writing with Manchester Metropolitan University.
His work has appeared in the pages of Spilling Ink Review, Staccato, Litsnack, Neon, Metazen, The View From Here and Dirty Bristow. He has had stories included in the charity anthologies 100 Stories for Haiti and 50 Stories for Pakistan and his short story ‘Half-mown Lawn’ won the 2010 Yeovil Literary Prize for short fiction.
Originally from the West Midlands (UK) Dan calls Gütersloh, Germany home these days.
Contributing Stories
This Be the Verse – The Yang Book, 2010
In Print
‘Impact’ in 100 Stories for Haiti
100 Stories for Haiti is a unique collection of stories bound together by paper and glue and massive amounts of hope. This is no ordinary book. One morning a writer woke up and decided, “I must do something.” Hundreds of talented authors worldwide sent him their stories and the result is an anthology that anyone can enjoy.
Proceeds go to helping the victims of the Haiti earthquake. So open this book and pick a page. There’s nowhere to start and nowhere to finish. If you find one story, one page, one line entertaining: buy it.
Published by Bridge House Publishing. Available now for pre-order.
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50 Stories for Pakistan is a collection of 50 flash fiction stories by established and emerging authors. Each story has been donated to the collection and the proceeds from every copy sold go to help the Red Cross relief effort in Pakistan.
Dan’s story ‘The Man Who Devoured Novels’ is published in the bonus section of editor’s stories included in the collection.
Copies are available to order here.
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Elements of Horror is a collection of over sixty contemporary and realistic flash fiction horror by over forty new and established writers. Each story is based on one of the four elements: Fire, Earth, Air or Water. Elements of Horror features Dan’s story ‘Lungs.’
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Love Is @MicroHorror
The Car Park @The New Flesh
Heaven in 00 Scale @ The Pygmy Giant
Jump Start @ Spilling Ink Review
Things I No Longer Wish To Possess @ Staccato
Catchin’ Out @ Monkeybicycle’s One Sentence Stories
Medushair @ The Red Asylum
Third Party, Fire & Theft @ Neon
A Father’s Arms @ Spilling Ink
Perfect Light @ Deck The Halls
Sugar @ Litsnack
Ultrasounds @ Metazen
Jelly Babypocalypse @ 7×20
What Precise Moment @ Eclectic Flash
Baggage @ Metazen
Breaking Distance @ The View From Here
The John School @ Dirty Bristow Issue Two (Available to buy here.)
Connecting @ The View From Here Issue 35 (Buy the print edition here.)
Breaking Distance @ The View From Here Issue 25 (Buy the print edition here.)
Chinese Whisperings invites you to kick back with your favourite beverage and Take Five with Chris Chartrand.
The Red Book, Audio Trailer
