Writing

At his desk


Carsten started coming up with stories as a child and he has hard-drives full of novels and short stories in various stages of completion. During the enforced lock-downs of Covid, instead of filling his home with the unique smell combinations of oil paints, painting mediums and whatever he had last cooked, he spent time on his writing. Older novels progressed; new novels were started; and the same went for short fiction and creative nonfiction. In 2021, Carsten began to submit his writing to magazines and websites.
Here are articles with links to pieces that can be read (or listened to) on-line.

When waiting for a midwife does not go as planned

05/06/2025

Short story "Baby or Blender" is published in Meniscus Literary Journal, my first publication in Australia ...more

Two mysteries in one?

07/05/2025

'The Day I Probably Murdered the Dollar' creative non-fiction essay published in Heimat
Review ...more

A date with a smile?

01/05/2025

'Polished' is published in Cosmic Daffodil's 10th anthology 'In the Company of Strangers' ...more

When is a mare more than a horse?

27/04/2025

Short story 'The Spring Mare, a Cold War Fable' is published by Thin Skin Magazine ...more

Love 'em or hate 'em? - two tales of relationships

31/03/2025

"Love Storm" and "Irregular Platypus" published by Coalitionworks ...more

The Amazon rain-forest does not always deliver what you expect... or want...

16/12/2024

'The Nicotine Solution' - a piece of Creative Non-Fiction - is published ...more

What has he forgotten? How could he have forgotten...?

07/09/2024

Short story 'The How Of It' is curated by litfic site The Periwinkle Pelican ...more

When he meets his ex in a cafe....

15/06/2024

Short story 'When There's a Question You Cannot Ask Without Destroying Everything' selected and published in the #FlashFlood for 2024's National Flash Fiction Day ...more

A boy learns a life lesson...

16/05/2024

Short story "The Red Wheelbarrow" is published by American literary journal ...more

Why is Albert taking a day off...?

29/04/2024

Flash fiction short Story 'Albert's Day Off' is published by the Coalition for Digital Narrative ...more

Prize shortlisting

28/07/2023

Short story 'The Eyes of Golden Stefan' is shortlisted by The Masters Review for Anthology Volume XII ...more

A woman and her secret

06/07/2023

Stort Story 'Her Prime Conjecture' published on literary fiction website The Write Launch ...more

Prize-shortlisting

16/03/2023

Short story 'Yoyo' is shortlisted for the 2022 Fish Publishing short story prize ...more

'Drums and Smoke' on the radio

28/01/2023

Carsten reads and discussed short story 'Drums and Smoke' for Morley Radio as part of the LitWit Sessions ...more

What will a man do for musical success?

21/05/2022

"Blue Boy and the Flattened Third" prize-shortlisted and published by Jerry Jazz Magazine ...more