A Rather Unusual Romance by Stevie Turner

It had previously been owned by the Cuthbertson family who had lived there for generations. John Finbow, a successful writer, and his wife Kay move into Southcombe Rectory, a large Victorian house that has been empty since the 1960s. Paranormal/Time Travel novel: ‘ Partners in Time’: The message shocks Karen and sends her on a journey of discovery, rocking her previously happy relationship with second husband Mick, David’s stepfather. Rae has a message from Karen’s son David, who passed over to the spirit world many years before. When Karen and Mick Curtis attend a demonstration of clairvoyance for the first time, Karen is singled out by the medium, Rae Cordelle. Please share your books with us and a synopsis of each. Jjspina: Yes, I agree about seeing and observing what goes on around us. I’m also a people watcher, and gain inspiration from everyday folks going about their business.

Usually/mainly from news items, and sometimes I’ll re-write something I’ve watched on TV. How do you come up with ideas for your stories? I like complete silence but don’t always get it! My husband works from home in one of the upstairs bedrooms, and I work at my computer which is downstairs in the front room. I need complete silence in order to think, and so off go the TV, radio and CD player. What process do you need in order to write? Jjspina: Wow, Stevie! That is quite impressive! I read A House without Windows and was blown away by it! ‘ Finding David’ reached the quarter-finals of the 2019 ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Competition, and my latest book ‘ His Ladyship’ reached the finals and long list of the 2021 Page Turner Writing Award. My screenplay ‘ For the Sake of a Child’ won a silver award in the Spring 2017 Depth of Field International Film Festival, and my novel ‘ A House Without Windows’ gained interest in 2017 from De Coder Media, an independent film production company based in New York. I also wrote an article ‘ Look on the Bright Side of Life’ that was included in the 2016 book ‘ They Say I’m Doing Well’ which contains articles about mental illness, (proceeds go to the charity MIND). One of my short stories, ‘ Lifting the Black Dog’, was published in ‘1000 Words or Less Flash Fiction Collection’ (2016).

I like to focus on Romantic Suspense, Humour, Paranormal stories, and Women’s Fiction (family dramas). By this time my two sons had left home and I had more time to myself. However, I did not take up writing seriously until 2013. After winning an inter-schools’ writing contest, I began to keep a diary and often added little stories and poems to it as the years went by.

I grew up in the East End of London and was fortunate enough to attend an excellent primary school which encouraged creative writing.

A Rather Unusual Romance by Stevie Turner