David P Elliot

DAVID P ELLIOT

Writer

Books

Clan

'CLAN' is set in the Borders of Scotland and spans 700 years, from the 13th century up to the present day.

The story is told from the perspective of David Elliot who, at fifty seven years of age, frustrated, out of work and with three failed marriages behind him, is on the verge of a breakdown when he embarks on a trip to the Scottish Borders to try, through his ancestry, to find some validation of his life.

Accompanied by his daughter, son-in-law and his grandson, Elliot finds that, far from bringing answers, his bloodline leads his family into unbelievable danger.

700 years of history threaten everything he holds dearest in life and the family encounter horrors and threats as myth and the real history of the "The Bloodiest Valley in Britain" combine.

Border Reivers, mythical creatures and heroes of Scottish history enter the story as the evil Lord William de Soulis embarks on his plot to assume power of an unsuspecting world through a secretive and powerful modern day Foundation.

Only one thing stands against him - a family desperately trying to protect a child.

Their only weapon is their love of family… the power of their 'Clan'.

Pieces of Fate

'Pieces of Fate' is a collection of six short stories by David P Elliot which may be described as of the 'Tales of the Unexpected' genre.

Only 'Caroline' has been published before having been originally written as an entry for the BBC Short Story competition for 2010, it did not win, but was subsequently released as an e-book.

'Medusa' is a story that has its genesis in the author's previous career in the IT industry. From an original idea the author had in the 1980s before the modern computer games industry became the massive global business it currently is.

'The Cottage' is the first of two tales in this anthology which explores an investigation into a modern day alleged haunting incident. Although the name of the house has been changed The Cottage of the story is based on a a local Oxfordshire property where the author once lived and was purported to be haunted.

The title of the fourth tale, 'Shark', is derived from the occupation of the main protagonist, a loan shark called Gary Bowler who preys on the weak and vulnerable.

'The Thief in the Waiting Room' was the response to a challenge thrown out to the author to come up with a story which included 'a thief', 'a waiting room' and 'a flat tyre' in ten minutes. This was the result. Whilst the idea was established in the 10 minute time scale the actual writing took a further 60 minutes to actually put down on paper.

The final story, 'Long Alley' is also local to the author and uses real locations and an actual historical event as the backdrop for another modern day haunting. Readers may wish to read 'The Cottage' first as a prologue to this story.

Caroline

A prominent local businessman walks into a police station suffering from an apparent breakdown and confesses to murder. A body is found triggering a murder investigation that seems an open and shut case - until Caroline tells her story.

(A short story - only available separately in digital format or as an e-book - soon to be available in print form as part of an anthology of short stories in 'Pieces of Fate' ).