Showcase
The Literary Consultancy is excited to be working on an innovative showcase for its writing talent, initially in association with Staple Magazine. See TLC Showcase Introduction for more on the inception of the Showcase and please see below for where it is now.
Once a month we will highlight the work of one author whose work we believe deserves a platform, whether simply because our readers felt it worth championing, or whether we have helped the writer on to commercial publication.
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Tim Franks Showcase
“The central heating had reached lethargy point. Jamie’s eyelids were already sliding into several second blinks and he knew a television-induced semi-coma was imminent if he surrendered. But he would never surrender. He hated this sluggishness and his answer was simple. He got off his arse.”
From ‘Days of Long Shadows – included in the showcase
Previous Showcase Authors
![Alice Burnett – TLC Showcase author](https://literaryconsultancy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Alice-Burnett-sq-300x300.jpg)
Alice Burnett
“Over the previous few days, Leonie had asked Venus questions in bursts. Where was Daddy, when was he going to stop being dead, why was he dead, what was dead.
![Alick Glass – TLC Showcase author](https://literaryconsultancy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Alick-Glass-sq-300x300.jpg)
Alick Glass
“He had always felt more Scottish than Jewish. For his Barmitvah he had learned the Hebrew texts. He had attended synagogue on high festivals, but generated paternal displeasure when he
![Henry Fry – TLC Showcase author](https://literaryconsultancy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Henry-Fry-sq-300x300.jpg)
Henry Fry
“I looked at the ticket on my phone again, at the spirals spinning around the castle on the island, then looked back at the real thing. It was all starting
![Neema Shah – TLC Showcase author, TLC Pen Factor winner](https://literaryconsultancy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Neema-Shah-square-300x300.jpg)
TLC Pen Factor winner special – Neema Shah
“Asha walked out towards the vast water, stretching so far that it looked more like an ocean. She’d met Pran for the first time by Lake Victoria, down by Entebbe.
![Tia Williams – TLC Showcase author](https://literaryconsultancy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Tia-Williams-sq-300x300.jpg)
Tia Williams
“Feet first. I supposed that would be the way to do it, the way that made the most sense. I could visualise myself curling my fingers around the handle of
![Akeem Balogun – TLC Showcase author](https://literaryconsultancy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Akeem-Balogun-by-John-Kamara-JSWB-1-400x400.jpg)
Akeem Balogun
“She watched with her hands holding onto her knees and her legs tightly closed. As the minutes passed her lips dried, and she started to feel uncomfortable in her chair,
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Liz Coward
“For two years, we’d been meticulously drilled on how to respond when we were under fire. We’d practiced with the Queen’s firing blanks at us while our sergeant majors screamed,
![Maeve Clarke – TLC Showcase author](https://literaryconsultancy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Maeve-Clarke-sq.jpg)
Maeve Clarke
“All their mother’s warnings about what a dangerous place it was and how they should always keep away from it, flashed through Inez’s head. Up close, she could see how
![Bernard Hall – TLC Showcase Author](https://literaryconsultancy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Bernard-Hall-sq-300x300.jpg)
Bernard Hall
“Lorraine unlocked the car doors and they climbed in. A nervous passenger at best, Miss Perfect could only hope that Lorraine’s driving might prove more sensible, more sedate, than some
![Elizabeth J Jones – TLC Showcase Author](https://literaryconsultancy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Liz-Jones-sq-300x300.jpg)
Elizabeth J. Jones
“A small girl had darted out from the trees, made her way barefoot to the bay and then clambered onto the jagged rocks as easily as if she was wearing
![Sheila Chapman – TLC Showcase author](https://literaryconsultancy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Sheila-Chapman-sq-300x300.jpg)
Sheila Chapman
“Taksheel looked resigned. It was the conclusion he had reached himself but to have it set forth like this made it seem absolute. He felt grief for the future that
![Sabo Kpade – TLC Showcase author](https://literaryconsultancy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Sabo-Kpade-sq-300x300.jpg)
Sabo Kpade
“I hurried to the veranda and found him in a tangle with Amarya. I didn’t rush to intervene, unclear as to what exactly was happening. Muri was trying to free
![Jane Liffen – TLC Showcase author](https://literaryconsultancy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Jane-Liffen-sq-300x300.jpg)
Jane Liffen
“I go to fetch more water but I am thinking about the picture. In the black and white photograph, Auntie Pat’s lips are the same shade as the toffee apples.
![TLC Pen Factor Showcase](https://literaryconsultancy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/montage-square-300x300.jpg)
TLC Pen Factor Special
“He’d check for signs of life in a moment. For now though, he just sat. As the floodwaters of adrenalin subsided, the familiar sense of wretchedness was once again exposed.
![Anna Mazzola TLC Showcase author - photo credit Lou Abercrombie](https://literaryconsultancy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Anna-Mazzola-sq-300x300.jpg)
Anna Mazzola
“Miss Sowerton stopped before a black door and produced a large key. A rumbling came from within the lock as the key turned, and Sarah had the sudden idea of
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Julia Webb
“There is faraway bird-call, the startled flap of a fresh waked pigeon, A deer eye appears, and vanishes back into shadow.” Extract from poetry collection ‘Bird Sisters’ – included
![Rhiannon Lewis – TLC Showcase author](https://literaryconsultancy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Rhiannon-Lewis-sq-300x300.jpg)
Rhiannon Lewis
“William was called away by one of the crew before he could respond. For a moment, Davy stayed at the rail watching the shadow of the Esmeralda turn in the
![](https://literaryconsultancy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Andrew-Malcolm-sq-300x300.jpg)
Andrew Malcolm
“I wanted to know if Martyn and Spry were involved at all. In a really tight group like theirs it’s hard to tell the couples. They were one of those
![Deirdre Shanahan – TLC Showcase author](https://literaryconsultancy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Deirdre-Shanahan-sq-300x300.jpg)
Deirdre Shanahan
“If it were not for the sun glinting on the pool of rainwater in the slight dip of the lawn, John would have thought he was back home in Cloghan,
![Richard-Buxton - TLC Showcase author](https://literaryconsultancy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Richard-Buxton-sq-300x300.jpg)
Richard Buxton
“In the centre of the square, under the American flag, a loose halyard slapped the pole, out of rhythm with the swirling wind. The gritty snow, sharp as sand, had