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Born in Edinburgh, I now live on the Kent Coast. I'm a screenwriter, film director, novelist and ultrarunner. Since 2020 I've written over 160 short stories and many of these are available FOR FREE on Curios as samples of my work. Please consider purchasing an e-book if you enjoy the samplers and do remember to review on Curios.

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It takes one woman on the edge to solve the murder of another.

Elena Balan should be laying low. After all, she's on the run from an unspeakable horror.

A Romanian single mum, Elena arrives in London to discover that her lover, Frances, has vanished. To find her, Elena's 14-year-old daughter Ana enlists the help of a police officer, the disgraced former DC Robin Yarmouth.

Although Frances' whereabouts remain a mystery, things begin looking up. Elena and Ana find an apartment, a job, and a new school. Then Elena's sex worker neighbour and friend is found dead. The police are certain it's suicide. Elena suspects otherwise and her instincts are not to let it go. But will Elena's investigations with Yarmouth prove her own undoing?

Elena in Exile is the first book in a projected series about the irrepressible Elena Balan and her journey towards becoming a Met police detective. Set in London's Soho, forever on the cusp of escaping its sleazy past, the novel has a cast of rogues, misfits and eccentrics including Elena's impetuous teen daughter Ana, her film-loving boyfriend Chris, and Italian cafe owner Luca.

Blending the observation and humanism of Henning Mankell with the narrative drive and darkness of Jo Nesbo, Elena in Exile is a shocking and surprising debut.

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\"You can’t know what sort of parent you’ll be until it happens. That’s what Marie told Mona and Adam when she recovered from the shock of the revelation. Parenthood is as much of an unknown as the afterlife, she continued. She’d given this talk many, many times in her professional life, but probably not with her face turned to the wall.” (BREATHE IN BREATHE OUT)

44 more explorations from the pen of Gavin Boyter, these tales are set in locations and times as far-flung as a Romanian particle accelerator, an active Vanuatu volcano, and a London start-up offering interdimensional escapes.

Meet a monkey matchmaker, a merciful Roman Legionnaire, and a lonely Italian monk in love with a girl on a bicycle. In other tales in this anthology...

—an ageing hiker delivers a mysterious Victorian love letter to a spectre in the snowy Scottish Highlands...

—an enterprising teenager makes an unexpected friend and becomes a schoolyard entrepreneur through photography... —a grieving father decides to erase the memory of his child, and finds he’s losing himself instead...

and Christmas’s biggest fan meets her nemesis in the basement-dwelling enemy of Yuletide.

“Gavin Boyter combines rawness with heartfelt emotion, carrying the reader through relatable journeys. He also infuses mystery and horror into his writing without it feeling trite.” Kristen Henderson, Editor, Bright Flash Literary Review

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“We’re trialing a neurological implant that links two consciousnesses together, allowing complete access to another person’s thoughts, feelings and emotions.”

“I see. And you think this is a good idea?” (Ride Along)

These 48 stories take you into the interior worlds of soldiers, artists, undercover agents, explorers, daredevils, spies, and interstellar smugglers.

A young pop singer and an operatic tenor duet over their balconies in lockdown London.

An uptight journalist comes face to face with an ancient ancestor in a cave in the Carpathians.

Mata Hari meets the love of her life aboard the Orient Express.

And in the title story, two women on the run from the FBI guard a unique infant.

Boyter’s pocket-sized tales encompass whole worlds, transporting you from the melting Greenland icecaps to New Orleans in the 1920s or the far depths of interstellar space. Meet Victorian ghosts, revenge-taking seamstresses, Vincent Van Gogh, and an obstreperous goat declared mayor of a small English village.

Many of these tales were generated by a unique process of random ideation. Their running theme is connection, and the new hope that comes from unexpected meetings of minds.

“Boyter’s work... is sensitive, ironic, and playful while maintaining a deeply serious edge that hits a fine-tuned target.” Nina Rubenstein Alonso, Editor, Constellations

“In his poignant tale of obsession, addiction, and despair, Boyter carries the reader through the challenges of a man battling temptations. “Keepsakes” is dotted with pedestrian objects like chipped record albums, stained coins, and old marbles, and is anchored by courage.” Kristen Henderson, Editor, Bright Flash Literary Review

“Boyter has a real gift for characterization. In amazingly few words, he’s able to build a world of quirky characters and settings, which the reader can’t but help be drawn into.” Katherine Emily, Co-Founder, Input/Output Enterprises

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During the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020-21 author and filmmaker Gavin Boyter turned 50 in lockdown. His relationship had broken up, and he found himself between jobs and facing an uncertain future.

Gavin decided to celebrate this milestone year by running 50 miles along the Union Canal. This mini-adventure sparked a year of exploratory runs. He would try everything from his first Parkrun and fell run, to running every stop on London's Piccadilly Line.

From writing \"Hope\" on the city streets to circuiting the 80-mile Capital Ring, to revisiting childhood haunts in the far northwest of Scotland, Gavin would celebrate a difficult and transitional year, meet some of his running heroes and get lost... a lot.

A poignant patchwork of running, discovery, and the joy of exploring Britain's wild corners.

\"Part memoir, part exploration of the joys of running, Gavin's book explores a difficult period in our lives (the pandemic) and shows how running, exercise and the great outdoors have helped many of us cope. Heartily recommended.\" - SEAN CONWAY, ADVENTURER AND AUTHOR OF 'HELL AND HIGH WATER'.

\"Gavin shares his adventures with charm and self-deprecating wit - and what adventures he has had!\" - ROB DEERING, COMEDIAN AND HOST OF THE 'RUNNING COMMENTARY' PODCAST.

\"A wistful jaunt through a year of running adventures at the height of the pandemic. Each escapade is delightfully recounted with humour and insight, and the writing skips along effortlessly.\" - ADHARANAND FINN, AUTHOR OF 'RUNNING WITH THE KENYANS'.

\"It would take most of us an entire lifetime to cover the kind of running challenges taken on by Gavin. A glimpse into the mind of a running obsessive, somebody who wants you right there, running alongside him. Another remarkable achievement.\" - RACHEL ANN CULLEN, AUTHOR OF RUNNING FOR OUR LIVES'.

\"A fascinating and at times moving testament to the healing power of running and adventure.\" - RICHARD ASKWITH, AUTHOR OF 'TODAY WE DIE A LITTLE: EMIL ZÁTOPEK - OLYMPIC LEGEND TO COLD WAR HERO'.

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\"It wasn’t entirely clear what the furry purple… creature… was supposed to be. Even before it lost one eye, most of one arm and had half its polyester body melted into a black sheen of carbon, it could either be a bear, a marsupial, or some sort of shrew. Its paper toe tag bore only the inscription “Aleppo, Feb 2019.”

48 more emissions from the hyperactive imagination of Gavin Boyter, these unpredictable tales transport you to peculiar Parisian junk stores, post-apocalyptic Mongolian steppes, and deep space, where the world's only sentient AI falls in love with its human companion. In other tales in the collection...

—A stained glass window provides a stuffy academic with the clue to an ancient crime in a quiet English village...

—A spectral mischief maker haunts an Edinburgh bookshop, turning it into a library of impossible texts...

—A father hands his quadriplegic son one final gift as the world comes to a shattering conclusion...

—And in the title story, a Belgian couple accidentally create a popular museum dedicated to the child victims of war and disaster.

\"Gavin Boyter's fiction brings the reader into another place and time. It is a rare writer who can make a situation far away seem real and relatable and Gavin's story does just this.\" LISA C TAYLOR, FICTION EDITOR, WORDPEACE.

\"Gavin Boyter's work exhibits a unique mastery of whimsy. His words gratify the reader's familiarity, even when the subject matter is otherworldly.\" PHILLIPE M. CHATELAIN, EDITOR, IN PARENTHESIS.

\"Boyter's stories work within mysterious settings, taking the reader into places that are both familiar and uncomfortable, revealing the psychological depths of their characters. These stories investigate the principal questions of humanity: growth, progress, change, decay.\" DANIEL MORGAN, EDITOR, THE CLOSED EYE OPEN.

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The first volume of seven budget story samplers, Allies in the Deep carries its readers to the depths of the ocean, into dingy torture chambers, post-apocalyptic Norfolk hellscapes and a dinner party with a difference. All of these blood-curdling excursions are made with one purpose: to chill, thrill and horrify the reader.

The book contains...

Angel's Drop: in which a prisoner plots to escape a horrific death.

Repentance: where an immoral man faces the come-uppance he secretly longs for.

Allies in the Deep: Where violently murderous aliens are bested by an unexpected friend.

...and four more tales.

\"Gavin Boyter's fiction brings the reader into another place and time. It is a rare writer who can make a situation far away seem real and relatable and Gavin's story does just this.\" - Lisa C. Taylor, WORDPEACE Fiction Editor

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The second in seven short story samplers, this book carries its readers to wintry forests, to caves in the depths of the Carpathian mountains, and into an Edinburgh bookshop where even the texts themselves seem haunted. All of these strange, supernatural excursions are made with one purpose: to chill, thrill and perplex the reader.

In this book:

The White Widow: Defying local folk tales, a postman walks a remote Assynt footpath to deliver a 120-year old letter.

Eyes in the Dark: A pompous travel writer meets his match and his salvation in a cave in Romania.

The Sanctified Shard: An academic investigating an ancient stained glass window, uncovers clues to a forgotten murder.

... and four more tales.

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The third volume of seven budget story samplers, Singularity blasts off for the lonely depths of space, journeys to the inhospitable surface of distant planets, and uncovers secret laboritories where quantum entanglement allows first contact with a sentient alien. All of these far-flung, imaginative excursions are made with one purpose: to inspire, thrill and surprise the reader.

The book contains...

The Gargoyles of Rees 11b: a space farmer discovers a brutal trade in the far-flung reaches of the galaxy.

Quarfberry Vodka: the elderly owner of an antique shop discovers she has a much more adventurous alter-ego.

Singularity: a lone space scientist discovers her AI companion may be forming an unlikely romantic attachment.

...and four more tales.

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The fourth volume of seven budget story samplers, Merry Go Round explores the wonderful, disappointing, surprising world of romantic relationships from thrift-store flirting and technology-infused dating to damp squib dates and divorce. All of these lovelorn excursions are made with one purpose: to inspire, excite and move the reader.

The book contains...

The Blue Period: a mosaicist and a zoologist meet under the connivance of a mischevious monkey.

Willoughby: sometimes even a dog-bite on a beach can kindle unexpected romance.

Merry Go Round: a disappointed divorcee experiences a slew of dismal dates... until she meets her match.

...and four more tales.

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The fifth volume of seven budget story samplers, Lunacy ventures into weirdly hilarious worlds: where machines can turn your dreams into distressing symphonies, where books explode into flame under the right kind of moonlight, and where a goat can become elected mayor of a small English village.

Enjoy these bizarre, amusing and strange excursions from the mind of author Gavin Boyter.

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The sixth volume of seven story samplers, Cold Water Shock explores difficult times in our lives, when grief, sorrow, or disappointment seem to rob the world of its vitality, although hope can often be kindled in unexpected places. All of these melancholy explorations are made with one purpose: to surprise, delight and move the reader.

This book contains...

Cold Water Shock: a widow grows closer to her departed husband by experiencing his favourite pastime: wild swimming.

Agata's forest: when an eccentric neighbour dies, a young couple discover she's left behind a rare world of imagination.

The Best Seat in the House: as the world ends, a father provides his quadriplegic son with a final, unforgettable gift.

.and four more tales.

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The seventh and final budget story sampler, The Oblique Blade transports the reader back across hundreds of years of history, from medieval bowmakers to Revolutionary executioners, to Van Gogh hard at work in Arles. All of these historical excursions are made with one purpose: to surprise, educate, and delight the reader.

The book contains...

Rain, Blood and Whiskey: a World War One soldier writes one last emotional letter home.

Starlight at the Beehive: mobsters, sports writers, and musicans collide in a Jazz Age tale of revenge.

The Besting of Dandy Jack: a cocky highwayman finally meets his match in an heiress who won't be cowed.

...and four more tales.

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