Neil McGowan

Neil is a prolific author of contemporary and dark fiction, including horror novels ‘The Surgeon’, ‘Nanobite’, novella ‘The Loch’, and the collected short stories ‘Don’t Drink the Water’ as well as several stories that have been published online and in magazines. He lives in Scotland and is a keen cyclist, taking inspiration from the landscape around him. He says writing is more fun than work and is nothing like the characters in his novels. Honest.

Pic

In Neil McGowan’s story “Pic,” “a wee man” comforts eighty-year-old Audrey, who has suffered two strokes and is confined to her bedroom. In her final moments, Pic stays with her until the owl lifts her into the sky. Fantasy and reality are one.