Simon Collings lives on Osney Island in Oxford, UK. He has worked in international development for most of his career and writes music reviews and stories in his spare time.
Since appearing on East of the Web ‘Do you speak English?’ has been republished in Hey! Portugal (autumn 2010) and All About English: Secondary 2 Textbook–Express (Pearson Longman, Singapore, Nov 2010) and in resource materials for English published by Brisbane School of Distance Education, Queensland Australia (2012.) An extract was used as part of a language project for Polish students (eduNawigacja, published by Wydawnictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne, 2011.)
An early story, Death, appeared in the Canadian literary magazine Descant (fall 1982). Music reviews are published in the Oxford Times.
Simon writes a regular blog.
A tourist couple stray from the beaten track and find themselves out of their depth.
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction
Two travellers meet on the night flight from Bangalore.
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction
He left at night, taking with him a change of clothes, a blanket, and a small bag of money which he found in his father’s room.
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction
New Year's Eve and, for Vanessa, a time for reassessment
- Length: 15 pages
- Age Rating: 18
- Genre: Fiction
