About the author

Martin Pond is a Man of Kent, now living and working in Norfolk. His stories have appeared in Unthology No 1, Streetcake magazine and Alliterati magazine, whilst three of his poems have appeared in The Artillery Of Words magazine. In 2012, Martin was a winner of Comma Press's Short Story Day "story in ten words or less" competition.

Martin's first collection of short fiction, Dark Steps, was published in August 2011. Two standalone short stories, Turn Around Where Possible and Cold, followed in 2012. In a departure from fiction, in 2013 Martin finally published his short narrative on living without supermarkets, Tesc-No. And in a nod to his day job, Martin is also the author of Accessory, an e-workbook for Microsoft Access developers.

Drawn To The Deep End, Martin's first novel, was published in September 2017.

Martin is also the editor of The Petrified World and other tales, a collection of short stories in support of the charity Population Matters.

The easiest way to contact Martin is via Twitter.