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Author · Storyteller
Oscar Hughes
@oscarhughes
Writer interested in historical fiction, storytelling and all the strange practical decisions involved in turning drafts into books.
Behind the stories
About the writer
Oscar Hughes writes historical fiction and mystery. Their interests range from character and story structure to editing, formatting and the practical realities of independent publishing.
A story only works when somebody has something to lose.
Books and story worlds
Stories by Oscar Hughes
On the writing desk
Currently creating
First draft
The Last Map of Lime Street
In post-war Liverpool, a railway clerk finds a hand-drawn map tucked inside a damaged parcel and is drawn into a search for a missing dockside accountant who seems to have vanished from every official record. As the city rebuilds around him, he follows clues through boarding houses, archives and half-forgotten streets, where the past keeps turning up in inconvenient places.
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Draft progress
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