Sunshine

by Ian Williams

Mark’s nearly twelve and about to play in the biggest match of his life. Wilko the PE teacher reckons he might be good enough for England one day. Or Selby Town.
Then his father wants to be back in his life. He was nearly famous once, nearly a good dad once. Kicked out of his band and kicked out of home, he’s promising things will be different. Again.
When’s Mark’s grandfather crashes his motorbike and ends up in Intensive Care, things couldn’t be worse, until Wilko makes him centre forward over the brilliant Tom Hewitt and told to say he’s injured…or else.
It’s match day. His granddad’s in surgery. His dad’s on the side-line. No pressure…

130 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 26, 2013

About the author

I grew up in Durham in the north east of England. After university I taught in Spain for 6 years, mostly in Barcelona.
I returned to the Uk to teach work as head of department in a secondary school in Yorkshire.
I live in York, a beautiful, historic city, and spend as much time as I can writing, going to the cinema and trying to get some half decent notes out of my guitars.
Stephen King and Conan Doyle got me into reading, Wilfred Owen into poetry. J. D. Salinger showed me it was ok to be different, John Irving made me laugh and cry and Jerome K. Jerome just still makes me smile.