J. A. Stapleton

I have 103 stories published in 17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 49585 times and 18 of my stories have been cherry picked.
5 of my 80 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 5 votes

J. A. Stapleton is an English short story writer and screenwriter. His epistolary short story titled LOYALTY: or, A Boy Born of Two Fathers (published originally on this site) was published in November 2017. A film review on Darkest Hour was featured in REBEL magazine soon after. He has recently been recognised and featured in the Albert Sloman Library for his contributions to writing as a University of Essex student.

He has recently finished his first full-length novel - The Patrolman.

I do not claim to own any of the images used nor am I making any money from this or them, each have been sourced from Wikimedia Commons. No copyright intended.

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My collections

Dream Writing

First Draft Film Reviews

From East to West

Loyalty - or A Boy Born of Two Fathers.

Never Say Die - (James Bond 007) Short Story Collection

Nobody's Son or Another Delinquent Boy's Betrayal

Odds and Sods - Short Stories

Paint It, Red

TATORT FOUR.

The Conspiracy

The Firm

The Patrolman (Detective Lacey, #1)

The Road to Nowhere Special - Noire Story

The Second World War

The Want (Detective Lacey, Short Stories)

Through War & Adversity

To Live and Die

My stories

The Want - The Instructor

By J. A. Stapleton on Mon, 16 Nov 2020

December 1942 - Central Division Shooting Gallery. Officer Jake Lacey learns a lesson in humility from a weapon's master: in order to overcome one's fears, one must first learn to trust himself.

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The Patrolman (2) - Chapter I: The Patrolman (Part IV)

By J. A. Stapleton on Fri, 16 Oct 2020

Second draft of first completed novel - The Patrolman. "Three bullets had passed cleanly through the door."

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The Patrolman (2) - Chapter I: The Patrolman (Part III)

By J. A. Stapleton on Wed, 16 Sep 2020

Second draft of first completed novel - The Patrolman. "He had the distinct impression that this had all happened before and that it would all happen again."

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The Patrolman (2) - Chapter I: The Patrolman (Part II)

By J. A. Stapleton on Wed, 02 Sep 2020

Second draft of completed first novel - The Patrolman. "The confrontation seemed to last just a few seconds."

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The Patrolman (2) - Chapter I: The Patrolman (Part I)

By J. A. Stapleton on Fri, 28 Aug 2020

Second draft of completed first novel - The Patrolman. "At exactly 10:00 a.m., when the woman stopped to catch her breath, there was a thundering in her ears."

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Posted on Mon, 28 May 2018

This is an good piece. It feels more like Science Fiction to me - what if violence stopped - and that novum is interestingly looked at with the unknown narrator and the second person pronoun. I would list this as Science Fiction, but if you...

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