Phil W. Bayles

Serious ideas from a silly man.

Writing

12 July, 2026

Kalsarikännit

A Short Story About Beer. Continue reading

Writing

drinking, fiction, flash fiction, kalsarikannit, pantsdrunk, short story, trunk stories, Writing
3 July, 2026

Painting Frescoes With Fusilli

Or: How I Learned To Give Myself More Credit Continue reading

Writing

beta readers, inner critic, macaroni art, novel, sistine chapel, Writing
9 May, 2026

Cognitive Debt

A Short Story About The Scariest Sentence I’ve Ever Read Continue reading

Writing

50-Word Stories, Chat-GPT, cognitive debt, fiction, flash fiction, flowers for algernon, short story, Writing
8 May, 2026

Just My Type

Or: How I Learned To Believe In Manifestation Continue reading

Random Musings, Writing

letters, manifesting, pen-pals, typewriters, Writing
6 March, 2026

365 Mornings Later…

Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Brain Dumps. Continue reading

Random Musings, Writing

Habits, Julia Cameron, morning pages, persistence, the artist’s way, Writing
13 February, 2026

Mentor? I ‘Ardly Know ‘Er!

Or: How I Learned The Publishing Industry Isn’t All Doom And Gloom Continue reading

Random Musings, Writing

Jamie Mollart, mentorship, Writing, Writing East Midlands
3 February, 2026

Crunch

A Short Story About Productivity. Continue reading

Writing

crunch, flash fiction, productivity, satire, sci-fi, short story, trunk stories, Writing
5 December, 2025

Local Hero

A Short Story About A Scrapbook. Continue reading

Writing

fiction, flash fiction, NYC Midnight, short story, trunk stories, Writing
30 November, 2025

Unpacking My Trunk

Or: How I Learned Not To Hide My Shite Under a Bushel Continue reading

Random Musings, Writing

drafts, fiction, Random Musings, Writing
21 November, 2025

O Time Thy Pyramids

A Short Story About Typewriters. Continue reading

Writing

fantasy, fiction, o time thy pyramids, shakespeare, short story, silly goose press, typewriters, Writing

About The author

Phil W. Bayles has lived in Paris and London, where he’s written everything from movie reviews to mattress adverts. These days he lives in Derbyshire with his wife, his daughter and his cat. He writes very silly stories about very serious ideas, with the occasional poem to mix things up.

But what does the W stand for?