The fan reading room.

When a Child Is Born

Publication year: 2013

Collected in: The Long and the Short of It

For suggested placement, consult the reading routes; publication year is not story chronology.

Roman Holiday

Publication year: 2014

Collected in: The Long and the Short of It

For suggested placement, consult the reading routes; publication year is not story chronology.

Christmas Present

Publication year: 2014

Collected in: The Long and the Short of It

For suggested placement, consult the reading routes; publication year is not story chronology.

The Very First Damned Thing

Publication year: 2015

Collected in: The Long and the Short of It

For suggested placement, consult the reading routes; publication year is not story chronology.

Ships and Stings and Wedding Rings

Publication year: 2015

Collected in: The Long and the Short of It

For suggested placement, consult the reading routes; publication year is not story chronology.

The Great St Mary’s Day Out

Publication year: 2016

Collected in: The Long and the Short of It

For suggested placement, consult the reading routes; publication year is not story chronology.

My Name Is Markham

Publication year: 2016

Collected in: The Long and the Short of It

For suggested placement, consult the reading routes; publication year is not story chronology.

A Perfect Storm

Publication year: 2019

Collected in: The Long and the Short of It

For suggested placement, consult the reading routes; publication year is not story chronology.

Christmas Past

Publication year: 2019

Collected in: Long Story Short

For suggested placement, consult the reading routes; publication year is not story chronology.

Battersea Barricades

Publication year: 2019

Collected in: Long Story Short

For suggested placement, consult the reading routes; publication year is not story chronology.

The Steam-Pump Jump

Publication year: 2018

Collected in: Long Story Short

For suggested placement, consult the reading routes; publication year is not story chronology.

And Now for Something Completely Different

Publication year: 2019

Collected in: Long Story Short

For suggested placement, consult the reading routes; publication year is not story chronology.

When Did You Last See Your Father?

Publication year: 2019

Collected in: Long Story Short

The listed audiobook also includes Desiccated Water and Markham and the Anal Probing.

Why Is Nothing Ever Simple?

Publication year: 2019

Collected in: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

For suggested placement, consult the reading routes; publication year is not story chronology.

The Ordeal of the Haunted Room

Publication year: 2020

Collected in: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

For suggested placement, consult the reading routes; publication year is not story chronology.

The Toast of Time

Publication year: 2021

Collected in: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

For suggested placement, consult the reading routes; publication year is not story chronology.

Christmas Pie

Publication year: 2023

Collected in: No collection is listed here.

For suggested placement, consult the reading routes; publication year is not story chronology.

Lights! Camera! Mayhem!

Publication year: 2024

Collected in: No collection is listed here.

For suggested placement, consult the reading routes; publication year is not story chronology.

Raising the Dead

Publication year: 2025

Collected in: No collection is listed here.

Author places this after The Good, the Bad and the History and before Murder at Martingale Manor.

Murder at Martingale Manor

Publication year: 2025

Collected in: No collection is listed here.

For suggested placement, consult the reading routes; publication year is not story chronology.

Desiccated Water

Publication year: 2017

Collected in: Long Story Short

For suggested placement, consult the reading routes; publication year is not story chronology.

Markham and the Anal Probing

Publication year: 2017

Collected in: Long Story Short

For suggested placement, consult the reading routes; publication year is not story chronology.

Santa Grint

Publication year: 2022

Collected in: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

For suggested placement, consult the reading routes; publication year is not story chronology.

Little Donkey

Publication year: 2015

Collected in: Long Story Short

For suggested placement, consult the reading routes; publication year is not story chronology.

Joy to the World

Publication year: 2020

Collected in: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

For suggested placement, consult the reading routes; publication year is not story chronology.

Storm Christopher

Publication year: 2024

Collected in: No collection is listed here.

For suggested placement, consult the reading routes; publication year is not story chronology.

A Storm in a Teacup

Publication year: 2023

Collected in: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

For suggested placement, consult the reading routes; publication year is not story chronology.

The Coo of Warning

Website posting: 1 April 2026

Free short story. The website posting date is not an in-universe position.

St Mary’s Goes Corporate

Website posting: 1 February 2026

Free short story. Precise reading placement is not confirmed.

The Flux Capacitor

Website posting: 8 November 2025

Free short story. Precise reading placement is not confirmed.

The Last Laugh

Website posting: 17 July 2025

A free St Mary’s story. Exact reading placement is not confirmed.

The Girl With The Pearl In Her Nose

Website posting: 28 April 2025

Free story in the author’s archive. Series affiliation is not assigned here without confirmation.

St Mary’s and the Great Toilet Roll Crisis

Website posting: 27 April 2025

Written in 2020 and reposted in 2025. The author says it can occur anytime.

The Muse of History

Website posting: 28 January 2025

First published in 2020, reposted in 2025. Exact story placement has not been assigned here.

Markham and the Fox

Website posting: 15 September 2024

Free St Mary’s fiction on the author’s website. Exact story placement is not confirmed.

You Have Reached Your Destination

Website posting: 11 October 2024

Standalone free fiction about a decidedly unusual satnav.

Smallhope & Pennyroyal: exclusive bonus scene

Website posting: Posting date not supplied

Free publisher-hosted scene; no separate official story title or exact chronology is supplied.