Darren Cooke + Thieves Guild

Published Stories


Book Cover for Written by Candlelight Volume II - a cloaked figure holding a lantern in front of a forest

A soldier trying to save a fair maiden from her uncle who doesn’t understand why she says "no."


Book Cover for Written in Blood Volume I - an eery orange sky behind craggy mountains

Our heroes are trying burglary for the first time and not being very good at it.


Book Cover for In A Flash Volume II - a dark blue background with orange flowers and shapes

You should always be kind to your IT department.

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Book Cover for In A Flash - A burgundy background with geometric shapes in green, black and white

There are more things under heaven and earth that can provide inspiration.

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Featured Stories


Best Christmas Ever!

Based on this picture, I wrote this story. What do you think?


Art is Truth

Is there truth in Art? Or is all Art, truth? Clark still doesn't know


Uncle Mortimer's Day at the Beach

I wrote this story for a Writers Digest "Enter your story contest" It had to be 700 words long and based on the above picture. What do you think?

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Darren Cooke

I write the stories that I want to read. That was explained to me as an excellent reason for writing. My Muse and I have a daily discussion on what should be written next and most of the time we agree. Follow 'us' on Bluesky to see how those conversations go. I am hopefully going to be having more than my thoughts and book reviews. Who knows what will be next? Follow along and find out.