Read Daniel’s stories right here!
Want to see what Daniel is all about? You can enjoy his short stories and poems right here for free. This includes not only the written forms of the stories performed during every fourth episode of Stories Across Borders and content from his YouTube channel, but also additional stories published just for this website. You can even get treated to sneak peaks at his books!
A Vampire’s Treatise on Vampirism
A Vampire’s Treatise on Vampirism is a short story following the musings of a vampire inspired by books and media. He wonders if it is possible to survive ethically as a vampire. Could his hunting actually make the world better in the long term? You can learn more about A Vampire’s Treatise on Vampirism on Stories Across Borders.
Run
Run is a short story written by Daniel for Stories Across Borders as an example of what an action scene can look like outside of combat or survival situations. It explores the feeling of getting lost in the movement and letting the world fall away as you focus on your objective.
Five Lessons
Five Lessons is a short story written for the Stories Across Borders cycle on coming-of-age stories. The protagonist looks back on the moment their perspective was changed and they started to grow up.
Procession
Procession is a short story about a young adult ruminating about mourning, death and the fleeting nature of our lives. Why do we come together to grieve? Who really misses us when we’re gone? What do we want to leave behind? They ponder all this and more in a few short pages. Read the story or listen to the audio version narrated by Sarah Kamal.
City of Cycles
A short story exploring a man’s growing apathy in the face of a disaster as he prepares to loop back in time in a bid to prolong his city’s survival.
Behind Open Doors
A short poem written by Daniel that explores the fear of the unknown and our own negative expectations as well as the necessity of confronting them all in less than seventy words.
Raising the Stakes
A story about a gang of thieves being pushed to greater criminal extremes by overzealous authorities and dealing with the aftermath of a painful loss.
Heavy Void
Heavy Void is a short horror story that deals with the fear of the unknown and a threat that looms in the darkness.
The Orchard
The Orchard is a tale of dignity and pride set in a world where magic grows on trees.
Of Ruination
Read Daniel Radford’s poem, Of Ruination, as heard in the animation of the same name on his YouTube channel. Of Ruination is a short exploration of a decaying human mind, given form in a trek through desert ruins.
Our Importance
Read Daniel Radford’s short story, Our Importance, as presented on his YouTube channel.
Domino (Preview)
Read the prologue of Daniel Radford’s 5-star rated survival drama, Domino.