Honestly is a novella I published under the name James Collins. Here it is serialised in its eleven chapters. Enjoy!

Honestly is available in full on Kindle here.

Having cured Shakespeare of writer’s block, Miss P finds herself in the 20th century, attending to a similar problem in a small fishing village. The timeless and slightly magical Miss P knows that the only way to solve the problem is to cause a friendship, and the only way to do that is to cause the whole village to speak honestly. As you can imagine, comedy ensues.

Chapter One
“There’s always been something missing from this village, and it ain’t the stink of fish.”
Chapter Two
In which Miss P arrives…
Chapter Three
In which Miss P begins.
Chapter Four
In which Billy’s life only gets worse.
Chapter Five
In which Mark meets Miss P on a bench.
Chapter Six
In which contrary things happen, and the narrator plays on fishy words.
Chapter Seven
In which Mark and Billy apparently become friends.
Chapter Eight
In which the village’s newfound honesty comes into play.
Chapter Nine
In which a good catch is caught.
Chapter Ten
In which most things come to a happy end.
Chapter Eleven
In which we reach the end and find a beginning.