About Rachel

Rachel Gosling writes short stories, novellas and books for children and adults. Her short fiction has appeared in literary magazines and on writing websites and she has won many online writing competitions.

Recent achievements and acceptances: Highly commended short story, The horse chestnut tree, in the Tacchi-Morris Arts short story competition, 2025. Humorous short story, The Girl Guide's Promise,  published in Scribble Magazine, Summer 2026. Children's story, Oxpecker and Rhino, accepted by Pegasus publishers for publication in November 2026. Ghostly short story, The second light, accepted by Ink & Consequences magazine, for publication in 2027. Science fiction short story, February 11th, accepted for publication by Patterns & the Break, for an anthology. Short story, WhatThreeWords, published in Sonder Book's Christmas Avenue anthology, October 2026.

In the last year, Rachel has written a children's novel about a girl with a pet flea, and a mythological novella exploring Pandora's Box and some well-known fairytale characters.

Rachel lives and writes in Oxfordshire and is currently working on further short stories for adults, another children's novel and short stories for children.