Andrew Cheffings

Andrew Cheffings

Andrew Cheffings is an author of LGBTQ+ Fiction. His novels cover a range of themes, including romance, neuro divergence, mental health, and finding interesting ways to fit in and overcome difficulties. He likes to contrast industrial and rural settings and move characters out of their comfort zones into unthought of contexts where new and intriguing things might happen. He writes for adult readers and uses gentle humour to explore his characters dilemmas. Apart from his novels, he has also made spoken work pieces for the Post Orientalist Community which are available on Bandcamp.

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Green Twining: Sometimes, love needs a little untangling...

Following an unfortunate incident 90 years earlier, life at Green Twining Farm seems terminally blighted. But, by the summer of 1985, Joe – the farmer’s son – has secretly fallen in love with David, his handsome work friend at the town hall. And Joe wonders if David feels the same way about him. Then – when Tim, Joe’s former musical friend,...

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The House with the round window

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In this life it is important to tell our stories, not hide realities through fear, which anyway only perpetuates fear through silence. In ‘The House With The Round Window’ I have tried to tell my OCD story. I have done so by fictionalising it. I hope that by doing so I have made a metaphor which can be more useful than a nuts and...

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Harp Wood

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In the 1980s, following decades of agricultural and the resulting cultural decline on the Lincolnshire Marsh, there was a sudden and unexpected springing of optimism. People opened odd businesses in remote houses far along marsh lanes. They were getting crafty, making strange objects from wood, taking moody photographs of collapsed...

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Other Writing

London is full of echoes and shadows of the past. Sometimes this past was barbarically cruel towards those who were different. These poems are poems of remembering and healing.

Latest Updates

I've drafted the novel 5 times now, and edited it twice. I think I need some fresh eyes on it now!

Blog

New Novel... Launch date, end of January 2026 I'm working hard on the

I'm working hard on the finishing touches of a new novel right now. It's a French-English themed mm queer romance. I chose the image for this blog because the view from this café in Brum reminds me of being in Paris - the art nouveau touches, and - if you could see them - the retro interior of the café itself with its old staircase winding up through the building. Everything was going well until the project manager of the launch had to pull out following a personal life challenges, at least...

Arcana Anthology


I missed going to the book launch for the new 'Arcana' Anthology. But I managed to pick up my copy at the writers' group last week.

I have a piece in the anthology called 'Rabindranath Bodhisattva'. I'm enjoying dipping in and savouring the different pieces, each one inspired by a different Tarot card.

Its available from Amazon: ...

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