Most of my short stories are science fiction. "In Deep with Janine" is one of the few exceptions. Originally published in the June 2002 edition of an on-line magazine called Stillwaters Journal — and in fact my first story to be published anywhere — this slice of urban fantasy remains one of my personal favourites.
"In Deep with Janine" was inspired by observing at first hand the replacement of a rather dilapidated, old-style municipal swimming pool by a leisure centre facility. It offered the same size pool and was undoubtedly a lot cleaner, but I wasn't impressed by its sanitised, child-friendly modernity. Still, that's progress for you.
