Cherrypicked stories
"Who Could be Selling Fish at this Hour?"
When feeling a bit blue or discombobulated, I usually find that a double bill of Bob Hope movies helps to bring back some perspective. Especially...
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Sean Happens 10
Tiredness and fag smoke glazed Sean’s eyes. He was falling asleep leaning against the work surface, but he wouldn’t give into it or go to bed. His...
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The Rower (after Philip Larkin’s ‘The Mower‘)
The Rower after Phillip Larkin’s ‘The Mower’ The rower splashed, again; keening. The twisted, weighted mystery pulling down his blade. A skilled but...
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Undercover Agent 6
I had one failure in my career as an undercover parrot. Josh Hemmingway. Josh was a known villain, his gang of pulled off a number of robberies and...
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"Sounds Like They're Saying Words"
It is several years since I last drove the road to Aberdeen at 4.30am. Since then, many farmers appear to have cashed in on the great wind turbine...
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Shadow
A shadow darkens my wings.. (image from wikimedia)
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Undercover Agent 5
The next morning Denton removed my sheet to feed me seed cake. I could see in his face that very moment when he realized I’d been there. That I had...
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Undercover Agent 4
It took several months, but eventually the information I’d extracted led to Standfast’s arrest and the wrapping up of many of his ongoing scams. I...
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Ha! Ha! Said The Clown (Dead Reckoning series - Part 7)
In which Archibald is miffed and Josiah is given something to think about!
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New Directions (19)
A black phone on a cluttered desk started to ring in a friendly warbling tone. I reached out to pick up the handset and woke up relieved I wasn't...
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When we Felt Sorry for Them
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The best painting ever
Those last words. The man should not have uttered those. If he had just kept quiet. And if this wouldn’t have been possible. Just a greeting. A...
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Advice to future generations
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Ratface
It had turned out to be a beautiful sunny afternoon, a bit windy but the wind was warmer, coming from the South now, blowing a constant stream of...
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Getting Out More
It has been a very long winter of wild weather. Of course, this suits me fine; never leaving the house, snuggling up with a book or two, or re-...
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I AM Joan Collins
Beltane dawned in a whiteout of mizzle and haar that wasn’t for lifting. In the afternoon, to amplify liberation, I went to the movies at the ARC...
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Turn and Face the Strange
Contemplating life in a world where virtually everything’s becoming virtual.
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'Doing' for Dad
'DOING' FOR DAD I'm concerned that Dad is forgetting to eat (or just doesn't feel hungry, a known side-effect of dementia). He didn't eat tea last...
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Small Freedoms
Last week in the job interview, they said if I was successful, I’d get a phone call, if not, the council ‘Not on this occasion’ email. Immediately...
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Sean Happens 9
Mr Martin gave Sean a little nudge on the back of his shoulder. ‘Go on then,’ he said. Mum stepped out to meet him. ‘So this is yer little friends,’...
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