Fiction
Némésis – Book 2 Part 1
Headquarters Air Command RAF High Wycombe, January 2018 The two of them met in the conference room of A3 Operations, in one of the blocks above ground. It was a secure room that was regularly [more…]
Articles by Blown Periphery
20th Century
The Mossdale Tragedy – Part One
History and Early Exploration of the Mossdale Caverns I have always been claustrophobic. Well, that’s not strictly true. I became claustrophobic when my brother locked me inside a cupboard when I was four. Why did [more…]
Fiction
Némésis – Part 13
The Syrian Governorate Raqqa, December 2017. The city of Ar Raqqa Scheherazade Wherever she went in Raqqa, Ripley was constantly followed and almost inundated by children. She had made a mistake, even though she had [more…]
Fiction
Némésis – Part 12
The Syrian Governorate of Al Hasakha, December 2017 Halward had spent a long time on the satellite comms link the previous night, as it took a considerable amount of time for the data-heavy image and [more…]
20th Century
The Malayan Campaign 1941 -1942. Part Eight
The Fall of Singapore and the Bitter End Wavell left Singapore for the last time and decided to salvage what he could for the ongoing battles elsewhere. He ordered that the last of the RAF [more…]
Fiction
Némésis – Part 11
The discoveries of ISIL atrocities described below have all happened and have been recorded by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. “They came to destroy”: ISIS Crimes Against the Yazidis. While the UN [more…]
20th Century
The Malayan Campaign 1941 – 1942. Part Seven
The Battle for Singapore Island General Wavell, Commander of the American-British-Dutch-Australian (ABDA) Command was shocked when he went to Singapore from Java on 20th January 1942. No attempts had been made to prepare contingency plans [more…]
Fiction
Némésis – Part 10
A gentle reminder that this is fiction. I don’t make moral judgements on fictional characters, especially those operating in a morally ambiguous setting. If you find it upsetting, read the comments instead, although I know [more…]
20th Century
The Malayan Campaign 1941 – 1942. Part Six
The Battle of Muar 14th – 22nd January 1942 The Battle of Muar was the last major battle of the Malayan campaign and was centred around the Gemensa Bridge on the Muar River in Johore [more…]