Fiction
The Unseen Path – Part Thirty Five
“Hi Lena, how are you?” She had been a couple of minutes late and, due to constant demands from her work tablet for her attention, hadn’t been able to prepare herself for what could be [more…]
Literature
Biography
Deborah, Part Two
As he approaches Deborah’s apartment, the third this morning, Oliver detects a faint whiff of something unpleasant. Unpleasant but familiar. He hopes he’s mistaken but after another couple of steps he knows he’s not. Vomit, [more…]
Arts
This Septic Eye, Ch 7
I love to eavesdrop, I’ve mentioned this in previous posts and it’s not a creepy thing, it’s just that when people are ‘off duty’, when they are talking to friends without the filter of society’s [more…]
Fiction
Tilda and the Witches 3.2
ACT 3 SCENE 2 A wooded Hill above Tritium, overlooking the Valley of the River Drongo. Enter TILDA, VULPECULA and JESSICA.
Fiction
The Unseen Path – Part Thirty Four
She picks up straightaway; she guesses who it is, although it’s very rare for him to call her at work. Thanks for calling back; he was going to call her anyway. How is she, has [more…]
Literature
War Crimes Part Twenty – The Detective
This is fiction. Any resemblance to any persons living or dead is coincidental. The events outlined have never to my knowledge occurred. Some of the locations are real. Detective Inspector Hope couldn’t park at Banbury [more…]
Biography
Deborah, Part One
Oliver Harding is expecting a business-as-usual day at Bawlsinyore Court, a rather smart retirement housing scheme in a sleepy corner of Cambridgeshire where he’s the resident manager. Today the window cleaners will be here and [more…]
Fiction
Tilda and the Witches 3.1
ACT 3 SCENE 1 The Town of Tritium, in the North of Uraemia, on Market Day. TRADERS are at their Stalls.
Fiction
The Unseen Path – Part Thirty Two
By the time Sam got back, filthy, wet, tired and beaming from the day’s exertions, the fragile atmosphere that had pervaded the house had relaxed at least a couple of notches. Sally explained to him [more…]
Fiction
War Crimes Part Nineteen – The Detective
This is fiction. Any resemblance to any persons living or dead is coincidental. The events outlined have never to my knowledge occurred. Some of the locations are real. No villainous slaaaaags were traumatised by being [more…]
Literature
Fiction
The Unseen Path – Part Thirty One
He was in the outskirts of Istanbul today, making sure that the logistics and recruitment pipeline, which began here and lanced through the bowels of Europe into those vital organs of the west; Britain, France, [more…]
Literature
My first week in office
Friday Our first action as a Government: Britain abrogates Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951 on the Status of Refugees. No more economic migrant chancers posing as refugees. The Government reserves the right to grant [more…]
Arts
This Septic Eye, Ch 5
I find myself increasingly confused as to the point of TV commercials nowadays or even what the actual product is. Back in the old days, we were shown a triangle of Dairylea and a child [more…]
Fiction
Tilda and the Witches 2.6
ACT 2 SCENE 6 FELIX’s Encampment in the Hills above Delirium. Enter FELIX, VISCUS and Soldiers.
Fiction
The Unseen Path – Part Thirty
Andy Bowson’s heart wasn’t in it this evening so he decided to tidy up his desk and make ready to go to the place he now dreaded, his home, or was it now just the [more…]
America
Book Review: The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Published by The Random House Publishing Group [US] and Allen Lane [UK] (2007); Penguin Books (2008) ISBN 978-0-141-03459-1 Nassim Nicholas Taleb doesn’t shy away from voicing his opinions, even when they lead to controversy. One [more…]
Fiction
War Crimes Part Eighteen – The Girl from the “Det”
This is fiction. Any resemblance to any persons living or dead is coincidental. The events outlined have never to my knowledge occurred. Some of the locations are real. The Special Reconnaissance Regiment, or SRR, (formerly [more…]