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Joe Malone, Part Fifty-Five

31st March 2020 Going Postal 0

“You had better come up Inspector.” Then she pressed the button and even from up on the landing Sir Alan and I could hear the electric motor begin to turn the chains to pull open [more…]

Prologue 1977, Cynthia’s Story

29th March 2020 Blown Periphery 0

War Crimes Part 1 This is a work of fiction and depicts a London that no longer exists. Thank goodness that the nation’s capital is now such a diverse and culturally enriched metropolis of civilization. [more…]

Joe Malone, Part Fifty-Four

24th March 2020 Going Postal 0

The voice sounded familiar. I had a quick look over my shoulder. The sound was coming from the Hallway. It was the speaker by the door. The buzz had been for the gate. Someone was [more…]

Winnie the Pooh and the Virus of Doom

24th March 2020 Going Postal 0

As it was a bright and sunny day in 100 Acre Wood, Piglet decided that he’d call on Pooh to see how he was getting on. Skipping into the dell in front of Pooh’s usual [more…]

Némésis – Epilogue

22nd March 2020 Blown Periphery 0

The Legend of Tristan and Isolde According to legend, there are many versions of the doomed love affair between Sir Tristan and Isolde, this being the most common. Sir Tristan was Cornish knight, who after [more…]

Joe Malone, Part Fifty-Three

17th March 2020 Going Postal 0

Vanessa studied him now. Really looked at him. Possibly seeing him for the first time, in the way that I always had. As a devious words twister. An imp, than could spin straw into gold. [more…]

Fred and Doris

17th March 2020 Tachybaptus 1

Doris said, ‘I heard on the BBC that us old folk are going to be confined to barracks because of that virus. They said it’s for our own safety,’ Doris was 83 and her husband [more…]

Némésis – Book 3 Part 10

15th March 2020 Blown Periphery 0

Another Time and Another place GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO THE CHEST Lillian Beate Holmen Gunshot wounds to the chest can be highly lethal. Depending on the injured organ, a large percentage of the patients die before [more…]

Joe Malone, Part Fifty-Two

10th March 2020 Going Postal 0

The bullets spat from the sub machine gun muzzle in a series of white flashes. I saw a puff of brick shards explode inches from my eyes as one bullet went into the wall in [more…]

Graveyard Shift

19th February 2019 0

I used to work in a cemetery. It was a dead-end job, but you could always bury yourself in your work! Oh, ho ho ho! I humbly beg your pardon. I shall start again. I [more...]
Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review

22nd February 2019 0

Question Time 21st February 2019 Panel: Chris Leslie (Remainer. Tigger) John Barnes (Remainer. Ex-footballer) Mel Stride (Remainer. Tory) Andy McDonald (Remainer. Labour) Ella Whelan (Leaver. Spiked journo) Venue: Chester After making a mistake of putting [more...]
Prologue 1977, Cynthia’s Story

29th March 2020 0

War Crimes Part 1 This is a work of fiction and depicts a London that no longer exists. Thank goodness that the nation’s capital is now such a diverse and culturally enriched metropolis of civilization. [more...]
A Bear’s Diary – Part 9

17th February 2019 0

June 25th, 1809. We are returned to London. Our journey from Portsmouth was necessarily a slow one, as no stagecoach driver will countenance adding eight bears to his passengers. In any case, Fred deemed it [more...]
Joe Malone, Part Seven

12th March 2019 0

Private Investigator, Joe Malone, has been hired by Lady Vanessa Bixby to find her husband, Lord Bixby, a major figure in the Britain-Must-Remain movement. Joe is on his way to meet with the young, blonde, [more...]