Fiction
Those Who Play With Fire, Chapter Four
Over breakfast, there was very little conversation, Dave returned upstairs with a mug of coffee and a packet of biscuits. He fired up the laptop and got to work. He went down the list on [more…]
Fiction
Arts
Jinnie’s Story – Book Seven, Chapter Seven
Jinnie found her lunch guests waiting for her in reception and while Paolo popped upstairs to get the twins and Izzy for lunch, Jinnie chatted to them. On his way back, Paolo spoke to the [more…]
Fiction
Those Who Play With Fire, Chapter Three
At 08.30 there was a knock at the door. Dave got up from the table in the kitchen to open the front door. “David Stretton?” “Yes.” The caller wanted ID. He was shown the drivers [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story – Book Seven, Chapter Six
As Britannia headed west across the Atlantic, the weather began to change. The wind got up a bit, and the sea got a little choppy, but Britannia was a big ship and rode it easily. [more…]
Fiction
Those Who Play With Fire, Chapter Two
The train was on time, Dave had hoped to grab a coffee at the station, but the cafe was closed, on the train there was no buffet or trolley service. At St. Pancras he headed [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story – Book Seven, Chapter Five
The following morning Jinnie and Paolo woke up with the ship already docked in St Lucia. They were in no rush to go to breakfast as they were not booked on an excursion. In fact, [more…]
Fiction
Those Who Play With Fire, Chapter One
Dave Gibson had just dropped off his last fare of the day at Loughborough railway station. Sitting in his car he logged out of his Uber app, it had been a good day, his takings [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Seven – Chapter Four
Jinnie woke from a deep sleep and thought, ‘It must be nearly breakfast; I better go to the loo before the nurses bring it in.’ It was only when she started to get out of [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story – Book Seven, Chapter Three
The next six days fell into a routine of breakfast, physio, ward round, rest and read, lunch, a FaceTime chat with Izzy, the twins and Larry, more physio, visitors and a delivery dinner. All the [more…]