Fiction

Joe Malone, Part Thirty-Three

8th October 2019 Going Postal 0

The door opened and a big man in a bad suit came out. “Hello Leo,” I said to him. “Well, well,” he said back. “Joe Malone. I thought I told you not to come round [more…]

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…]

Joe Malone, Part Thirty-Two

1st October 2019 Going Postal 0

I waited some more for the machine to do something, but it did nothing pressed the touchscreen again. Nothing happened. I couldn’t just go on standing here in the concourse of the bridge ticket area. [more…]

Némésis – Part 12

29th September 2019 Blown Periphery 0

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…]

Joe Malone, Part Thirty-One

24th September 2019 Going Postal 0

I took one of the Gellerettes from the pack and put the rest into my pocket. .. They were self igniting, so I scratched the tip along the metal rail and moved away from the [more…]

Némésis – Part 11

22nd September 2019 Blown Periphery 0

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…]

Joe Malone, Part Thirty

17th September 2019 Going Postal 0

I could see a church spire up ahead. Excellent, I thought, as I made my way along the street towards the church. I stopped across the road to observe the place for a moment. “The [more…]

Némésis – Part 10

15th September 2019 Blown Periphery 0

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…]

Joe Malone, Part Twenty-Nine

10th September 2019 Going Postal 0

Joe Malone has escaped a police raid on his office in The Swarbrick building. He only just made it out, and away across the city. Ch 29 – Malone makes the news. I was sitting [more…]