Fiction
Joe Malone, Part Fifty-One
“Only thing is, “I said to them, “It wasn’t just a pretend death, was it?. The person I saw in the basement had once been a human being. Before someone put them in a compactor [more…]
Literature
Fiction
The Book of Ruin – Book Two, Ch. Three
And Gordon did issue an proclamation to the Ancients saying, Buy ye all an dwelling of thine own for we have no interest in building ye homes that ye might rent, it is only by [more…]
Fiction
Némésis – Book 3 Part 8
Ad Dumayr Syria 22nd February 2018 Daffi Hashmi considered himself to be somewhat of a ladies man when he wasn’t hurting them and it was true to say he was handsome with a superficial charm. [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary Week Twenty Eight
Monday Good Morning merry readers, I had a lovely peaceful day yesterday, but things were a bit hectic down in Streatham High Street. Another madman went on a stabbing spree in the name of “religion”. [more…]
Arts
Postcard from Lille Part 53
The road took the route of least resistance. It followed the coast to the nearest sizeable town and then swung inland, following rivers and valleys into the interior. The dropping tide lapped the edge of [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 27th February 2020 Panel: Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative) Jon Ashworth (Labour) Alison Phillips (Daily Mirror) Ayesha Vardag (Divorce Lawyer) John Bird (Founder of The Big Issue) Venue: Middlesborough The Question Time community was rocked [more…]
Fiction
Joe Malone, Part Fifty
He couldn’t help himself. His trickery and manipulation was in his DNA. My headache was back. Making big white spirals at the top of my vision. Lack of sleep, mostly. So I told said to [more…]
Fiction
The Book of Ruin – Book Two, Ch. Two
“They say cocaine’s for horses and not for men, they say it’ll kill you but they don’t say when.” From an Ancients’ lullaby. A child: “Tell us, Old One, of Bo-Jo the Ho-Ho” “Ah, Bo-Jo [more…]
Fiction
Némésis – Book 3 Part 7
Ad Dumayr Syria 21st February 2018 Daffi Hashmi was sitting in the café, drinking strong coffee and smoking, which was generally disapproved of, but none of the other patrons thought to question him. The windows [more…]