Fiction
Downfall, Chapter Four
“Why ‘Mac the Knife’?” “I think he had a very Scottish name, his surname was ‘Mac’ something, one of the other guys must have called him that during their training and it stuck.” “You don’t [more…]
Thriller
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Twenty-Six
Jinnie couldn’t decide who was the most excited to be flying to Barbados, the twins or Cathy. Of course, the twins had flown there several times before, both on holiday and to pick up a [more…]
Fiction
Downfall, Chapter Three
After they had eaten Sally sat down with the clean laptop, she spent an hour searching websites for details about moving abroad. She looked at government websites and downloaded applications. “Dave some of these places [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Twenty-Five
Jinnie and Rick flew back to the U.K. together on the overnight Virgin flight. As they checked in together, Rick benefited from Jinnie’s automatic upgrade to Upper Class. As they strolled from check-in to the [more…]
Fiction
Downfall, Chapter Two
In the street, Dave led Sally across the road, they sat on a bench overlooking the Thames. As they sat down, Sally started crying, Jane Goodley had closed and locked her office door, sitting behind [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Twenty-Four
Ro showed Jinnie around the house and to her en-suite guest room, all the time accompanied by Syd the Maine Coon kitten. Ro said, “I’ll leave you to settle in. When you are ready, come [more…]
Fiction
Downfall, Chapter One
Dave and Sally sat watching TV, their dinner on trays, the news was on, it was early September. It was a Wednesday evening, Sally had come home first from her job at Loughborough University, she [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Twenty-Three
Over the few weeks since Jinnie returned from the grand opening of the Ennios St James Bay, it had been a busy time in the De Luca house. There had been the preparations for Izzy [more…]
Arts
Book Review, ‘Karla’s Choice’ by Nick Harkaway
The children have a WhatsApp group where they conspire to buy me useful things for Christmas and birthdays. This is a big improvement on the old scattergun approach, where everyone either bought me the same [more…]