Fiction
Némésis Ch 5
Northern Iraq and the Syrian Governorate of Al Hasakha, December 2017 Ripley lay in the tarpaulin hammock, underneath an overhead poncho they had used to keep the sun out of her eyes. They were sensitive [more…]
Nemesis
Fiction
Némésis Ch 4
Northern Iraq, December 2017 Halward clambered up into the extremely cramped rear compartment of the Supacat. They had cleared a space so that Ripley could lie down. She was huddled in her sleeping bag plus [more…]
Fiction
Némésis Ch 3
Northern Iraq, December 2017 It was Sunday. Ripley had been kept awake by the wailing of the female fighters, mourning the death of the Peshmerga during the fighting of the previous day. They had buried [more…]
Fiction
Némésis Ch 2
Northern Iraq, November-December 2017 The Kurds were ostensibly Sunni Muslims although they seemed to display a rather more developed attitude towards the practice of their faith. The women generally covered their heads with either a [more…]
Fiction
Némésis, Ch 1 – Prologue
In this work of fiction I have used the term The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) rather than the more familiar Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The term Daesh (al-Dawlah [more…]
Fiction
Némésis – Epilogue
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…]
Fiction
Némésis – Book 3 Part 10
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…]
Fiction
Némésis – Book 3 Part 9
Ad Dumayr Syria 23rd February 2018 Working through her grief, Ripley ritually washed Pela’s little body and then went back into the dead fighter’s hut and found a beautiful, royal blue chador in the [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…]