Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point 28th April 2023

As always there were hard choices to make.

Story of the Week

Story of the week is Marandina’s not-quite-Shaggy Dog Story, Holodog. In three parts, it is a fine example of near future sci-fi. Do use these links to read the first two parts if you haven’t already.
Pt I

Pt II

Honourable mentions go to:

Mark Burrow’s Doolally, with its teenaged narrator showing us the view from the bottom.

Celticman’s Goatie 5, another surreally funny slice of Clydebank life.

Poem of the Week

Poem of the week is from someone who hasn’t been around so much recently, Lille Dante, his Sonnet for Philbey, is a moving piece about loss.

I must mention skinnerjennifer’s bucolic poem Joy Of Connecting To The Land which is a very fine piece too.

This week’s IP