Cherrypicked stories
The Year Harold Wilson "Saved My Ass"
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Eejit knickers
Walking past the charity-shop window, I saw my past for sale hanging up by the ear. Special Offer—£1. It was too good a bargain to miss. I breenged...
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The Fall and Rise of...Archibald Thurble?
The fourth part of the trilogy (yes, yes, I know...just go with it!) in which Horace makes an exit and Archibald watches developments.
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1949
An end of war, blossoming joy, as waiting girl and returning boy could now be wed and optimism in every heart viewed the years ahead: work hard,...
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Spook Dog (next bit)
The htis hits the proverbial
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The hidden painting chapter 4
The interview...but for what position?
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1972 A New Direction
I took thie picture of 31 018 in York Rail Museum, Forty years previously I actually drove it whilst working on the footplate at Stratford
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Time solves everything
As Sadie got out of her warm bed to make a visit to the little girls room on a mild night in June, she never imagined that her life was about to...
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Why Does It Always Rain In Graveyards?
Some believe that love can transcend time Why does it always rain in graveyards? Why does it always rain in graveyards? Of course, the reality is...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 7
The sun was setting on this very strange day as they pulled into Martha’s driveway. “Here take this,” Perfidia said and handed Martha a flashlight,...
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Shadows
‘You should consult a witch, Robin.’ Mhari’s laugh was more like a gurgle that dried up when men weren’t about. ‘You’re cursed. The evil eye or...
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The Trouble with Horace Dimchurch
The third in the festive season trilogy of Undertakers stories, in which Archibald takes charge and Josiah discovers the downside of delegation.
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Hope's Eve
Dirty old river must you keep rolling beneath a setting sun for the boy who waits. Mod suited, Chelsea booted outside the Friday night hum of trains...
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The D's in French
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The Spook Dog (first bit)
I've been working on a crime piece for a while, but since I know very little about police procedures this is more of a crime writing exercise. A second bit will follow in a day or so.
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Scotland
Open expanses that stretch out, Reaching across time, Any sense of now, about To diminish, Perceptions are mine. Deception brings frustration...
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Wind and squelch and far views
4/1/23 Blasting wind on the Shropshire hills squelching down beside the narrow wooded Lydehole Dingle looking northwards over Cove Dale to Wenlock...
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When Lily Was Here
A young boy digging in a graveyard. The nineteenth century is about to dawn.
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Mexico 1970
There were rumours of decimalisation. A new decade in modernism at Manor House Junior school. It was the summer of 1970, of Esso World Cup coins...
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Golden Hair
Some people like to think they have golden hair. But those people got nothing on me. And honestly, I have no idea how it came about, why an ordinary...
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