Cherrypicked stories

The calendar turns September taunts last days of summer first chills of autumn kodachrome leaves orange and yellow crisp and fallen under feet to...

Now Cillian and his queen were vexed one morning when visited in their gardens by Niall, a lieutenant of the Fianna. The trusted warrior had brought...

The Wellington is draped in black today. Around the windows, over the sign on the tall post outside. Look too closely and you can see they’re sheets...

Joe Ardizzone was the head of the LA Crime Family until 1931, when he disappeared... Makes no difference to the plot, just thought you might want to know. Explicit violence. (That should boost the number of reads!) Image created by author from PD elements.

I have a bone to pick with you, Sooper Dooper ( Food And More!) . Your Club Card promotion, which allows customers to enjoy the lowest prices...

Sitcom as metaphor. I expect this one has a few episodes which would remain on the shelf should the BBC ever repeat them and that's fine too. Image is from the National Army Museum website.

You get woken up before your alarm clock. It should be dark outside, but the darkness is mixed up with lights. They wobble and hover – yellow-white,...

Short lead in to upcoming problems for Sally's community (pic from Wiki Commons)

I am trying to write a ghost story every month. This one is about sailing.