Cherrypicked stories

Bloomsday ( plus one ) our Ireland tour turned sour - Roz had gone off me - (don’t ask me why) a sullen morning stretched ahead before we caught the...

I finally get it...Show, Don't Tell. Comments welcome...this is a complete rewrite of the book I am working on. PART ONE THE ALL The only thing...

A man finds solace in the company of an unlikely companion

The Wild Rover Irish Pub in Barcelona is a much better place than I've made it sound, or at least it was when I was last there around 10 years ago. Image is a detail from a blog post illustration and has no copyright issues: source is https://www.barcrawlbarcelona.com/top-10-pubs-in-barcelona/

Not a nice trait! Don't become the victim of demonisation either especially when executed with co-ordinated precision!

“chapter 20” (2006) now ted is on the desktop looking at pictures of sufjan stevens and for some reason he knows he’s not supposed to appreciate them...

After Gene Fullmer outpointed Sugar Ray Robison in their first fight, Gene was favored to win the rematch. He was ahead in that fight entering the...

Sweep? How is this image connected to the story? (Think laterally...) I bet you love a puzzle. Image source is dlpng.com and free for non-commercial use.

scene-setting dispair She's gone. His first thought on waking, feeling melancholic, wretched, jaw, misaligned on palm of hand, face, half-encased in...