Historical Fiction
Beware of Greeks Telling Tales
Adapted from an earlier piece of mine entitled 'The Truth about Penelope'.
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SEV 4
I was still at school and watching Space 1999 on the telly, when SEV wafted into the living room stinking of booze and fag smoke. He slapped the back...
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Alfred Muggins Ponders The Royal Wives (Again)
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Mr Muggins and his wife were in their (royal – he liked to think of it!) bed. It was not a four poster bed unfortunately, like Henry and his wives,...
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John Ferguson 1/12/1929—11/1/2020
John Ferguson slipped me twenty-quid and I went to the Oasis, loosely termed a nightclub, with the cash. He was about five-foot-five tall, and he...
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SEV 3
I was sixteen when I stole my brother, SEV’s, identity. I’d nipped into the lounge of the Glen Lusset and ordered a pint of lager. I was tall enough...
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The Red Night
November 29th, 1703, Amberfields Village, Northwestern Province A father and daughter sat by the lake on the village outskirts. The evening light...
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SEV 2
My brother watched me playing for the Boy’s Guild on St Stephen’s gravel park. He stood under a tree with his mate Billy Quinn, both of them wearing...
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What A Soldier Does
. What A Soldier Does' By Paul McCann . The soldier questioned the war: When and who is it all for; Who is right and who is wrong; Why can’t we just...
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Yesterdays Bloomers
. Yesterdays Bloomers By Paul McCann No one can mock what the eye cannot see . Stitch up your bloomers as fast as can be . Bloomers still mock their...
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Pat Powell 1936—2014
Pat Powell 1936—2014 My da was over ten years older than Old Pat, but I asked my da if he knew him, and he gave a shake of his head and glowered. He...
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