Life's Pearl

For my wife.

Pre-Panto gate crasher sketch - Star of the show

Characters Star of the show (Star) Stage hand (S.H) 2 x Panto police P1, P2 2 or 3 juniors for heads through curtains - H1, H2 & H3 Dame - H4 Props For star of the show (Star);

Karen

On the 2nd of August 1972 my little sister was born at WestCumberland hospital Whitehaven.

The Snow Baby – Part Two

Now the Snow Baby lived with its mother and father in their hut and, because it was a magical baby it was stronger and smarter than other children.

The Snow Baby – Part One

Far off, in the land of the midnight sun; in the northernmost part of the North Pole was a kingdom of snow and ice and an ancient Eskimo tribe led by a terribly tyrannical chief called Angry Bear.

Mr Nugget the Owl

Mr Nugget, the owl, flew through the forest, his brilliant green plumage gleaming in the moonlight. Below he saw a mouse, such a tasty sight. “Hoot!” said he, “I’ll have that for my tea”

Christmas, Digging, Pens

Christmas was fast approaching and Oliver was filled with excitement. Much of this excitement was caused by Oliver's father telling him to get ready for the best gift he would ever receive.

The Fear Channel 4. 10pm

Richie Cottan's new thriller. The double spread advertisement in The Observer had Peter Mullan, who plays Richie Beckett, in a triangle with his two sons behind him, against a backdrop of a pier with Fear in red lights. It reads ‘the criminal mind is a fragile thing’. Well it is if you’ve got Alzheimer’s, or dementia or you’re just fragile with a criminal mind. Peter Mullan playing a gangster, whether on a horse or in the street, is none of...

My dreaded dismayed concept of concrete factual evidence of existance

My childhood was taken away by they immoral vile sovereignty; my future plans were just an impractical figment of my imagination; it was never plausible; an ambition that was enviably bound to sink, n

Rotting Infidelities

She felt the sensation of red liquid she thought wouldn't be escaping her cavities so soon. The iron induced trickling ran down her chest; soon to shoot to her stomach and so on.

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