drkevin

Primary tabs

TypeTitleAuthorRepliesLast updated
StoryUnrequited Love drkevin04 days 18 hours ago
StoryBeyond Post-Modernism drkevin01 week 2 days ago
StoryThe Petrol Station drkevin02 weeks 19 hours ago
StoryA Game of Cricket drkevin01 month 3 days ago
StoryLost in Complexity drkevin21 month 4 days ago
StoryFeminism and Literature drkevin31 month 3 weeks ago
StoryStepping Stones drkevin42 months 1 day ago
StoryThe Death of Fruit drkevin62 months 1 week ago
StoryExtolling the Virtues of a Mundane Past drkevin22 months 2 weeks ago
StoryThe Demise of an Old Religion? drkevin02 months 2 weeks ago
StorySweet drkevin22 months 4 weeks ago
StoryBugs drkevin03 months 1 week ago
StoryThe Uncivil War drkevin03 months 1 week ago
StoryThe Wedding drkevin43 months 3 weeks ago
StoryReflections in a Cracked Mirror drkevin04 months 1 week ago
StoryA Tissue of Lies in a Cold Climate drkevin04 months 1 week ago
StoryGhosts drkevin04 months 2 weeks ago
StoryAnother Meeting drkevin05 months 1 week ago
StoryA Strange Feeling drkevin05 months 2 weeks ago
StoryThe Waste of Space drkevin05 months 3 weeks ago
StoryDrinking Deeply at the Golden Fleece drkevin06 months 6 days ago
StoryQuiz of the Week drkevin06 months 2 weeks ago
StoryQuiz of the Weak (sic) ll drkevin26 months 3 weeks ago
StoryBarter and Farter drkevin16 months 3 weeks ago
StoryRevulsion in the Seventeenth Century drkevin17 months 1 week ago

My stories

Unrequited Love

There's no need to sulk, sad young Bertie. It's really me who should be getting shirty. Your winning smile is grinning Gertie. Your gardening fingers...

The Petrol Station

Semi-derelict wasteland. Ugly functioning habits. Men with belly bulging t-shirts. Grubby, passive-aggressive, And rich beyond worth and reason...

Beyond Post-Modernism

In the 1970's, sociology was still struggling to throw off a preoccupation with Critical Theory (often known as Marxism). Functionalist theories had...

A Game of Cricket

If life, as they say, is like a game of cricket, We're certainly on a sticky wicket. The loose ball will end in a thicket, But vicious bouncers will...
1 likes

Lost in Complexity

Sociologists pointed out long ago how societies have moved from relatively simple structures to ever more complicated ones. The hunter/gatherer...
1 likes

Pages

5 of my comments have received 5 Great Feedback votes

1 Vote

Hi David. Thanks for your

Posted on Mon, 17 Aug 2026

Hi David. Thanks for your comment. Yes, increasing complexity currently seems inevitable, but there's still a chance that saturation point will be reached one day and the pendulum will slowly swing back. Litigation is beginning to bite the...

Read full comment

Posted in Lost in Complexity

1 Vote

Reply

Posted on Wed, 05 Aug 2026

Hi there. Thanks very much for your comment. Yes, it's certainly true that female writers existed before the 20th century, but it seems that many felt that publishers and the public would be more receptive if they wrote with male pseudonyms (e.g...

Read full comment

Posted in Feminism and Literature

1 Vote

Memories

Posted on Wed, 17 Jul 2024

Thanks for your comment Jenny. It's a bit sad the way life peters out, but as long as we did most of what we could do, that remains an important consolation. Personally, I have an obstinate belief in reincarnation!

Not sure if I want to...

Read full comment

Posted in Tripping

1 Vote

Reply

Posted on Tue, 09 Jul 2024

Thanks very much for your comment. Glad you enjoyed the piece. 

Read full comment

Posted in Getting Published

1 Vote

Reply

Posted on Sat, 12 Aug 2023

Thanks very much for your comment. I hope there's a smile hiding somewhere in every tale. Cheers. Kevin.

Read full comment

Posted in The Nonsense Tradition