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Glasgow's Necropolis
I didn’t sleep that night. My wife clung to me in our bed and whispered to me not to go. She was pregnant. Her belly pushing against me, her smooth...
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Creeping F-ing Jesus.
The old man pulls a crumpled hanky from the side pocket of his jacket, and blows his nose. He peers at his notes and then at us with watery grey eyes...
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Vermin
The gaunt old man in the pinstripe suit hovers over the microphone and starts speaking in a strange accent before they are ready. ‘It’s a ridiculous...
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Depression
I am what I am not That’s what I’ve been taught The timekeeper in my head keeps each tick of the day He feeds me guilt pain on not going away, again...
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dog days.
The washing machine sloshed and whirled, the edge of the dog blanket appeared and tumbled in on itself, before going into the spin cycle making the...
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the party of parties,
Posted on Wed, 27 Dec 2023
the party of parties, unfortunately still in goverment. The harm they have done is not immeasurable, but nobody counts when they are out of government as Boris and his transatlantic friend the moron's moron found out. There's nothnig good that...
Read full commentPosted in The Masque of the Red-Faced Boris
ah, prayer is a funny thing.
Posted on Wed, 20 Dec 2023
ah, prayer is a funny thing. We wait all our live for a reply.
Read full commentPosted in By the Candelight of Saints
blessings to you too Jenny
Posted on Wed, 20 Dec 2023
blessings to you too Jenny (more of a bah humbug kinda guy).
Read full commentPosted in Charms Of The Season
corpses, in bed, or out, are
Posted on Fri, 15 Dec 2023
corpses, in bed, or out, are always a worry. Perhaps less so for your average undertaker. Not that they're ever average.
Read full commentPosted in Harbour Lights (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 46)
chocolate fingers are always
Posted on Fri, 15 Dec 2023
chocolate fingers are always a worry. Robotic fingers and real feelings moreso.
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you...Part 10
we don't ever believe, until
Posted on Tue, 12 Dec 2023
we don't ever believe, until it's too late.
Read full commentPosted in If We Don't Talk About It, It Won't Haunt Me
Great idea. Keeping that big
Posted on Wed, 13 Dec 2023
Great idea. Keeping that big idea kettled. I'd love to try it. But I can't think of anything big enough.
Read full commentPosted in Brodie's Big Idea
bah, humbug. But since it's
Posted on Tue, 12 Dec 2023
bah, humbug. But since it's Christmas I'll let a happy ending go.
Read full commentPosted in 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
we like to step outside our
Posted on Tue, 12 Dec 2023
we like to step outside our comfort zones, Jenny, but not too far!
Read full commentPosted in Treasures Of The Subconscious
we ne'er step into the same
Posted on Thu, 07 Dec 2023
we ne'er step into the same stream twice, especially not if it's polluted.
Read full commentPosted in I went back to Birmingham
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