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I have 216 stories published in 8 collections on the site.
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The Dwindling and Extinction of Gaelic in Angus

The date at which Gaelic ceased to be a living, spoken language in Angus possibly presents more of an enigma than when it started to be spoken in the...
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General Monck's Massacre

Conventional folk memory (if there is such a thing) in Dundee recalls the sack and occupation of the town by General Monck in the middle of the 17th...

Over Frae Angus

Over frae Angus and intae the Mearns, check in the howe whar the gulls sing like bairns. Over the Tay and on into Fife, the haunts o the hunted, the...
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Up, up and Away! The First British Balloonist

For a pioneer in both flying and literature, James Tytler is sadly neglected figure, but one whose life was sadly inconsistent for all his...
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Sir John Kirk and the End of Slavery in Zanzibar

There were few places as strange to the intrepid foreigner in the mid 19th century as Zanzibar , even in an age when the whole continent of Africa...

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