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Steelie 5
Brodie’s breath smelled of stale whisky. He glinted at him with darkened eyes. ‘How did you know my mum’s name was Martha?’ The quarter-gill glass...
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Steelie 4
Steelie nudged him. ‘Get another round in. Tae even think of Cockeyed Bill’s stink’s making me boak.’ Brodie’s eyes felt heavy. He hadn’t drunk...
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Steelie 3
Brodie said, ‘Well, I’ll be off.’ His American accent no longer bugged Steelie. He warmed to it as he warmed to the troubled man. ‘I’ll no keep yae...
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Steelie 2
The big guy walked back with the drinks in his big hands in a stilted way as if he’d a book on top of his head and he was auditioning for America’s...
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Steelie.
A big guy stood at the pub door like he’d just put on a new suit and didn’t want to get his life creased. He slid into the chair beside Steelie, his...
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Ah, it's not the end of the
Posted on Fri, 31 Oct 2025
Ah, it's not the end of the world. Just new beginings. Round up the usual suspects.
Read full commentPosted in Standing Around
ah, the haddocks are terrible
Posted on Fri, 24 Oct 2025
ah, the haddocks are terrible gossip when they've had a few pints of seawater.
Read full commentPosted in The Concept of Rain at a Jaunty Angle
ah, if death could make us
Posted on Tue, 21 Oct 2025
ah, if death could make us better than we are this is the cure.
Read full commentPosted in Why does it always rain in graveyards?
Jesus. That's hard to read.
Posted on Tue, 21 Oct 2025
Jesus. That's hard to read. Impossible to life with. Yet, for so many, that was their life. To think so many children are escorted to and from school gates. And to imagine the reality of that kind of reality. That kind of short life.
Read full commentPosted in Crying Against The Dying Of The Light
a bird with no feet, indeed.
Posted on Fri, 17 Oct 2025
a bird with no feet, indeed. That's news to me. Keep at it.
Read full commentPosted in The Doom-Seeing Eyes of McGloin
I'd a Mrs Bridges at school.
Posted on Thu, 16 Oct 2025
I'd a Mrs Bridges at school. That was the actual teacher's name. She taught me for two years. I wasn't on of her favourites. She wasn't one of mine. Mrs Boyle asked that question when we were in Primary 2. I said I wanted to be a binman. She was...
Read full commentPosted in At Home in the Pause
creative hands enchant god.
Posted on Sun, 12 Oct 2025
creative hands enchant god. creative words bring god onboard.
Read full commentPosted in Floki's Viking Spirit
As my da used to say, 'Whit
Posted on Sun, 12 Oct 2025
As my da used to say, 'Whit dae yeh think that is? A piano?' he was talking about the phone in the hall, we weren't meant to use. You're talking about you. Yes, it is a piano. And I like it.
Read full commentPosted in Clavicembalo col piano e forte
some stories are worth re
Posted on Thu, 12 Nov 2015
some stories are worth re-reading.
Read full commentPosted in That's Life ( Pt 4 )
Blood is time. Well spent
Posted on Sat, 04 Oct 2025
Blood is time. Well spent here.
Read full commentPosted in The language of the leaves
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