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Terence Mullan
During the hot Balkan afternoons it’s grand to lie on the settee with jugs of glacial tea and a summer soundtrack. Joni Mitchell, Joseph Canteloube, Bob Marley and Mississippi John Hurt on scratchy vinyl all sooth as Pavlovian mosquitos snarl from their sides of insect screens.
Those afternoons will be back soon, I hope. I don't care for this having to wear socks nonsense.
My stories
Priyatelka, Turlough and the House of Cats
She was sleeping in a gas station, south from here on route E85. I asked the pump attendant, ‘You think that little feline’s still alive?’ He said ‘...
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Keeping Teeth and Kidneys for Beginners
According to my team of researchers, Bulgaria has the cheapest beer in the world. At least one bottle of rakia, that well known cure-all,...
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Before The Year Is Gone
Around New Year and before Lent, the Kukeri walk and dance through villages to scare away evil spirits with their elaborate costumes and the sound of multiple large bells attached to their belts. They are also believed to provide a good harvest, health, and happiness to the village during the year. The Kukeri tradition has been practiced since Thracian times, predominantly in Bulgaria but also in other Balkan countries.
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Haemorrhoid Android
As long as I have known my dear Priyatelka, she has radiated great warmth and kindness. She is a charming woman who loves life, adores children,...
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The Chips at Twerton Park
When Raleigh’s ship came into port the gentry gathered round To see the cargo in its hold of veggies small and brown. But little did the people know...
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Your Cat Island sounds a bit
Posted on Fri, 19 Jan 2024
Your Cat Island sounds a bit like our house. Could all these beasts that beguile us in our kitchen every morning be the spirits of children we didn't know we had?
A good read Paul. I very much enjoyed it.
Read full commentPosted in Enoshima (Part Two of Two)
Many thanks Ewan for the
Posted on Fri, 19 Jan 2024
Many thanks Ewan for the cherries and for the great comment.
I think if I was categorising myself I'd probably go for any old shite. It would be nice to be part of a niche market.
Read full commentPosted in Only Here for The Poets
Exhausting but rewarding for
Posted on Mon, 15 Jan 2024
Exhausting but rewarding for the farmer and the sheep. The need of a lamp to see it through adds to the atmosphere without revealing which age it might have been in. Your poem describes the event extremely well.
Read full commentPosted in Night Help
Thanks very much for your
Posted on Wed, 17 Jan 2024
Thanks very much for your encouragement and support Di. The short answer to your question, I'm afraid, is that I can't be bothered.
Two things make me want to write. One is that younger generations of my family will have something to read...
Read full commentPosted in Lovely Palace, Must Fly
I admire you for taking a
Posted on Wed, 17 Jan 2024
I admire you for taking a crash course in Japanese (or was that just in the story?). A Chinese friend of mine here in Bulgaria tried to give me a crash course in Mandarin but in the end (well, after thirty minutes) my brain crashed.
Your...
Read full commentPosted in Enoshima (Part One of Two)
I love this bit...
Posted on Mon, 15 Jan 2024
I love this bit...
Heavy cloud in fashionable grey spread from horizon to horizon leaching the colour out of greens of any remaining foliage and reds of brickwork.
It contributes a lot to creating the scene.
And...
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It was the Farsi word for
Posted on Sun, 14 Jan 2024
It was the Farsi word for farcical that had me beaten.
Read full commentPosted in A Fistful of Rials
A terrible story, a sharp
Posted on Sat, 13 Jan 2024
A terrible story, a sharp reminder and a well written poem.
Nice one Luigi!
Read full commentPosted in One Night, in Berlin
Optimism
Posted on Tue, 09 Jan 2024
There's a lot of hope in your well thought out words Paul.
I hope the hope comes true.
Good on you!
Read full commentPosted in January Panorama
Having lived in the West Country
Posted on Wed, 03 Jan 2024
Having lived in the West Country for twenty years, none of this surprises me Paul.
A well written and gripping tale.
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