Illustration to “A Call from the Deep.”
The very structure of the house seemed to groan and several of the partygoers were not afraid to cower. Kasia …
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The Misadventures of Athelstan Digby, by W.F. Harvey (14/20)
“THE PANTON ALLOTMENTS” (2/2). [The two recent editions of William Fryer Harvey’s short stories from Tartarus Press and Wordsworth Classics …
Tourist Review (17): Blackness Castle.
Off to inspect another ruined castle today, like a senile general who does not realise that the wars are over …
The Misadventures of Athelstan Digby, by W.F. Harvey (13/20)
“THE PANTON ALLOTMENTS” (1/2). [The two recent editions of William Fryer Harvey’s short stories from Tartarus Press and Wordsworth Classics …
Short Story Review: Republics of the Mind.
[Tychy is nothing if not a writer and reviewer of short stories: this website to date features over eighty short …
We Need To Talk Seriously About Losing.
Regardless of whether or not Scotland is ready for independence, it is increasingly necessary to prepare for the eventuality of …
Wanderers They Knew Not Where (36).
The irritability, by which he had recently become distinguished, was another cause of his declining prosperity, as it occasioned frequent …
Nudge Numpty: The Rev. Stuart Campbell.
What do we need to make an independent nation? Surely the most crucial ingredient is the idea that everybody is …
The First Days of an Independent Scotland.
By mid-morning the streets were choking with people and the police had melted away. It was like when a household …
Radio Review: Analysis, Labour’s New New Jerusalem.
It may seem a suspicious coincidence that politicians in the middle of a recession have suddenly discovered that welfare is …
Corstorphine Hill Mystery Letter.
Here is the text of a handwritten letter which I today found (and left) taped to the bench at the …
Cleaning Out the Stables.
Trams to the Slaughter.
I sometimes drop into Broomhouse public library whenever I have an hour or two spare between shifts. You are unlikely …
Farage in Scotland: The Rough Wooing.
Yesterday a politician from a party with no elected representatives in Scotland ended up squabbling with around fifty students outside …
Meet the Author.
The party was already thinning when I arrived and the remaining partygoers looked up at me with sudden hope in …
