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 …
Category Archives: Short Stories.
Trams to the Slaughter.
I sometimes drop into Broomhouse public library whenever I have an hour or two spare between shifts. You are unlikely …
Meet the Author.
The party was already thinning when I arrived and the remaining partygoers looked up at me with sudden hope in …
Health and Safety Starts with Me.
When the alarm clock went off, I awoke with a grunt, automatically made my decision, disabled the alarm clock and …
Earning Our Bonus.
The role of agency workers in the supreme war between Capital and Labour is not an especially noble one: they …
(3D) Printing Error.
On Monday night I visited my editor James at his apartment on Leith Walk and we slid in front of …
Death Under the Bed.
I remember that I love Renata whenever she starts to take an interest in another man. This occurs occasionally and …
Valentines.
Edinburgh had lately enjoyed three days of unbroken sunshine and everybody was wondering when it was going to end. It …
Email Concerning an Encounter with the Ningen (2/2).
[Jiro Matsumoto’s first email is here. Ed.] Dear Tycienski-san. My last email related how Haruka, my girlfriend and crewmate aboard …
The Lady of the Lake.
The end of the year found me driving to my sister’s house deep in the fens. She had sent me …
Email Concerning an Encounter with the Ningen (1/2).
Dear Tycienski-san. It has been a number of years since your editor James first made contact with my crewmate Miho. …
Narrative Concerning Authentic Sightings of the Krampus.
We were midway through the Wigilia dinner and all that was left of the carp were its whiskers. It was …
The House Across the Street (A Story for Halloween).
This morning the breakfast buffet which awaited Ted Worthington included fresh cherries, and he piled his bowl with them. Ana, …
Droneland.
The drone was floating over the school after mid-morning break. By the time that the school had once again settled …
Memento Vitae.
My friend Noah is a filmmaker and he occasionally consults me whenever he is short of ideas for a film. …
