Travesty/ I.D.
I was walking with my wife, Polly, on the Meadows this morning when we met Pablo. He was with his …
Category Archives: Tychy Shorts
Pizza/Octomonkey.
When I first lived in Edinburgh, I briefly dated a girl called Ewa. She was practically my only friend in …
Refurb.
In the childhood of my days at Edinburgh, I drank in a bar on the Cowgate which has since been …
Tram Disaster/ Employee of the Month.
I had a horrible dream in which I attended the opening of Edinburgh’s new tram system. Prince Charles turned up …
Motherfucker.
At midday I arrived home and lay down in the bath. I turned on one of the taps and listened …
Jelly.
My marriage has lately resembled a tent which had been erected upon an iceberg which is now drifting into warm seas. …
Luna.
Last night I was drinking at Dropkick Murphy’s, a dusty Gothic-Irish catacomb with a long bar and a little balcony …
The Day of the Devil.
Last night I ended up with Tori and her husband Ricardo in the vodka bar Revolution on Chambers Street. Tori …
A Forgotten Party.
[I wrote this fragment last April, during a gap between shifts at work. I saved it as a draft email, …
Whistle Binkies.
Last night I met my brother in the Whistle Binkies pub. Descending into the gloom of the pub, I found …
Reflections upon the New Year.
The city is always rather desolate over Christmas and this desolation makes its streets seem murky and faintly unfamiliar, as if cast …
The Earl of Marchmont.
I spent the evening drinking in the Earl of Marchmont with some workers from the agency. There are days when …
The Agency Workers (2).
Yesterday afternoon the employment agency sent Noah and I to wait tables in an Italian restaurant on Nicholson Street. The head …
The Agency Workers (1).
I went to work at the Pollock Halls restaurant this morning and ended up manning a coffee bar. After a couple of …
An Evening at Home.
I was drinking all day in the Crags and when I finally arrived home, I found Callum, my wife’s lover, …
