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Tourist Review (16): Dirleton Castle.

April 17, 2013

With the arrival of spring, it has occurred to me once again that there are miles of unexplored countryside behind …

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Narrative Concerning Authentic Sightings of the Krampus.

December 18, 2012

We were midway through the Wigilia dinner and all that was left of the carp were its whiskers. It was …

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The House Across the Street (A Story for Halloween).

October 30, 2012

This morning the breakfast buffet which awaited Ted Worthington included fresh cherries, and he piled his bowl with them. Ana, …

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Tourist Review (12): St Peter’s Seminary.

April 12, 2012

If the Puritan imagination soars in its revulsion of Catholicism – the mystery and superstition, the dark history and arcane …

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While You’re Asleep.

February 3, 2012

Waking after three, Damien knew that he was deeply cold before he could recollect who or where he was. He …

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Illustrations to “Lord Dufferin’s Ghost” (and a Blue Devil).

December 11, 2011

["Once more into the elevator, dear friends..." Tychy's article on the story "Lord Dufferin's Ghost" is here. Ed.]

Postscript in an Uncertain Hand.

November 4, 2011

Tomasz Korcz had ducked out of the party to retrieve an envelope of vitamins from his home. The house seemed …

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Noctes Ambrosianae (17).

June 20, 2011

[SCENE: Finnegan’s Wake.] Tychy:… you take your life into your hands. Renata once visited a retreat on the Isle of …

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The Face of Lothian Buses.

May 24, 2011

If a citizen of, say, North Korea visited Edinburgh, they might feasibly mistake Grant Stott for our head of state. …

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Tourist Review (6): John Knox House.

April 2, 2011

“A tense, musty, unignorable silence/ Brewed God knows how long. Hatless, I take off/ My cycle-clips in awkward reverence.” It …

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Premonitory Tales: From Dickens’ Signalman to the Radio Broadcasts of A. J. Alan (5/6).

February 17, 2011

#1: Dickens’ “The Signalman.” #2: “Lord Dufferin’s Ghost” and “The Bus-Conductor.” #3: Algernon Blackwood. #4. E. F. Benson. AUGUST HEAT. …

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An Idle Comparison of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road and Emma Donoghue’s Room.

January 12, 2011

[The following contains plot spoilers.] When reflecting upon the making of her Booker Prize nominated bestseller Room (2010) for the …

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Book Review: Emma Donoghue’s Room.

January 4, 2011

[The following contains plot spoilers.] If Toni Morrison’s Sethe cut her infant daughter’s throat with a handsaw to spare her …

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The Devil On Your Back (7/7). The Concert.

December 24, 2010

[“The Devil On Your Back,” a ghost story for Christmas, is about 15000 words long, and it will be serialised …

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The Devil On Your Back (6/7): The Church.

December 23, 2010

[“The Devil On Your Back,” a ghost story for Christmas, is about 15000 words long, and it will be serialised …

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