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Category Archives: Short Stories.

Tycienski Observed.

June 2, 2023

“Tell me about Tycienski.” My voice came so soft and faraway from the darkness that the night itself might have …

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What Can The Matter Be?

May 27, 2023

There had been a single sunny day, in between the cool days and the gloomy ones, rather like a peal …

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The House On The Table.

May 12, 2023

England was currently losing eight-nil to Wales. Harry Kane was waddling dementedly round and round in circles. Marcus Rashford had …

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A Late Lunch on the Southside.

March 25, 2023

Pippa and Reggie sat down to a late lunch in a café on Nicolson Street. By the by, a strange …

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A Pentland Demon.

March 7, 2023

[A Pentland Artist.] One afternoon Ann had telephoned me from over the hills. Her voice had sounded so small and …

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A Read Through.

March 3, 2023

I went over to James’s flat in Gorgie yesterday morning. We had agreed to read through a manuscript together. This …

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A Pentland Artist.

February 25, 2023

Today I shall write out something that I had witnessed many years ago, here in the Pentland Hills, when I …

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Pippa Rampant.

February 11, 2023

Pippa was rampaging down a EUSA corridor and her two handlers, Clive and Bea, were racing after her. These days …

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Up From Royal Circus.

January 12, 2023

Tori and I were walking up from Royal Circus, up to where Edinburgh’s head seems to suddenly clear and Stockbridge …

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At Sea With Claud Orkish.

December 22, 2022

This is a Christmas story but the brunt of it concerns the sea. It will start in something like the …

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By The Moon’s Lantern.

November 20, 2022

To begin with she had entered her bedchamber and Peggy had been waiting beside the bed. “There’s an owl under …

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Live By The Sword.

November 9, 2022

Andrzej Štefan had been sitting waiting at one of the high tables by the window. He was waiting for the …

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A Forest Setting: A Ghost Story For Halloween.

October 26, 2022

In the middle of breakfast, his sister was suddenly pouring her phone under his nose. “Hey brother, look at this!” …

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Niceties.

October 21, 2022

Our new barman was called Micky and he was from Ukraine. He had been in Ukraine as early ago as …

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My Days-of-Mourning Diary.

September 18, 2022

This is what it must be like for those people who live in a town at the base of a …

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