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Flutter By.

December 4, 2019

In the south of Edinburgh, on the generally less civilised side of the bypass, stands a butterfly sanctuary. The butterflies …

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Furrows.

November 20, 2019

A field stretching out in all directions like a huge empty mind. The boy had been following the plough all …

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Players: A Ghost Story for Halloween.

October 30, 2019

He was strings but no drama. Ana hadn’t wanted or needed strings but neither had she resisted their inevitable creeping …

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The Death of Henry.

October 22, 2019

When the building had been first built, three ornamental maple trees had been planted in a row outside the entrance …

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Ugly Bunch.

September 30, 2019

It was late afternoon and I was in the Bethany Shop on the Causewayside. I did not know what exactly …

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Panic.

September 23, 2019

“This is Peggy,” Josephine explained as she entered the room. Peggy walked behind her looking very solemn and watchful. Josephine …

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Sadie.

September 17, 2019

I have never kept a diary before. Or rather, not a diary that I have ever opened up to, as …

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The Man of the Fringe.

August 26, 2019

Not long ago, about the closing in of an evening in August, I sat at the windows of the Library …

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Fish Hell (Shark).

July 17, 2019

SEAHORSES. CODFISH. OCTOPUS. I had caught an early train and the day was still barely a glimmer around the rim …

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The Devil’s Coin.

July 10, 2019

I once worked in some kitchens where the very best chef was an Italian man named Sergio. I don’t know …

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Fish Hell (Octopus).

June 12, 2019

After the aquarium had closed and it had been made sufficiently presentable again for the next day, we all gathered …

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Sand Fleas.

June 9, 2019

The day was fading and they were both walking with the dusk unseen over their shoulders and its crimson on …

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Fish Hell (Codfish).

May 14, 2019

A chance meeting in front of the piranha tanks. The exhibits hung behind us, poised in all of their sinister …

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Fish Hell (Seahorses).

April 20, 2019

The staff meeting had been scheduled before the aquarium opened for the day. This meeting had bowled in clean out …

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Letter from the Man in the Moon (4).

April 2, 2019

My dear Tychy. It has been over five years since I last sent you a letter but when I look …

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Literature

  • Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine.
  • Ghosts and Scholars.
  • Life and Work of Herman Melville.
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne at Eldritch Press.
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