Off the Cliff!
I have never jumped off a cliff before. In my heart of hearts, though, I am pretty sure that I …
Category Archives: Tychy Shorts
Dr Hwangbo Takes a Stroll Along the Water of Leith Walkway.
Fleetingly, the sun had appeared over the Water of Leith. A beam of honey-coloured sunshine had dropped into a space …
EU Democracy in Crisis!
Jean-Claude Juncker (President of the European commission): This European parliament is ridiculous! Really ridiculous! I would like to welcome those …
Bad News From Antarctica.
On the day that the UK went to the polls, to decide on its membership of the European Union, there …
Decision Time For Edinburgh University Students.
In the forthcoming referendum, students at the University of Edinburgh will go to the polls to make that once-in-a-lifetime decision …
“Up At The House”: A Teaser.
I am presently writing a novella or a cycle of short stories which has the working title of “Up At …
A Tweet Too Far.
The news today: somebody has said something rather injudicious and they are in a lot of trouble. They have to …
A Fringe Interview with Alex Salmond.
I emerge from the Gilded Balloon, ten minutes before the next show, and who is this striding towards the McEwan …
Edinburgh Late Night: A Preview of the Next Episode.
Presenter Tom Ross [looking sarcastic and yet exceedingly pleasant at the same time]: Welcome to another edition of Edinburgh Late …
Another Interdict from EUSA.
One morning, as James McAsh was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in his bed he had been …
Writer’s Block.
So you want a story, eh? My editor assumes that I am like the sort of conjurer who can fashion …
Sisyphus.
In my dream, I found myself in your bedroom. It did not occur to the mind which I had been …
Travesty/ I.D.
I was walking with my wife, Polly, on the Meadows this morning when we met Pablo. He was with his …
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 …
