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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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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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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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A Story from St Patrick’s.

April 30, 2022

When Ken entered the pub he was already marauding and in a dangerous mood. He felt strangely weightless on his …

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Eyeroll.

March 10, 2022

This afternoon I walked back from work to my apartment in Newington. There was a kind of blizzard of slush …

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At the Cabins.  

January 15, 2022

She, the mistress, had appeared suddenly on that dirt courtyard that had formed between the cabins. The amazement had been …

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The Noctes Ambrosianae (No 26).

August 11, 2021

[SCENE: The courtyard of the Peartree. It is early afternoon and James is sitting at a picnic table in the …

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The Story of the Old Man in the Tux.

July 4, 2021

I had been left standing marooned at the bar beside the old man in the tux. He looked me over …

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A Cocktail Crash-Lands.

June 15, 2021

The cafeteria seemed much cooler now that I had stopped eating. With faux-casualness, I had folded a used napkin over …

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Al Fresco.

May 27, 2021

The Knavery of “Keeping Safe.”

May 4, 2021

We have lately reached a stage in the COVID-19 pandemic in which the two most irritating words in the English …

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Exhaustion.

January 5, 2021

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How Christmas Was Kept Amongst The Help.

December 28, 2020

After the road had forked, all of the men who remained were travelling in the same direction through the woods. …

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Up, Up And Away.

November 22, 2020

Three days ago the whole house had been placed into lockdown. The students had been told that they could not …

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The Sunrise Clock.

September 10, 2020

Whilst I was in the shower, Tori had drunk half a bottle of white wine. I don’t know how she …

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