Locusts.
Amy had piled the locusts into a tower almost as high as a man beside the front door. To an …
Tag Archives: Love
An Edinburgh Valentine’s Day Tale.
Artur’s girlfriend Wicktoria did not actually have a bedroom. In the living room of her flat, there was a space …
How Things Are With Me.
Ted’s Story (The Ash Tree).
Ted had assumed the duty of officially thanking Tori on behalf of the room. “Very well done, Tori.” The others …
Wanderers They Knew Not Where (45).
Up with your nimble spirits, ye morrice-dancers, green-men, and glee-maidens, bears and wolves, and horned gentlemen! Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The May-Pole …
A Tale from the Borneo Rainforest (Between Meals).
[Previous instalments took place “By Day,” “By Night,” and “At Lunch.”] Lavish sunshine, at once irritatingly glaring and pleasantly warm, …
A Tale from the Borneo Rainforest (At Lunch).
[Part 1 was “By Day” and Part 2 was “By Night.”] The time had come for Ellen Stewart to make …
Book Review: The Tell-Tale Heart.
The eighth and latest novel from the English author Jill Dawson initially appears to share nothing other than a name …
Home Wrecker: A Ghost Story for Halloween (2/2).
INTRODUCTION and PART 1. I had wanted to sit back and be alone with the city for a while, doing …
Home Wrecker: A Ghost Story for Halloween (1/2).
INTRODUCTION. Timothy was one of Pablo’s cronies, by which I mean that they both took drugs together. At parties, you …
Another Update.
At some point back in 2009 I had persuaded a reluctant Renata to open a Facebook account. We had set …
The Fairy Boy of Leith.
[You may recognise this as a retelling of an old Edinburgh fireside tale.] Once his ship was berthed in Leith, …
Tychy@ the Fringe: The Inventor and the Escort.
[The following contains spoilers.] Although usually friendly towards feminism, Tychy is sick to the back teeth with women’s rights at …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Fourplay.
“Can I have an adult for “Fourplay” please?” Due to my embarrassed mumbling I initially end up with a ticket …
The War of the Weddings.
When Adam Honeydew, the leader of the Scottish Symphony Orchestra, scuttled into the concert hall, the conductor’s baton was already …
