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 …
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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 …
Death Under the Bed.
I remember that I love Renata whenever she starts to take an interest in another man. This occurs occasionally and …
Valentines.
Edinburgh had lately enjoyed three days of unbroken sunshine and everybody was wondering when it was going to end. It …
Email Concerning an Encounter with the Ningen (2/2).
[Jiro Matsumoto’s first email is here. Ed.] Dear Tycienski-san. My last email related how Haruka, my girlfriend and crewmate aboard …
The Lady of the Lake.
The end of the year found me driving to my sister’s house deep in the fens. She had sent me …
Email Concerning an Encounter with the Ningen (1/2).
Dear Tycienski-san. It has been a number of years since your editor James first made contact with my crewmate Miho. …
The Misadventures of Athelstan Digby, by W. F. Harvey (5/20).
“TWO STRINGS TO THEIR BOW.” [The two recent editions of William Fryer Harvey’s short stories from Tartarus Press and Wordsworth …
The End of the Fringe: My Robot Heart.
The last that we saw of the performance poet Molly Naylor was in 2010, when she appeared at the Pleasance …
