Easy Come.
When Tim walked into the office that morning, everybody immediately went quiet. He had the sudden dazed, dream-dust feeling that …
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Flutter By.
In the south of Edinburgh, on the generally less civilised side of the bypass, stands a butterfly sanctuary. The butterflies …
Furrows.
A field stretching out in all directions like a huge empty mind. The boy had been following the plough all …
The Death of Henry.
When the building had been first built, three ornamental maple trees had been planted in a row outside the entrance …
Panic.
“This is Peggy,” Josephine explained as she entered the room. Peggy walked behind her looking very solemn and watchful. Josephine …
Fish Hell (Shark).
SEAHORSES. CODFISH. OCTOPUS. I had caught an early train and the day was still barely a glimmer around the rim …
The Devil’s Coin.
I once worked in some kitchens where the very best chef was an Italian man named Sergio. I don’t know …
Fish Hell (Octopus).
After the aquarium had closed and it had been made sufficiently presentable again for the next day, we all gathered …
Fish Hell (Codfish).
A chance meeting in front of the piranha tanks. The exhibits hung behind us, poised in all of their sinister …
Fish Hell (Seahorses).
The staff meeting had been scheduled before the aquarium opened for the day. This meeting had bowled in clean out …
Vaguely S Luca.
This is just a one-off. I don’t have what it takes, in either my hands or my brain, to equal …
Fifteen Minutes.
The cafeteria was open but at this hour it was still very quiet and you could even hear a radio …
Two Bar Music Stories.
Myself and my editor James have both worked in bars from time to time and we have both run into …
An Edinburgh Office Telephone Conversation.
“Good afternoon. Shortbread factory. Steve speaking.” A man’s voice. “Hello… er… is that the shortbread factory?” “Indeed it is. How …
The Barriers: A Fable of Globalisation.
Dawn brought a fretful little breeze and Erastus Balloo lumbering along in his sepia hatchback, a car so undistinguished that …
