The Well-Tempered Clavier

And so… as 2011 comes to an end, I am faced with a large bill.
Within the week, I have to pay up another £2,100 for my golden ticket into the Marathon des Sables - though let us not forget that incorporated into my £3,600 is my “compulsory corpse repatriation fee”.
Of slight concern is my running compadre Doogie. It […]

Four years ago, I contributed a word to a book. That’s right - one single word.
I couldn’t remember contributing this one word.
And I certainly couldn’t remember that special one word that I gave to the author.
But this week, Christopher Baker got in touch to say that his new novel - One From Many - has […]

It has been pointed out to me that Scenario needed some pepping up. Consider it pepped.
Scenario, Chapter 7
“I love you,” the letter read. “I miss you. So much.”
God - this guy did drone on a bit! What a bleeding heart! Quite frankly: Campion wasn’t surprised she’d dumped this hair-oiled whinger! Kim just seemed to revel […]

If you’ve just come across this story - we’re now on Chapter …6
Chapter 6
Kim clapped his hand to his head. What an IDIOT! What a navel-gazing moron! What a half-witted mutant!
Why - why? - on earth was he getting so hooked up on Campion when there were scores, nay, hundreds, of lost loves out there […]

If you have just come across this blog, then you are most welcome! You have joined us in the midst of a Christmas story. If you would like to start at the beginning, then scroll back to December 23. But for now, we are on:
Chapter 5
The age-old woman waited until all the relatives and all […]

If you are new to my short little Christmas story, it begins on December 23… for we are now on:
Chapter 4
And so, watched by his indignant family, the old man refused to die and instead got out of bed and shuffled over to his office.
He hadn’t been into his office for… well he couldn’t rightly remember, […]

If you’re new to this blog, you’ve just arrived in the middle of a short story - though it may possibly turn into a novella, depending on how the muse fares. Anyway - if you want to start at the beginning, then scroll back to December 23. And… Happy Christmas!
Scenario - Chapter 3
Kim. That was […]

This is the second little chapter of an ongoing love story that I have a mind to write - Scenario. So if you want to start at the beginning, best scroll down first!
 Chapter 2
An old man lies in his bed - and he may or may not be 100, but he certainly looks it. Liver-spots, wrinkles upon […]