by Dave | Oct 2, 2023 | Uncategorized |
It loomed above me, a gothic fantasy. The conical roofs perched on the turrets like witches’ hats. Light faintly seeped through the fake arrow slits. Disneyworld gone wrong. There were even a couple of ravens croaking against the evening sky. The Scottish chill seeped...
by Dave | Jun 29, 2023 | Uncategorized |
A small pot of gold ink to fill up the pen to just use on pages nine through to ten the ivory lace and old Sanskrit face write down all the dreams of my favourite place The sound of the scratching in rhythm and tone can curdle the blood and leak into bone but the...
by Dave | Jun 29, 2023 | Uncategorized |
ROBINSON, Janine Mary (nee Stark) Peacefully, on 25th January 2020 at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, aged 80 years. Beloved wife of the late Peter, whom she thought she was too good for and cheated on regularly, including with her own brother-in-law, the...
by Dave | Jun 29, 2023 | Uncategorized |
A sudden gust whooshed along the crowded platform and a long, white flash streaked to a hissing stop. A group of young friends spilled out of the burgeoning bullet train, laughing and stretching as best they could amid the undulating sea of limbs and faces. Each took...
by Dave | Jun 29, 2023 | Uncategorized |
Beat. Beat. Beat. Our feet pound harder than our hearts, here in the endless dark. Tinny club music becomes eerie, leering, surrounded by lush woods. Kathy’s dutifully built fire has dwindled to acrid smoke that we can’t see. But we keep dancing, feverish. Never in my...
