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March 22, 2016
Out Now! Have a Go (Revised Edition) Kindle Novella
Have a Go [Novella – 17, 500 words approx]
[New revised version with a new cover]
Out now. Available for the Kindle here (UK) for 1.99 or here (US) for $2.99.All John Russell wanted was a nice cup of tea.
But when he accidentally foils an armed bank robbery as he tries to protect his young daughter from the gunmen he becomes an unwilling have-a-go hero and has his life is changed forever.
March 21, 2016
Into the Promise
Into the Promise We go hand in hand and we need
Nakedness and cold water to awaken us.
It comes down from the mountain
Where it lies through the winter as snow.
In spring it flows with the promise
Of waiting and we go down to the river
To meet it. Together we will dive
Into the new spring as it begins
Bringing life to life once more. And we’ll swim
In the promise of warmer days to come.
And the green of life breaking free
To bloom and grow around us once again.
As the snows retreat back up th...
March 18, 2016
Jason Bosomthrobber and the Cornish Pasty Mine Disasters
These days, Todger SlightlyInclined is probably best known as the actor who plays the part of Jasper Bosomthrobber, the struggling owner of a Cornish pasty mine, in the TV adaptation of Nigella Twee’s historical novel of the same name.
The eponymous novel is the first in a series of 256 novels. The series charts the life and times of the pasty mine owner, Bosomthrobber in the late 18th century. It was a time when the pasty mines were going through a crisis where the Cornish pastry seams – on...
March 16, 2016
An Alternate Beginning
All of this, though, was different.
‘Where are we? Polly knelt on the ground, her hands pressed into the pale, sandy earth.
‘I don’t know.’
‘You were driving.’
‘It was true, I had been driving. But, back then we had a car. I sat up and looked around. There was no car, not now.
‘Well?’ She glared at me.
‘Well, what?’ I did think about pointing out that she could not blame me for this, not this time. But I knew how much Polly liked a challenge. Given time, she could blame me for anything that h...
March 15, 2016
New on Wattpad: Juggling Balls Chapter Five
Chapter Five [Read Juggling Balls from thestart] ‘Sorry,’ Mandy said as Martin tried to wipe the hot coffee from his jeans with a towel. ‘I just don’t know how that happened.’
‘It’s all right,’ Martin said. ‘But I think I’ll have to go and change these trousers.’
Mandy knelt down in front of him to mop up the steaming pool of coffee on the floor. ‘I’ll make some more coffee for you when I’ve done this.’
‘All right.’ Martin felt the soaking jeans steaming wetly against his leg as he shuffled o...
March 14, 2016
The Encroaching Shadow of Another World
Paula wasn’t sure when she lost this world. It began slowly, almost imperceptibly. She saw shadows on the edge of her sight, like some bird flying across her peripheral vision. At first, in the beginning, she dismissed them and went on about her life as normal.
Then, after a while, she noticed the shadows creeping closer around the edges of her eyes. She had her eyes tested, explained her symptoms as well as she could. But all she received in return were assurances that her vision was fine –...
March 11, 2016
A Proper Story
So this was it?
He looked around, even though there was not that much to see. He’d been the protagonist in a few of this author’s stories before. He had a fair idea of how it would begin. He knew he would more than likely survive, and get the girl too. This author was not one of those who arbitrarily killed off main characters, just to keep the readers unbalanced.
Although, this one did sometimes like to play with the literary conventions, even at times get a little avant-garde and experiment...
March 9, 2016
Evil Geniuses and Minion Recruitment
Turnpike Psychoweasel is the CEO of probably the World’s leading employment agency for evil genius minions and henchmen, although, it is – as Psychoweasel himself admits – a rather niche area. However, he does see room for growth in the field. He has grown the company from a small one-man operation that hired out bodyguards to tax inspectors and social workers to the global enterprise it now is. Psychoweasel’s EvilMinionHire Inc. began when he first gained the contract to provide protection s...
March 4, 2016
The Elbowdevice Erotic Cogitator
Plankton Elbowdevice is best known in the UK as the man responsible for inventing the device now synonymous with his name. A device used in the bedrooms, erotic boudoirs and sex dungeons of almost every English couple engaged in a sexual relationship – even if it is not with each other.
Of course, there was a time, hard as it is to believe now, when the Elbowdevice Erotic Cogitator was not an automatic purchase for any romantically engaged pairing. However, back in those days, there was no re...
March 3, 2016
Free Kindle Novel: In the Beginning
In the Beginning FREE for the next Five days. Get it here (UK) or here (US). In the Beginning:
It’s a God’s life.
Albert Meadows, recently made redundant and tired of his disappointing life, is looking to make a new start and is desperate to find something worthwhile to fill his time.
So, what could be better than creating a brand new universe of his own, in his garden shed?
But, when he introduces intelligent life to his new universe, things don’t turn out as he planned, especially when the...
