Flatcap – Grumpy Old Blogger

As of today, there are now three volumes of Flatcap’s acid humour available on Amazon. Flatcap – Grumpy Old Blogger was released to roars of silence in the early hours of this morning.

I’m known for my whodunits, particularly the STAC Mysteries. I enjoy turning them out, pitting Joe’s wits against devious and not-so devious killers, and indeed, we’re only three weeks away from STAC Mystery #11, Death in Distribution.

I’m also known for my great, if cynical, sense of humour. My favourite targets are politicians of all persuasions and celebrities. If they are determined to rise above the motley, then they become legitimate targets, especially considering their absurd antics. But the humour is not limited to them. Most facets of life are ripe for the acid tipped arrow if you stop and think about them.

Flatcap is locked in an earlier epoch where Abba, brown ale and pork pies rule supreme, and yet he would not want to go back to those days because he would miss his word processor, his mobile phone and the internet, which is where he feeds his angst. The absurdities are there to be found every day in the newspapers and on the news websites if you look hard enough.

Here’s a tiny snippet from Flatcap – Grumpy Old Blogger to give you a flavour of what to expect.

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Strong language is so commonplace these days, that it’s put paid to the highly skilled art of the elliptical insult. So just to remind you of how it should be done, here are a few examples.

All I’m saying is your wife is like a bowling ball. She gets picked up, fingered, rolled in the alley and she still comes back for more.

So tell me, did the chef use a chain saw or a cutting torch to slice up the gravy?

You’re not fat. It’s just when you turned over, I thought it was a total eclipse.

Stupid? You’d need training to make brainless.

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In addition to short observations like that, there are anecdotes, one-liners, even a couple of pieces of short, sledgehammer fiction prompted by real events, all guaranteed to exercise your chuckle muscles.

I’m a firm believer in the adage, laughter is the best medicine. We all need a laugh now and then, and that is Flatcap’s entire raison d’etre.

For now, it’s only available on the Kindle and you can find it at:

Amazon UK

Amazon Worldwide

And any other server used by Amazon.