Part Two of My Christmas Series ‘Pride, More Pride and Quite a Lot of Extreme Prejudice’ (See Part One Here): “Exact numbers are all calculated alike; every inexact number is miscalculated in its own way.” Such is the motto of the Department of National Statistics. The problem, it seems, lies in numbers and Frussterer struggles withContinue reading “Lessons in Economics and Theft (#2 of the Pride Series)”
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Pride, More Pride And Quite a Lot of Extreme Prejudice #1
Part One of My Christmas Series (as promised and previewed in my previous post): “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of a good army must be in want of a conquest…” Thus spake Zackary Frussterer. Zackary Frussterer has recently been elected the President of the United States, promising his electorsContinue reading “Pride, More Pride And Quite a Lot of Extreme Prejudice #1”
The Story for Christmas 2015
Just before I begin my winter’s hibernation (I’m planning a lock down in January to draft my next novel), I feel obliged to try to recreate the success of my ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’ blog-blitz of 2014. Last week, I was going through my folders of dead books and found something I began as aContinue reading “The Story for Christmas 2015”
Go Set A Watchman – my impression
I thought I’d better write down my impressions of ‘Go Set A Watchman’, since I made such a fuss about grabbing it and reading it on its first day of release. There will be a few things in the next few paragraphs that come close to being plot spoilers, but I’ll try to avoid beingContinue reading “Go Set A Watchman – my impression”
A Surreal Little Easter Story
My bone china coffee cup sank through the breakfast table. Strange when you see it: the lack of resistance; wood veneer a thick syrup. It lasted just a moment, but the cup had submerged to the handle when the world pulled solid again, a listing little boat caught between a tomato ketchup buoy and theContinue reading “A Surreal Little Easter Story”
