I don’t usually do reviews. I have to get really, really excited about something to bother reviewing it. 2pm on a sunny Bank Holiday Saturday I sat in the garden with Cary Davies’ novel. 4pm, I was released from her magical spell. Done too soon. Done too soon. Did I say I was a fan?Continue reading “‘West’ by Carys Davies”
Category Archives: The Arts
A Bit Of Success To Report
I’m delighted to report that my short story, ‘The Walker’, has won this year’s ‘Words With Jam’ Short Story Competition. Yes, it’s true and just to prove it, you can read the story on the ‘Words With Jam’ site (http://www.wordswithjam.co.uk/search/label/Competitions). The story is an odd one, I must admit, written in the second person (thankContinue reading “A Bit Of Success To Report”
Review of My Christmas Story
Some people emailed to ask us for a complete list of the parts of the ‘Pride, More Pride and Quite a Lot of Extreme Prejudice’ story, our editor’s great work that was serialised over Christmas. Some readers were clearly either too drunk or too full of turkey to keep up. But now they are fullContinue reading “Review of My Christmas Story”
The Epilogue (#12 of the Pride Series)
The final part and epilogue of ‘Pride, More Pride and Quite a Lot of Extreme Prejudice’ “Fuck it, you can’t do this,” Marcie said, flinging my pages across the table. “I, like, love you, your stuff, but… Jesus… Fuck!” She always had a negative first reaction to my wilder ideas. Usually, she came around, butContinue reading “The Epilogue (#12 of the Pride Series)”
I Had That Dream Again (#11 of the Pride Series)
Part Eleven of ‘Pride, More Pride and Quite a Lot of Extreme Prejudice’ (see previous part): Here’s the truth: as a war, the Middle East is not a winnable war. It’s a losable war. It’s a war in which it’s possible to make everybody lose and still there won’t be a winner. For Frussterer, theContinue reading “I Had That Dream Again (#11 of the Pride Series)”
