A Dickens of A Problem (#4 of the Pride Series)

Part Four of Pride, More Pride and Quite a Lot of Extreme Prejudice (see the previous part): It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of misguidance and mis-intelligence.  In short,Continue reading “A Dickens of A Problem (#4 of the Pride Series)”

A Question of Lost Anatomy (#3 of the Pride Series)

Part Three of My Christmas Series ‘Pride, More Pride and Quite a Lot of Extreme Prejudice’ (See Part Two Here): So far, Frussterer has received the news more calmly than his advisors could possibly have hoped.  But that’s because he has not yet understood it.  Presently he becomes pensive. “Walk me through events once again,”Continue reading “A Question of Lost Anatomy (#3 of the Pride Series)”

Lessons in Economics and Theft (#2 of the Pride Series)

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)”

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”

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”