A selection of stories written over the years. They’re different, funny, vicious, heartbreaking. They’re here to be enjoyed.
My Father Is Younger Than Me – It had been sixty years since I last saw him
The Test – A man is confronted by a big question about where he really came from
If I Were A Bell – A choice moment from Guys and Dolls
The Big Blank – I had two accidents more than twenty-five years apart, and remembered nothing from in between
Dinner with Adele I had a young woman created to look after my daughter. Then things became complicated.
A Woman Who Likes Jazz – I finally met a woman who really liked jazz music
The Reawakening After a hundred and forty-two years they brought me back to life
Mopeds in Marrakesh A story of irritation and enlightenment in the Medina
A Man Named Malcolm I thought my cousin had been a waster, until I met a stranger at his funeral
Always On My Mind My girlfriend was murdered by her family
Ghost Village A man returns to the scene of a childhood tragedy
I Never Said Hullo It had been almost thirty years since I had seen Lionel
Meeting Tara A man hears from a young woman claiming to be his daughter
Do You Think They’ll Come Back? What happens after aliens visit Earth, then go away?
You Were Made for Me When the rich can have young people designed, grown and conditioned to be their perfect companions
Mr Bishop A former teacher, the word of Jesus and a longstanding grudge
I Saw Her Again A man sees his dead wife in the street
The Third Time Plague, pandemic …. and aliens
Harold’s Big Sleep A dog’s final visit to the vet drags up a dark secret
Me and Judy Garland A reminiscence and a couple of life lessons from childhood
Second Star to the Right A man and a woman, seventeen years, three meetings, two stars
In Character A successful actor is confronted by the downside of fame
AlphaMalePlus A laptop computer watches as a Twitter troll is confronted by an awful truth
The Temptation A different perspective on what happened to Christ in the desert
The Rubber Face A stranger in a market, lemon juice, an act of violence
Whispers from the Hole An artist creates a dark force he cannot control. Written with a nod to MR James
New Year’s Eve, 1999 Hours before the new century, an old man recalls an act of desperation
Big Macs in Bangkok It was the most disgusting thing I had seen
Izzy Wizzy A tortured man … black magic … and Sooty
Lucas A ventriloquist’s dummy tells a tale of hitting hard times
Ellroy’s Work A cat leads a frustrated writer into a dark journey in conceptual art
Lewisham Half-Breed A middle aged man tracks down the father he never knew
Here is the News A TV news crew is confronted with a lethal dilemma in a war zone