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 – I-t 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