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Christina
At first encounter, she slapped me on my backside and declared, “I don’t recognise that bottom!” . Then...
Just Another Day
I don’t want to bring you down, but Christmas isn’t always fun for me. It’s a difficult time...
A Lake and a Troika
It is 1975. I am a teenager, listening for the first time to a protest song by Greg...
Christmas is Cancelled!
When I was eight years old, I auditioned for a part in my school’s Christmas play, Christmas is...
WTF, Will! parts 16 – 18
I was cracking on with my stupidly self-imposed lockdown challenge to read The Complete Works of Shakespeare. I'd...
Over the river and through the woods to Grandmother’s house we go…
Over the river and through the woods To Grandmother’s house we go. The horse knows the way to...
WTF, Will! parts 14 – 15
I'd now hit the stage where I was half enjoying this challenge and half wishing I hadn't told...
In The Pines
“The werewolf’s bride is late.” The words echoing in my head were spoken by a black horse. With...
WTF, Will! parts 11 – 13
I'd now encountered a few stand-out plays, in my great Shakespeare-reading marathon, so I felt quite buoyed up...
Polly and Dolly
Lady Brimstone-Smedley bought two female parrots, Polly and Dolly, but was shocked to discover they kept shouting out...
WTF, Will! parts 9 – 10
In my quest to read all of Shakespeare from start to finish, I finally made it to plays...
11. How to Promote Your Book without Being a Bore
Don’t expect people who barely know you or don’t know you at all will promote your book. It’s...
One Perfect Sentence
As you’ll know if you drop by the Colony between the 7th of each month and the 21st,...
Of Straw-Stacks and Sisters
Ten minutes before I left the house, my boss called. “The science class is cancelled today. Take Jisoo...
WTF, Will! parts 5 – 8
Full of enthusiasm for my lockdown project of reading The Complete Works of Shakespeare, I wandered blindly on...
Love, Christmas
The Long and Short of It I enjoy writing short stories, which is a complete one-eighty compared to...
Beware the snake oil salesman.
When I first started down this self-publishing journey, I heard quiet rumours of the dangers of scammers. I...
WTF, Will! parts 1 – 4
We all remember those drawn out days of the first Covid lockdown, right? I don't know how you...
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