Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
Life, in a Grain of Sand
My Father and Other Liars
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
Life In A Flash
Author Archives: TanGental
That Dessert Will Be The Death Of Me #carrotranch
That Dessert Will Be The Death Of Me ‘What we got, Rog?’ ‘Suspicious death. Victim was suffocated. No sign of the perp.’ ‘Strangled? Gas? Drowning.’ ‘Looks like the last one only…’ ‘Only…?’ ‘Not the usual sort, you know in water?’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Carrot Ranch Congress of Rough Writers, creative writing, humour
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The Ballad Of Dennis And Prudence #writephoto
The Ballad Of Dennis And Prudence Dennis Spleen was a quiet man. He was the deputy librarian at Scowle on Nadge’s municipal learning centre, a passionate if largely anonymous member of the congregation of the Volcanic Church of the Spiritually … Continue reading
The Barriers To Love #carrotranch
Dorinda knew falling for someone rendered inert by illness made no sense. She sat and learned about his unremarkable life, loving him for it. Talking and singing, she attended his needs. She couldn’t explain her curious infatuation but it fulfilled … Continue reading
If You Go Down To The Woods Today… #writephoto
If Jerome Corbel needed inspiration, and lately he’d needed a lot his allotment was his go to happy place. But Donald McJohn was a persistent little bugger and when he said, ‘Walk with me’, even suggesting you were worried that … Continue reading
Appraising #memories
I wrote what you see below two years ago and today someone asked me how I thought they were doing. We’re both volunteers and I was flummoxed. How on Earth was I meant to answer? I’ve lost the art of … Continue reading
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Tagged appraisals, humour, memories, work
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Yep, Poetry #poems #poetry
Jabbering On (Jabberwocky, Lewis Carroll) ‘Twas brillig and the slithy toves Did what Toves do, on wet Tuesdays When old men exclaimed ‘By Joves’ As Nanny burped and loosed her stays. The rabbit tapped his watch and spat ‘Oh come … Continue reading
Size Matters #carrotranch
Storm Windows’ fame was legendry. Her ‘they shall not pass’ attitude protected the Empire from the evils winds that swirled around the Universe. She pacified Arturo V, negotiated a truce with the Phrngg, despite mistakenly calling their leader a shriveled … Continue reading
