The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Apprenticed To My Mother
Author Archives: TanGental
Street Art: The Covid Edition #streetart #shoreditch
As part of trying to get out more I decided to go visit the parts of East London where there’s always at lot of street art, just to see what lockdown, covid, BLM, crap politicians Trump, etcetera has stimulated. There … Continue reading
University – The Cycling Years #bristoluniversity #1975
In 1975 I left home for Bristol University to study law. When there I lived in Hall about two miles from where I studied. My only ways of commuting were the bus (too expensive) walking (too slow and no I … Continue reading
The ‘Pinocchio’ #writephoto #creativewriting #horror
Granta Personi was a chameleon: those who knew him called him ‘toymaker’; those who didn’t, but benefited from his model-making expertise called him ‘genius’; and those bereaved by the application of his uniquely crafted weaponry called him ‘monster’. Granta lived … Continue reading
Posted in #writephoto, creative writing, horror
Tagged #writephoto, creative writing, horror
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A Courgette Went Into A Kitchen #growyourown #cake
Some years ago, the summer vegetable period produced a glut or courgettes which with the mountain of tomatoes led to what the children dubbed, in a tone of voice that might have better announced a zombie apocalypse, The Year Of … Continue reading
Posted in gardening, gardens, miscellany, peru, poems, poetry
Tagged garden, poem, poetry
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The Sincerest Form Of Poetry #poems #poetry
I have, at last decided to bite an awkward shaped bullet and publish some of my poetry. I have a title (see above), a cover (below) and enough poems to warrant its being called a ‘book’. Publication date is still … Continue reading
Posted in book launch, Books, miscellany, poems, poetry
Tagged book, launch, poems, poetry, reviews, sonnets
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July 2020: The Garden, Sort Of… #poem #poetry #garden
Tomorrow I will be announcing something about my poetry dilemma but before then here are some pictures from the July garden. At the end, after the customary piccy of Dog, there’s a poem, based on another famous poem, this time … Continue reading
Posted in gardening, poems, poetry
Tagged dog, garden, July, Kipling, poem, the glory of the garden
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Green And Pleasant
After a short spell in the suburban desert of North Surrey, I was lucky enough to live in the depths of the New Forest, which, for those of you not familiar with the intimate details of England is one hundred … Continue reading
Knees Up #carrotranch #morganandlogandoamerica
‘Aunty Madge mailed.’ ‘How is the old loon?’ ‘Fed up with lockdown, though she’s ridiculously excited she’s got a hair appointment.’ ‘What is that all about? A hair cut? Sheesh!’ ‘You’ve got none to cut. Mum always said her hair … Continue reading
Grit And The Irony Of Brian #writephoto #shirtfiction
Grit McNoniface was a lowland troll. Unlike their better known highland cousins, lowland trolls were smooth skinned, hardworking and small. Indeed, they were so unlike the stereotypical image of a troll, that they were often mistaken for a pixie or … Continue reading
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Tagged #writephoto, creative writing, flash fiction, humour
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Rocking It
‘And you’ve thought this for how long?’ ‘Eons.’ ‘Eons?’ ‘’Yes. Several eons. Many. More than a handful. A heck of a lot…’ ‘Yes, got it. For eons…’ ‘Lots of..’ ‘Lots of eons you’ve believed yourself to be..’ ‘I am stone.’ … Continue reading
Posted in creative writing, fiction, humour, miscellany
Tagged creative writing, humour, rocks, Short fiction
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