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
Tag Archives: humour
That Christmas Letter… Martin Apostle Writes
25th December Dear All, It has become customary, I’ve found, for friends and family, to enclose a letter with their Festive cards summarising their family’s many glorious achievements during the past year. These missives have taken on the glowing uniformity … Continue reading
The Curious Buttocks Of Norris Skiffle
I’ve started pulling together another collection of short fiction from what I wrote on my blog in 2018 to follow on from Life In A Flash and Life In A Conversation. This will be provisionally called Life Sentences and the … Continue reading
Posted in flash fiction, humour, short story
Tagged humour, Life Sentences, new book, Short fiction
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If Only… #writephoto
If Only…. #writephoto Hieronymus Hampton settled behind the ancient desk and rubbed a cautious finger across the much scored beading. So many great men and a few women had sat here, he mused, and now him. Prime Minister. It had … Continue reading
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Tagged #writephoto, creative writing, humour, satire
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The Bona Innocence Of Youth – Polari and The BBC
As a child, Sundays had a certain set piece feel to them. A roast lunch for sure. For some years the Archaeologist and I were dispatched to the local Sunday school at a Methodist Church in Upper Caterham where I … Continue reading
Posted in humour, miscellany, radio, television
Tagged BBC, comedy, humour, Julian and Sandy, Kenneth Williams, Polari, Round the Horne, secret slang
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Singing Till The Sky Screams #writephoto
Harrison Harris pulled at the straps of his overalls and sucked on his pipe. ‘Nasty,’ he opined. Mrs Jepson-Soffit folded her arms tighter across her chest causing her bosoms to wonder, not for the first time if they had chosen … Continue reading
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Tagged #writephoto, creative writing, flash fiction, humour, surreal story
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If In Doubt, Build A Rockery #blogbattle #innocents
Innocent It is often assumed that, in the world of the Celestial everything is perfect. There’s God and then there are angels. But for every St Peter and his border controls, there is Gabriel and his defence forces and Michael … Continue reading
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Tagged blog battle, creative writing, humour
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Mugged Off
I was given this a while ago. W e’re an increasingly green household – not that the children leave us much choice. Thus single use takeaway cups for my copious coffees are verboten. Sitting, enjoying myself with a cappuccino I … Continue reading
