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  • Writing,  Short Stories,  Featured

    Obscurities Revisited

    When I originally wrote ‘Obscurities’ it seemed logical to give it a cover that matched the album the story sprang from, but with a little hindsight, what worked for the album never really felt right as a book cover. The…

  • Writing,  Podcast,  Short Stories,  Some Other Scotland

    Glimpses

    A few months ago the team at Podioracket launched an anthology podcast featuring writers of Podiobooks.com stories. This is the second of these collections they have produced, though this one differed from the first by showcasing stories that were spin-offs…

  • Donau Blues Cover
    Writing,  Short Stories

    eBooks

    The Wiener Blut experience rolls onwards and I’m pleased to announce the availability of my entry into this world, “Donau Blues”, as an eBook from Amazon UK or Amazon US for the Kindle, or from Smashwords for any other eReader.…

  • The Danube in the Snow
    Every Photo Tells...,  100 Word Stories

    More from Vienna

    My micro spin-off from Wiener Blut has now appeared at 100 Word Stories. It is called ‘Kardinalschnitte’ (after the cake which goes so well with Viennese coffee) and links directly into the back-story of this week’s main Wiener Blut episode,…

  • Writing,  Podcast,  Short Stories,  Every Photo Tells...

    Every Photo Tells…

    I am very pleased to announce the launch of a new joint venture into podcasting fiction: Every Photo Tells… Every month a photograph is posted on the website and the hosts, Katharina from the Luscious Leftovers podcast and myself, take…

  • Great Hites

    Take It Away!

    Over at Great Hites, my story “Take It Away” has proved reasonably popular amongst the people who take the time to vote. It tells of a great pianist who returns to his old school, whereupon he sits down at the…

  • Great Hites,  Some Other Scotland

    The Cave and Podiobooks

    My latest short story to appear at ‘Great Hites’ is called “The Cave“. It is another short spin-off from ‘Some Other Scotland’, taking us back to the events (thousands of years ago) that set in motion much of what is…

  • Great Hites

    Dandelions Of Memory

    No, it’s not a UFO or an airship – it’s the blimp flying over T in the Park, just down the road. This week’s Great Hites story is ready and waiting to be read and/or downloaded. It is called “Dandelions…