Wishbox
March 12, 2010 06 AM
This is a piece I wrote for the Edinburgh event Cachín Cachán Cachunga.Wishbox“It’s not fair, is it?” the woman said rhetorically. “The bankers get billions of pounds of our tax-money to bail them out, then they go and pay themselves billions in bonuses. It’s ridiculous,” she declared — that ultimate expression of Scottish disapproval. Roy
Gold Star
February 26, 2010 03 AM
| stamp fiction
Life out here suited the sheriff. The buzzards took care of all the paperwork.
At the Wheel
February 26, 2010 03 AM
| stamp fiction
Suddenly the captain regretted choosing his narcoleptic cousin for a crewmate.
Sacred Stiff
February 26, 2010 03 AM
| stamp fiction
The priest stood before his congregation. He was afraid of them.
Vacation
February 26, 2010 03 AM
| stamp fiction
After two weeks of camping together, it was time for the family to go home. None of them wanted to.
Dereliction
February 26, 2010 03 AM
| stamp fiction
The postman dropped his cigarette into the box and ran away.
Parking
February 24, 2010 03 AM
| postcard fiction
The three young men, dressed for a night out, watched as their friend tried, again, to park his car. They missed the show, but it turned out to be the best night of their lives.
The Linesman
February 23, 2010 03 AM
| postcard fiction, stamp fiction
I've been away from writing any new fiction for a while — trying to promote Finitude and produce the DIY Book podcast — so I'm starting small, practicing, gearing up to write another novel. This page contains that practice: short stories sometimes referred to as "postcard fiction". In fact, some of them will be so short I'm going to call them "stamp fiction".
Peg-Arm
March 2, 2009 02 PM
| audiobook, short story
Another story from the “You Don’t Have to Make This Stuff Up, Just Extrapolate” department. If you listen to the podcast, please forgive my hideous approximation of a Scots accent!
Doug and Dug
March 2, 2009 02 PM
| short story
Here’s another story from the second edition of Dunderheid.
