"Are you not coming in?" A male voice called, "the water's lovely!" "You are crazy, it's Scarborough not Margarita." Answered the girl. "Don't be a stick in the mud, people swim in the North Sea." "Only if they fell off a boat," the girl retorted. Grenville checked his photo, it was definitely her. She was very young, … Continue reading An Afternoon by the Seaside
What would constitute a “perfect” day for you? Ahhh I somehow doubt my perfect day bares any relation to the one in Lou Reed's famous song (the one which the beeb did a big cover of with a host of celebs. I guess no one told them it was about being smashed off your face … Continue reading Share Your World 28th August 2017
Visceral That is a term often banded about when talking about the Doctor Who screenplays written and/or script edited by Robert Holmes. Often his stories would involve some kind of body horror inflicted upon a character. The Ark in Space (1975) has the character of Lazar (nicknamed Noah) infected by the larvee of a alien … Continue reading The Holmes House of Horror
Have you ever been pulled over by a cop? Once. It must have been nearly ten years ago and it was after a friend and his then partner's joint birthday celebration at TinTin's. TinTin's was an all you can eat Chinese Restaurant in Donnington and sadly was not run by a impetuous young reporter with a … Continue reading Share Your World- Emilio style
There is something a little up with my plates of meat, and for those of you who aren't familiar with cockney rhyming slang Plates of Meat= Feet, as I seem to be getting incredibly itchy feet and they are getting very sweaty a lot of the time. Seems highly localised to my feet so I … Continue reading The Singing Sandman
"This is rather unusual is it not?" Mused Dr. Webster as he escorted Arthur down the corridor to the morgue. "A pathologist going through the results of a post mortem with a government operative?" Smiled Arthur, "incredibly." The good doctor smiled and opened the door and crossed to the table where the cadaver lay. "Robert … Continue reading A Fish Supper
After a small break from the live music scene for various reasons, namely distance and road works, Sunday marked my return to the Chicago Swing Katz in Meole Brace. Now in the mean time the Brooklands has under gone a change of management/owner ship and to ring in the changes a new name has been … Continue reading Bits n Bobs
Willy-Nilly: Term used to described a man who was reading a hardback copy of Les Miserables in the bath and shut the book too fast. Daily Prompt: Willy-Nilly
When you leave a room, do you turn the lights off behind you or keep the lights on throughout your house most of the time? It depends purely on how on return times to the room, if I am going to be returning to the room I've left (say to put the kettle on, syphon … Continue reading Share Your World 14th August 2017
Now, here's a thought for you; a friend recently commented on my frequent use of pubs/bars/cafes when writing and the question was why these locations. Now my reasoning is that they are good focal points for characters to chat, also its a good point where characters from random walks of life would meet wheras in … Continue reading A Public House Ponder
