In his head, this all made sense. The next-door neighbour’s garden was the goal – just a simple chip to cover four yards and a metre fence in the middle. Easy.

Sadly Broke is never silent. As the moon steals behind the Bus Station, not all who populate the new town are asleep.

Lancastrian Nights, a true story, tells the wonderous tale of a chance meeting and highlights the magic of life.

His fingers moved over the strings of his violin with ease and without effort. The bridge, the neck, the strings, and the bow was an extension of his talent as well as his soul.

Nothing is as visceral as holding a handful of human ash. I resist the impulse to sift it between my fingers as I walk. Everyone, from the mourners to the pastor, are far away and yet too close.

Saturday. Ged’s day. Best day of the week. When Jean usually pops over to see her sister. If I play my cards right we’ll hardly see each other till tomorrow.

Ed slammed through the front door and looked wildly around the tavern. “Quick! What year is this?”

His mind was a spring that was rapidly unwinding. As it spun, the only thoughts Chip had, involved ways to get more pills.

Pandemic, protests, and presidency. But here it was, the countdown to New Year. New Year in New York. Times Square at New Year.

I never wanted to be a hitman. To take lives for money. Then I met Frank.

Hoover had been the runt of his mother’s fourth litter. He was so small and weak at birth his parents worried he would not get enough to eat or would be smushed by the other babies as they slept, but Mama Muridae had faith in her little pup.

The end of the world tends to have a negative impact on the motivation to complete one’s daily chores.

Lockdown helped me realise there is more than meets the eye in my town. Scratch beneath the surface you begin to discover there are weird and wonderful things happening in the most unlikely places.

I saw my old babysitter in the bar tonight. It’s been almost twenty years. It’s been so long that the last time I saw her, Eifel 65 played on the radio practically on repeat.

I'd been forgetting a lot of things lately. Then again, I'm not alone in that.