Just some words

This blog is where the words and I play, far away from their being bullied into regimented lines for reports, or squeezed into uncomfortable positions for Tweets. This is our hillside in the sun.

Nick

Recent fiction

The Library

published 19/12/2022

"Between a tattered curtain containing Gardening and DIY and another that held what little was left of Wellbeing and Health, a whale leapt out of a vast ocean and crashed back down with a huge plume of spray."

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Too Much Pepper

published 18/02/2017

"Peter had thrown himself into pepper picking when their mother had died, it seemed to be his way of dealing with the grief."

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Recent non fiction

The World Between Worlds

Published 29/08/2023

"I have kept a dirty little secret all to myself.

I actually quite like airports.

Given a choice, I would hang out in them even without a flight to catch."

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It's

Published 26/12/2022

"One word, one syllable. Three letters, flavoured with just the merest hint of punctuation. The tiniest drop of ink, just splashed on the page before it’s served."

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