It’s early Friday morning and folk everywhere are running around, panic buying like the world’s gonna end. I guess in some parts of the world it’s already late in the day so maybe it is gonna end. I can’t stand the hustle, so I go to my usual bolt hole – the diner on Forth […]
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Instagram – Yes or No?
A rather stunning sky over Jarrow So Instagram, the photo sharing service that was bought by Facebook earlier in the year, have changed their privacy policy and terms of service. I actually read them yesterday, and found that apparently “Nothing has changed about your photos’ ownership or who can see them”…which appears to directly contradict […]
Culture Cuts
I’ve been annoyed for quite some time about the plummeting status of culture and the arts in the UK, and the growing clamour for better funding for sport following the success of the Olympics has further demonstrated the divide between those who think the arts are important, and those who don’t. It’s become particular apparent […]
#FridayFlash – Mr Magpie
Anna peered through the camera’s viewfinder. She centred the bandstand in the frame and adjusted the aperture to lengthen the depth of the field. Click. Anna pressed the preview button on the camera. Her photo appeared on the screen. She’d need to alter the contrast but otherwise it was a good capture. Frost turned the paving white, and […]
Published in the Deck the Halls anthology
I’m rather pleased to announce that I have a story in yet another anthology! In addition to my story, A Girl’s Best Friend, in Best of Friday Flash: Volume Two, and Anonymous in the Penny Dreadfuls Halloween Special, I now have Apprentices to Time in Deck the Halls: Festive Tales of Fear and Cheer. The […]
#FridayFlash – A Little Flutter
Ever since I was a kid, I was always that idiot shouting “I bet you anything that…” Couldn’t start a sentence without it. The missus used to watch all the soaps, and I was forever shouting bets about what characters would do next. Used to drive her mad. She’d stick a tenner in my hand […]
