Category: Fiction
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Childhood Shadows: Paw Patrol
Ryder dropped his croissant onto the floor and ran across to the police scanner after it suddenly screeched into life and frantically made notes on the pad he always left on the desk next to it. After a moment the scanner went silent again, and he looked across to the dog eating his discarded breakfast…
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The Indomitable Snowman
It caused quite a stir in the town the year that the snowman didn’t melt. The year was already a month old, and Christmas a fading memory. Then winter had come late and all at once, and suddenly the place had a dream-like quality. Families dragged themselves down streets on sledges, and schools closed as…
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Present Day
Nick sat, staring at the dust. The light from the small window made the motes glow as they floated across the prison cell. They reminded him of snowflakes. This made him sadder, which he didn’t think was possible. He thought he had hit rock bottom months ago, after his people tried, and failed, to break…
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Interview with George Lucas
This was originally written way back in 2015 by myself and the extremely funny Paul Hammond as our attempt at a sketch for Radio 4’s NewsJack sketch show. It is worth noting that at the time George Lucas was getting a bit of a reputation for constant tweaking and rereleasing his back catalogue. INTERVIEWER: I’m here…
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I Saw A Strange Thing
I saw a strange thing the other day. I saw a thing – which I have to say was curious to be perfectly true Weird even, and unique too. What I saw defied the mind, for no explanation I could find, explained to me why it could be that the other day I got to…