They could all see it. The flesh, luminous with decay, in stark contrast to the dark earth underneath. Alec composed himself and let his breath out slowly so that the vapour formed a thick column past his eyes as he crouched lower, thighs burning with the effort of holding still. With his gloved hand he … Continue reading Lockerbie
Category: Fiction
Brief Encounter
The following five days were spent in bed. Alec had swallowed the contents of the canal during the rescue of the boy and a bout of gastroenteritis followed. It took another week before he could reasonably claim he’d recovered and it was a thinner Alec MacKay who reported at Corsair Street in time to begin … Continue reading Brief Encounter
