It was impossible to talk; the massed ranks of flutes and drums had rendered conversation obsolete. They were marching now through the city centre and the canyon of multi storey office buildings echoed with the booming cannon shots of bass drums and the massed singing of drunk men. The air shrilled with flutes and the … Continue reading No Surrender
Category: Fiction
Lockerbie
They could all see it. The grey flesh, luminous with decay, in stark contrast to the dark earth beneath. Alec composed himself and let his breath out slowly. 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 teased … Continue reading Lockerbie
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
The Absent Minded Scribe 