Non-fiction

The Man From Tain

One day in the summer of 1915, a solider walked into Tain, in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, and asked a local girl, Georgina Douglas, to marry him.

Who he really was, where he came from, and where he went, will probably remain a mystery forever.

Non-fiction

LAC Leslie Douglas (1129122) Diary 1942

These are entries from my Father’s diary for 1942, which covers the time from when he was first notified that his application to be posted overseas had been accepted, until he was well settled in the RAF base at Koggala and had got his d/f station working.

Non-fiction

LAC Leslie Douglas (1129122) In Koggala

My Father, Les Douglas served as a Radio Operator in the RAF and was a key figure in the building and operating of the Direction Finding (D/F) Station there. He left several written memoirs of his adventures, which are being transcribed as time permits.

Humour

Call Me a Jeep!

The conversation explores the nature of humor, discussing its complexity and different theories like Incongruity Theory, Superiority Theory, Relief Theory, and Benign Violation Theory. Humor’s reliance on personal, cultural contexts and elements like timing and wordplay is emphasized. The dialogue showcases examples of humor, explained through theoretical lenses.

Flash Fiction

The Lantern

I saw it as I rounded the corner at midnight.
It was doing nothing, and it had no eyes, but it was watching me. Looking down at me.  It knew I was here.

Archive Insights

Snowflakes – Photoshoot Briefing

I found this document from 2017, which was sent to modelling agencies and production members when we were setting up

1 - Into The Darkness 2 - The Signal Tower Archive Insights Snowflakes Twisted Land

Author Q&A

…I’ve always wanted to write fiction as a form of expression.  Reading back a paragraph or a chapter, and seeing all the imagery rebuilding itself in my mind is a wonderful experience.  It’s a feeling of achievement, of satisfaction.  I’ve never felt that in anything else I’ve done in my life.

Flash Fiction Insights

A Good Place To Die

“It’s a lovely little place you’ve got here,”
“Ah yes.  So it is,” said his friend, putting his mug down on the little table beside the sofa.
“But something’s wrong though, isn’t it?” asked Tom, detecting a continued air of dissatisfaction.

Flash Fiction Humour

Pete The Magnificent’s Diner

Pete’s Diner was busy today, it had been worth the risk he’d taken starting up it three years ago.  Business was good, but he did need to think of a way to make it more upmarket, to make it a bit more outstanding, so to speak.