The Geecologist

High Rise

High Rise

Aug 10, 2016 | Fiction | 0 comments

Later, as he sat on his balcony eating the dog, Dr Robert Laing reflected on the unusual events that had taken place within this huge apartment building during the previous three months. Now that everything had returned to normal, he was surprised that there had been...
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

May 1, 2016 | Fiction | 0 comments

From the Veranda of the Room of the Last Chrysanthemum at the MagistracyThe Ninth Day of the Ninth Month Gulls wheel through spokes of sunlight over gracious roofs and dowdy thatch, snatching entrails at the marketplace and escaping over cloistered gardens,...
Galapagos

Galapagos

May 10, 2015 | Fiction | 0 comments

Mary Hepburn and the Captain had good teeth when they arrived on Santa Rosalia, although they were both well over thirty, thanks to regular visits to dentists, who drilled out rot and drained abscesses and so on. But they were toothless when they died. Selena...
Hunters In The Snow

Hunters In The Snow

Oct 20, 2013 | Featured, Fiction | 0 comments

Kenny swore and threw down his hat. “This is the worst day of hunting I ever had, bar none.” He picked up his hat and brushed off the snow. “This will be the first season since I was fifteen I haven’t got my deer.” “It isn’t...
Brown

Brown

Jan 31, 2010 | Fiction | 0 comments

Of course, I did spare a thought for a little boy I’d seen earlier that day. He was kneeling on the other side of the street, sobbing away to himself. On the ground in front of him, a small white dog was lying dead. But I knew he’d soon get over it. After...