The Geecologist

Alias Grace

Alias Grace

May 26, 2018 | Fiction | 0 comments

My mother and Aunt Pauline were a dead clergyman’s daughters – a Methodist, he was – and it was said their father had done something unexpected with the church money, and after that could not get a position; and when he died they were penniless, and were turned out to...
Eileen

Eileen

Jan 12, 2018 | Fiction | 0 comments

My mother never packed lunches for me to take to school when I was growing up. I’d sit and stare down at my knees while the other children ate their sandwiches, my stomach empty and rumbling. As soon as I’d get home in the afternoon, I filled my belly with...
Forty Stories

Forty Stories

Oct 14, 2017 | Fiction, Short Stories | 0 comments

Overnight To Many Distant CitiesIn London I met a man who was not in love. Beautiful shoes, black as black marble, and a fine suit. We went to the theatre together, matter of a few pounds, he knew which plays were the best plays, on several occasions he brought his...
The Pale King

The Pale King

Aug 29, 2011 | Fiction | 0 comments

‘My shit story. Hide-and-seek, gang of neighbourhood kids, twilight. I’m running for home base and trip over decorative logs somebody bordered his driveway with and went flying and put my hands out to like shield the impact and what do you suppose...