Inbetween You are eighty-four years old. You are finally savouring the freedom that comes with age. What can anyone do to an old man? A...

                                                           Inbetween You are eighty-four years old. You are finally savouring the freedom that comes with age. What can anyone do to an old man? A...

                                                      InbetweenYou are eighty-four years old. You are finally savouring the freedom that comes with age. What can anyone do to an old man? And what do you have to fear, other than man's common fate? Unless you are Albert Galan and you are one of those men who has shaped his life rather than simply living it. You have negotiated the years of the last century and you cannot imagine concluding your life – a life that has been all about d...

                                                             INBETWEEN - Episode 11You are eighty-four years old. You are finally savouring the freedom that comes with age. What can anyone do to an old man? And what do you have to fear, other than man's common fate?Unless you are Albert Galan and you are one of those men who has shaped his life rather than simply living it. You have negotiated the years of the last century and you cannot imagine concluding your life – a lif...

Sometimes, calls can come through from the other side...SHE SCREAMS OF DANGERMarie's first call to Lily after a long time of not hearing from her friend disturbed her. Marie was sobbing and was desperately unhappy... and warning her of an impending danger."It's bad, Lily. So bad! I don't know what to do, but you've got to be careful. He's going to come after you, too!"The calls chilled her to the bone. But what did Marie mean? Who was coming after her, too? W...

Curiously practical—this no-nonsense blend of literary biography and self-help unravels how interesting life can be if only you could resist the impulse to rush through the mundane rituals of modern life. Every morning, Marcel Proust sipped his two cups of strong coffee with milk, ate a croissant from one boulangerie, dunking it in his coffee as he slowly read the day’s paper with great care—poring over each headline and section.Only Alain de Botton could have pulled so many useful...

S****honagh Koea exhibits her wonderful ability to combine the wry with the poignant in this finely observed short story. When asked which was her daughter, Alyssum's mother always used to say, 'The ugly one.' Alyssum has since made a life for herself, away from her old home. But her mother is now in hospital, suffering from dementia. Can Alyssum reach through the pain of the past or will her mother have the last word? Funny, touching, painful, this is quintessential Koea ...

In the golden half light of a midsummer's evening, the sort where any kind of magic can occur, and often does, in the midst of a party held in a wild and rambling garden stood Pierre, teetering on highly unsuitable heels, surrounded by a symphony of overripe roses.Pierre is the heroine of this loveable love story, and the magic takes the form of a tap on her shoulder which induces her to look into the most wicked and dancing eyes she'd ever seen. These are the eyes of her ...

This is a book to share my joy of parenthood and what I learnt from my children. All of us are born to enjoy simple joy but as we grow older, we forget such joy. After I became a father, I was able to recall the simple joy that I had lost.

This is a short fictional story, inspired by thinking about the words supposition and speculation. Observing people in daily life, recalling snippets of overheard conversations and the comments of strangers enabled me to stitch together a contemporary scenario wherein a woman notices a young male emerging from a public toilet in a park and notes that he looks ill or ill at ease. The woman is somehow moved to feel concern for his welfare. An older man who is known to the woman exits the toi...

It's 1929 and Albert Sternheimer, a yegg (jewel thief) from St Louis, is travelling on the RMS Aquitania with a case of stolen jewels, but unknown to him there's someone else on board with an interest in him and the contents of his case.

It must be fun, being a Superhero. Meet Denis, who might just change your mind...