Vaulting Ambition Of all the things Ardenvale Administrator Gordon Ainsworth was planning to find in his back garden after getting up in the morning, a fully formed maze with a Minotaur in it was not one of them. He knew something had to be done about the creature before it escaped the confines of hisContinue reading “Chris and the Minotaur”
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The Multi-Million Pound 59th Birthday Bash
The Lower Strangling Chronicles “I would have assumed Noah would have done this next year, when he hits the big six-oh,” Sarah said to Dave, as she looked out over the London skyline from the top of 20 Fenchurch Street. “So would I, but I guess he’ll take any excuse to hold a big partyContinue reading “The Multi-Million Pound 59th Birthday Bash”
Bonfire Night in Lower Strangling
The Lower Strangling Chronicles It was a fairly chilly night on the 5th November, and the residents of Lower Strangling, along with other people, gathered on the island in the middle of the village outside the Church of St Gerald the Damned, where a Bonfire was. Some were swinging sparklers about, whilst others had glowContinue reading “Bonfire Night in Lower Strangling”
The Duke of Knightlow’s Not So Happy Birthday
The Lower Strangling Chronicles It may have been his 83rd birthday, and he may have resolved the paranormal situation at his house after his servants discovered some protestors tying some nylon strings to a Ming vase*, but Sir Hugo was still miserable. Of course, it was not unusual for Sir Hugo to be miserable. InContinue reading “The Duke of Knightlow’s Not So Happy Birthday”
A Present for Mr. O’Brien
The Lower Strangling Chronicles It was that time of year again; the anniversary of the birth of a boy currently 46 years-ago. It was an anniversary that only two people really cared about; the boy’s parents. The boy himself; now business magnate Patrick O’Brien, did not particularly care for his birthday, mainly because his parentsContinue reading “A Present for Mr. O’Brien”
Concerning Aliens
Vaultless Ambition For almost all his life, Chief Administrator Brigadier Gordon Ainsworth was certain that Aliens existed. His belief in them was a strong as his belief in God. This belief only became stronger after he watched E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as a thirty-year-old, a film he was convinced was a fly-on-the-wall documentary. Since then, heContinue reading “Concerning Aliens”
Spectres on the Downs
The Oxford Set “Some trip to the beach this turned out to be,” Scarlett Jones thought to herself as she surveyed the Bristol Channel from the top of Brean Down, the hood of her anorak trying as best it could to shield her from the deluge above. As per usual, her husband Dylan had saunteredContinue reading “Spectres on the Downs”
Pages of Reminiscence
Baseless Society- with help from Chat GPT. (Written by me) It was an unusually hot day for September, and enormous crowds of people flocked to the historic city of Cambridge for the Literary Festival there. Sally Davies and her husband William Darcy were nervous walking through their old university city after more than a decade.Continue reading “Pages of Reminiscence”
The Robinsonverse 