“Well, that’s enough fighting for racial equality for one day.”, Robert Sherman said to himself as he signed yet another Change.org petition that had been emailed to him. He then logged off his laptop and decided to see how the first beer he’d brewed in a few months was doing. Robert probably had the mostContinue reading “An Evening in the Brewery”
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Sir Hugo Townsend and the Invisible Ghost
Sir Hugo Townsend, the 9th Duke of Knightlow, was grumpy almost 100% of the time these days, ever since his wife died of cancer and his children went to university and got lives of their own. He was a recluse, and rarely left the honey coloured Knightlow Hall except to occasionally walk in the groundsContinue reading “Sir Hugo Townsend and the Invisible Ghost”
The Sectioning of Dr Scamander Trout
After a few months building it, New Bedlam Hospital for the Criminally Insane was finally ready to accept its new patients. Housed deep beneath the infamous Tower of London near the earth’s core, it was built specifically for English prisoners believed to be too insane for regular prisons. Everyone in England, including the residents ofContinue reading “The Sectioning of Dr Scamander Trout”
Life Under Lockdown
Dave Peterson sat on the sofa in his living room, drumming his fingers on his laptop as he waited for his work Zoom meeting to start. Dave was a technician at Banana, the biggest technology company in the UK and the second biggest in the world behind Apple, he job involved coming up with newContinue reading “Life Under Lockdown”
Anarchy at the VE Day Memorial Service
The sun was shining on the picturesque Warwickshire village of Lower Strangling. Usually at this time of year the village was teeming with tourists, but today not even the residents were out and about. This was due to the British government issuing a lockdown on the entire country following an outbreak of a deadly diseaseContinue reading “Anarchy at the VE Day Memorial Service”
Residents in Lower Strangling
Dave Peterson Technician at Banana, the biggest technology company in the UK and the second biggest in the world behind Apple; a cushy office job in central London. He also designed the village’s website which is run by Simon Abernathy; the parish priest. He has two brothers, Jeff Peterson; the former lead bassist in influentialContinue reading “Residents in Lower Strangling”