Most of what I write is inspired by places, though with a little artistic licence with the geography sometimes. The people, however, are fiction, so if you think you can identify someone you're wrong. Of course there are personality quirks that can be seen anywhere!
I love to hear of your response to my stories where they've brought back a memory or struck a chord in some way.
Geoff Brown's long-term partner walks away, leaving him depressed and demoralised. His boss sends him to the doctor, telling him not to come back to work without the doctor's approval. The doctor's response is to sign him off work with a list of instructions, concluding 'Use it, or lose it." / (Reviews)
A Story in the Dizyntk Imperium Universe
I've long wished to add to the story told in 'Wolf and the Cat' in Brian in the Dark's Dizyntk Imperium Universe, and the incomplete 'Growing Dizyntk'. I hope I've stayed true to the spirit of the Universe. Here's my offering.
A Devastation Diary Story (13) The Chairman of the East of England Committee has to travel to the Training Centre to see his ex-wife. On the way he encounters another young woman who needs help, but it's not what you might expect.
A Devastation Diary Story (15) John Turnhouse has a number of things on his mind -a 'topless cafe', committee meetings, babies - but then Verity (his newest acquisition, see Verity) says she wants a baby too.
What do you do when your partner can't have intercourse with you any more? Bill's wife Susan has her own solution to their problem; how does he handle it? A motorbike, a 2CV and three lovely women.
A Dulcie Story (10) He's a burn-out, and goes to live in a boat. Will he follow the wild geese, or will he find the peace he lost? Dulcie is a secondary character in this one, but an important one. / (Reviews)
A Zoe Story (1) A shivering, under dressed teenager on a service area exit road; a travelling sales-rep (with a background he couldn't discuss) who didn't realise he was lonely.(This was going to be 'The Hitch-hiker', but she wasn't really hitching... until...)