THE GARGOYLE'S DISPLEASURE

The craft course was in a beautiful rambling country pile in rural Nottinghamshire. It was a gorgeous Sunday. The September light promised t...

It was the summer of 1547. The sun baked the dense streets like a sadist. It reeked of shit and piss. Richard Raven strolled through it all....

The vast container ship Eighth Wonder had never registered its voyage. Chartered by the Hong Kong triads it had been fictitiously logged in ...

"No good will come of time spent near the Black Sheds!" his mother insisted grasping the boy's shoulders.  "Heed my words...

Out out get out of my house. The weak sunlight limped through the curtains and embalmed the dust. It was so long ago. Frank had been sitti...

It reeled against the rocks to no avail. It knew its crescendos were useless on the harsh lime cliffs protecting the lands. Like a prison wa...

The Queen of the Fairies broke all the rules when she walked into town. After an age of secretly assisting the townsfolk she donned her fine...

The day slipped by like a slow wet fart. Fagbut peeked out from under his gut. To be exact, it wasn't Fagbut's gut. It was Fo Fum...

The first thing to say about this tale is that everyone dies. And when I say everyone I mean every fucker. It contains a battle where the ai...

Druff hated crumbs. He loathed them. Little tiny nuggets of toasted dry bread that got everywhere. Untidy. Untidy. Bothersome. Untidy!  Crum...

We stopped at the outdoor Café "Topiary" around lunch. It was a bucolic feast of blooms and herbs with tables and chairs tastefull...