Sentinels
Sentinels Tom Kane © 2019 One Using his arms and legs for traction, the young man scrambled up the scree on the steep mountain slope. In his panic he needed to keep moving and to make his ascent as quickly as possible, but the scree...
Science Fiction: Welcome to Beyond – Two
Extract two from Welcome to Beyond, first draft science fiction story. Two 1972 The VW microbus bumped its way onto the dilapidated forecourt and stopped at the solitary rusting and dusty gas pump, it’s white paintwork peeling badly...
Historical Fiction – The Brittle Sea – Chapter Five
The Loss. Matthew G. Ballantine III was not a man to show any emotions, except for one, anger. And when a man as powerful as he gets angry, people had better get out of his way. At least, that’s the way Ballantine saw himself. In reality...
Historical Fiction – The Brittle Sea – Chapter Four
Debris. The scene of debris, bodies, capsized-boats, flotsam and a mass of small icebergs scattered across a wide expanse of freezing Ocean sent a chill down Blackmore’s spine. It wasn’t the chill of the cold, it was the chill of...
Welcome to the United Nazi States of America
Immigration is a problem in America as it is worldwide. The movement of people between countries is unprecedented and some countries cannot cope. That is a fact. There are ways and means of limiting immigration, but Donald Trump’s current...
Will Donald Trump Start a New Wave of Civil Rights Protests in America?
I wrote his piece two years ago and it is giving me no pleasure in stating I was right. I sincerely wish I had been wrong. Donald Trump’s blatant human rights violation in snatching children from the arms of their parents is causing...
Historical Fiction – The Brittle Sea – Chapter Three
Disaster. A disaster at sea was every sailor’s nightmare, but when the disaster happened to someone else and you have failed to give assistance, that would have repercussions. It was as plain as the red blush on the radio operator’s...
Historical Fiction – The Brittle Sea – Chapter Two
April 15, 1912. She was born Magda, but soon became known as Maggie and in the end her name became synonymous with early 20th Century American history, for reasons that will become clear over time. For now, in this brief fraction of time that is...
The Brittle Sea: Historical Fiction Chapter One
It was then, at the very instant the old man was beginning to forgive her for making him angry that a young woman stepped out in front of him
The Birth of Tourism
It was in June, 1841, that a cabinet-maker, Thomas Cook, was walking from his home in the small English village of Market Harborough Leicestershire, to attend a temperance meeting, the popular Victorian social movement against the...
Bergamo’s Medieval Godfather
Located in Lombardy, in the foothills of the Alps, Bergamo wasn’t quite what I expected. It was the final day of our tour round the Italian lakes and the next day we were flying back to Cyprus, so Bergamo was our last stop. This is a town...
Where’s the Best Place to Eat Spaghetti Bolognese?
Ever eaten spaghetti bolognese out of a tin? Ever eaten spaghetti bolognese from a fast food chain? Ever made and eaten spaghetti bolognese yourself? You are forgiven for wondering what I’m getting at, but bear with me for a minute...
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