Black Lives Mattered to David Dale
Stewarton’s most famous son, David Dale was a leading Scottish industrialist, merchant, and philanthropist. An excellent book entitled David Dale, […]
Category: Prose
Steward’s Enquiry
Rod slightly strains his neck as he stares up at the screen in the corner of the bookmakers’ shop. He […]
Last Train?
A forsaken copy of the Racing Post brushed against his size 12 black brogue shoes as it made its way […]
Hell’s Lift, I’ve Written a Play
I’ve been participating in a playwriting course entitled Street to Stage and I’m pleased to have written my first short […]
Tea Time in Stewarton
My father sat there on ‘his chair’ next to the smouldering fire of ‘coal’ briquettes, his eyes fixed on the […]
Held Back – Chapter Four
Previous chapters here 4 It must have been about two o’clock in the morning when loud banging on the front […]
Held Back, Chapter 3
Chapters 1 and 2 here 3 Unfortunately, even school summer holidays must come to an end and as August drew […]
Held Back – Chapter Two
Chapter 1 here 2 I stuck the book token in my back pocket and sneaked out of the Assembly […]
Gruesome Goings-ons at Kirkdandy Fair
It had been one of the best days that they had ever had but it was about to end in […]
Erik’s Easter Escapade
I had looked forward to it all week and as the day approached I grew more and more excited. Whilst […]