After the Weigh-in takes a peek at the future, McPherson-style. Is it a likely scenario or a flight of fancy? You decide. But enjoy either way!
Presented for your entertainment today is a post-Scottish independence (post-apocalyptic for some) tale from the pen of that old campaigner, Dalmuir man Alasdair McPherson.
After the Weigh-in takes a peek at the future, McPherson-style. Is it a likely scenario or a flight of fancy? You decide. But enjoy either way!
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Here’s a couple of wee treats on a Friday afternoon. They’re both about rules.
Cincinnati-born Marc Spahn makes his McStorytellers debut with Early Morning Pep Talk Blues, the poignant tale of the house rules a young boy must remember. Then Mister McStoryteller, Brendan Gisby, adds a smile with No’ on a Friday, the story of one particular office rule it’s always best to observe. Enjoy the treats – and your weekend! Start the week with a couple of animal stories from McStorytellers.
There’s The Ratcatchers by Mister McStoryteller himself, Brendan Gisby. To borrow heavily from George Orwell, it goes to prove the statement that all rats are clever, but some are more clever than others. Then there’s Consuming Dream, the latest piece from our favourite American McStoryteller, Michael C. Keith. It’s the sad tale of a man who really does become one with the animals. Enjoy! S. R. Crockett was born in Balmaghie, Galloway, in 1859 and died in France on April 16th, 1914. During his life, he had over 60 novels published (many of them serialised) and hundreds of short stories/sketches appeared in the popular magazines. He was one of Scotland’s bestselling and best known authors in his day, but now is barely known of. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of his death, The Galloway Raiders has been set up and a major collection of 32 of his Galloway based fictional works is being republished by Ayton Publishing Limited.
McStorytellers, in collaboration with one of our favourite contributors, Cally Phillips of Ayton Publishing, is delighted to be showcasing some of S. R. Crockett’s short stories throughout this centenary year. Here as a taster are two of his stories on the theme of winter sports. So, while the snow is still falling and there’s another week of the Winter Olympics 2014 to go, come and experience some death-defying tobogganing 19th century style in The Toboggan Run. Then sample some equally dangerous ice-running 17th century style in The Ice Run. Enjoy! And if you want to find out more about S. R. Crockett, you can join The Galloway Raiders for FREE at www.gallowayraiders.co.uk If you’re looking for the perfect antidote to yesterday’s Valentine’s Day schmaltz, McStorytellers is delighted to present a duo of wee horror stories.
First up, Canadian Graham Mathew Scott makes his McStorytellers debut with A Late Night Story, in which there are very strange goings on at the old cabin. And in Chance have ye got like? by regular McStoryteller, Dunfermline-born Andrew Velzian, we return to the present and another Scottish city where an all-too-familiar horror story is about to unfold outside a well-known football stadium. Enjoy! And stand by tomorrow for our winter sports special – Galloway Raiders style! Our three new stories today go from the good to the bad to the downright ugly.
There’s some gentle Orcadian humour in Waves by Andrew Velzian – Il Buono. There’s some visceral drama in Weapons by John Crosbie – Il Brutto. And there’s a portrait of the contractors from hell in A Parcel of Rogues by Brendan Gisby – Il Cattivo. Enjoy the movie! Bugs feature in our two new stories today.
A hangover-suffering Geordie bug is in mortal danger in The Cockroach Diaries by Taiwan-based McStoryteller Lee Carrick. And then there are some bugs of a different kind, the sort that mom is always complaining about, in Mama’s Hurts by our prolific American McStoryteller Michael C. Keith. Enjoy! And watch out for the good, the bad and the downright ugly coming next. Our featured story today takes the form of an excerpt from The Tower, John McGroarty’s superbly written novel of greed, murder and salvation set in the south side of Glasgow.
Entitled Matt Kelly’s Fifteen Minutes of Infamy, the piece is a darkly satirical blast at Thatcherism in general and the Tory attitude to society in particular. If you enjoy this taster, why not go here on Amazon right now and download the novel? At only 77p, that’s hardly a gamble! |
McBlog AuthorBrendan Gisby is McStoryteller-in-Residence. He's the author of four novels, three biographies and several short story collections. The McStorytellers
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