Blog Archives - McStorytellers

Havana Happenstance

29/3/2017

It’s Wednesday, McSerial day on McStorytellers and therefore time for the next instalment of our serialisation of Cally Phillips’ enigmatic novel dedicated to the memory of Che Guevara.

This week in Another World is Possible, it’s 1999 in Cuba and Roisin is back at Havana Airport. While she waits for the plane to take her home, her fellow-traveller, Tom, relates a remarkable tale from his past that will change her life. Read the full story in Episode Thirteen.

And remember, you can catch up with all the earlier episodes simply by tapping (or using your cursor to hover over) Oor McSerials in the left-hand sidebar and then following the trail.

Searching For Che

22/3/2017

It’s Wednesday, McSerial day on McStorytellers and therefore time for the next instalment of our serialisation of Cally Phillips’ enigmatic novel dedicated to the memory of Che Guevara.

This week in Another World is Possible, Roisin is in Cuba, feeling lost and unprepared. It’s 1999, more than thirty years since her father’s murder, and she’s there to find his spirit. Read the full story in Episode Twelve.

And remember, you can catch up with all the earlier episodes simply by tapping (or using your cursor to hover over) Oor McSerials in the left-hand sidebar and then following the trail.

Nae Laughin' Matter

20/3/2017

Today is World Storytelling Day, apparently. So here’s a wee story from us. It’s aboot fitba and it’s by Mister McStoryteller, Brendan Gisby. (We never thought we’d write those two things in the same sentence!)

Enjoy Twa Men Deid. But mind it’s nae laughin’ matter.

Grey Britannia

15/3/2017

It’s Wednesday, McSerial day on McStorytellers and therefore time for the next instalment of our serialisation of Cally Phillips’ enigmatic novel dedicated to the memory of Che Guevara.

This week in Another World is Possible, Roisin is struggling to be like Che, while also coping with constant work and family demands in drab, grey mid-1990’s London. She needs to get away from it all. Read the full story in Episode Eleven.

And remember, you can catch up with all the earlier episodes simply by tapping (or using your cursor to hover over) Oor McSerials in the left-hand sidebar and then following the trail.

Pomsky Beat IV

9/3/2017

Musselburgh poet and writer Roger McKillop returns to McStorytellers today with an update on the life of that lovable Pomsky pup called Candy.

Enjoy Candy’s New House. She does!

Love Child

8/3/2017

It’s Wednesday, McSerial day on McStorytellers and therefore time for the next instalment of our serialisation of Cally Phillips’ enigmatic novel dedicated to the memory of Che Guevara.

This week in Another World is Possible, a drug-addled Mary finally reveals the truth about the father of her daughter. Is Roisin really the love child of Mary and Commandante Ernesto Guevara? Find out in Episode Ten.

And remember, you can catch up with all the earlier episodes simply by tapping (or using your cursor to hover over) Oor McSerials in the left-hand sidebar and then following the trail.

Dirty Habit

7/3/2017

Oor man in the North-East, Patrick Hutchison, returns today with the first of what we hope will be many tales from the strange casebook of Dr Festing Makadoork. Written in Patrick’s signature Banffshire Doric, The Tabby Sooker is the story of a man with a habit you do not want to pick up – literally.

Enjoy!

Eff Off

6/3/2017

Oor man in Ayrshire, Angus Shoor Caan, kicks off the McStorytellers week with a cheeky wee memoir. Phonetically speaking recalls the time he was forced to re-learn the alphabet.

Echo November Juliet Oscar Yankee!

Using The Heid

3/3/2017

Oor man in the North-East, Aberdeenshire writer Patrick Hutchison, makes a very welcome return to McStorytellers today with the delightful tale of an unlikely Great War hero. The story is made even more delightful and authentic because it’s written in Patrick’s trademark Banffshire Doric.

Enjoy Bulletbroo!