L M describes the story as “gently comic, possibly mildly satirical and most of all a response to recent days”. We agree.
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The Scottish Independence Referendum has provoked extreme views from both YES and NO camps. But is it possible to see the two sides of the argument? Simultaneously? And remain aloof? Find out in The View From The Border, the debut McStorytellers contribution from Edinburgh-based writer L M Blackburn.
L M describes the story as “gently comic, possibly mildly satirical and most of all a response to recent days”. We agree. Enjoy!
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We’re delighted today to present a triptych of shorts by up-and-coming writing talent and regular McStoryteller, Dunfermline-born and Orkney-raised Andrew Velzian.
In Last Call, God wants to get away in a taxi. The problem is he’s bevvied and dials the wrong number. The theme of escape is continued in Even The Pool Was Poor, in which the narrator makes a sharp exit after being soundly beaten at a peasant’s game by Dostoevsky. And in the wonderfully titled Papillon’s Coconuts Carry Cars And Dreams, there’s the author’s own bitter-sweet memory of wanting to escape his island home after school is finished. We’re also delighted to announce that Andrew has recently been accepted by Liverpool John Moores University to study for a degree in creative writing. He says it’s all down to the encouragement he has received from McStorytellers, but we’re far too modest to agree to that! Enjoy the stories and watch out next for a highly unusual perspective on the Scottish Independence Referendum from the satirical pen of L M Blackburn. In the run-up to the Referendum, here’s the second of our duo of tales depicting post-independence landscapes.
It’s called By hand or by brain. It’s an alternate dystopian story set in a future Edinburgh that’s been badly bombed by invading Norwegians. And it’s written by Edinburgh-based writer and McStorytellers newcomer Ruth Aylett. Ruth stresses that it’s not a prediction! Enjoy! While the focus of the nation is on Scotland’s fast-approaching Referendum, McStorytellers presents the first of two tales depicting post-independence landscapes, one real and the other dystopian.
Today, in the real world, Eire’s troubled road to independence and it’s tendency to forget the past struggle are examined in Irish Riddles, the latest piece from Mister McStoryteller, Brendan Gisby. Tomorrow, in a brilliant futuristic story by Ruth Aylett, an independent Scotland is at war with Norway over oil. Don’t miss it! Edinburgh writer Greg Michaelson makes a welcome return to McStorytellers today with Hollow Murder, a juicy police procedural that links Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus with a poison-riddled corpse.
Enjoy! Let’s hit the Mother Road today with our favourite American McStoryteller, Albany-born Michael C. Keith. Feel the heat and choke on the dust in his latest highly atmospheric tale, Doing a 360 on Route 66.
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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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