Enjoy the story. And while you’re at it, please remember that Jack also has a book he’d like to interest you in. Called Lily Poole, the book is described as a ground-breaking blend of ghost story, murder mystery and Scottish social drama. You can read a synopsis and an excerpt at this link: http://unbound.co.uk/books/lily-poole. And, if you like what you read, you might be inclined to make a pledge towards the book’s publication. Jack would be eternally grateful for any support.
Here for your midweek entertainment is one of those wee West Coast family dramas that could only have been penned by Dalmuir writer and regular McStoryteller Jack O’Donnell. Every Day Free is mad and bad and dangerous. And it’s what McStorytellers is all about.
Enjoy the story. And while you’re at it, please remember that Jack also has a book he’d like to interest you in. Called Lily Poole, the book is described as a ground-breaking blend of ghost story, murder mystery and Scottish social drama. You can read a synopsis and an excerpt at this link: http://unbound.co.uk/books/lily-poole. And, if you like what you read, you might be inclined to make a pledge towards the book’s publication. Jack would be eternally grateful for any support.
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Hot on the heels of yesterday’s announcement of our 4th birthday, we’re delighted today to publish our 500th short story.
Dealing with the Scottish Independence Referendum and its aftermath, the story couldn’t be more fitting. It has been penned by Dundee-born writer Kirsty Eccles. Not one to shy from controversy, Kirsty sets out in Hope Over Fear a very personal account of those recent events. It could be described as her eulogy to the Referendum; it might even be her lament to the demise of a nation. You may empathise with Kirsty’s views. Or you may strongly oppose them. Either way, as ever on McStorytellers, it’s the writing that matters. So please enjoy this story and all the 499 that have preceded it! We’re delighted to be celebrating our 4th birthday today. On this day four years ago, we published our very first short story. Nearly 500 stories later, we’re still going strong, with the site clocking up in excess of 15,000 page views each month.
During the four years, some 70 authors (or McStorytellers), representing a wealth of Scottish writing talent, have contributed more than 800,000 words to the site in work that is predominantly edgy, often irreverent and, above all, distinctly Scots. We’ve also developed as a book publisher in our own right. In addition to three anthologies of our short stories, we’ve published paperback and Kindle versions of over 30 books on behalf of regular McStorytellers. And there are more publications in the pipeline. By a very happy coincidence, we’ll shortly be presenting our 500th short story. It comes from the pen of the ever-controversial Dundee-born writer Kirsty Eccles. And it’s a cracker! So please watch this space. Meantime, it’s a muckle McThank You from McStorytellers to all our contributors and all our readers. Meantime, too, here’s another chance to read the story that kicked it all off four years ago. It’s called Ping Time. It’s written by Mister McStoryteller himself, Brendan Gisby. And it depicts a real-life office megalomaniac, who, Brendan says, is alive and kicking today in the good city of Glasgow, where he masquerades as a business guru. Enjoy! Here to start the week is a poignant, beautifully written story by McStorytellers regular, Dalmuir-born Alasdair McPherson. Called Mackerel Kippers, it’s the tale of how one couple copes with family crises.
Enjoy! We’re delighted tonight to present a brace of cracking new stories by Barcelona-based Glaswegian John McGroarty.
In Queen Victoria, a tabloid talk show hostess turns out to have a dirty secret of her own. While in The Favour, hilarity ensues when a Scotsman suspects he has been lied to by a salesman. Enjoy! Here's a wee midweek smile from the pen of Mister McStoryteller Brendan Gisby. In Goaded By Nuns, a new friendship is struck thanks to some aggressive counselling. As ever, based on a real encounter.
Enjoy! Here today is a delightful wee memoir from the pen of our favourite American McStoryteller, Albany-born Michael C. Keith.
The Night We Slept On the Mall conveys perfectly a child’s-eye view of the world in all its innocence and optimism. Enjoy! Wall Street it ain’t. But over the years Newcastle’s Bigg Market has been the scene of many an important business decision. Or so the latest story by our very own Brendan Gisby would have it. Brendan says the story is true, with only the names having been changed to protect the guilty. With apologies to William Wordsworth, he’s called the piece A Host of Golden Geordie Lasses.
Coming next – another poignant Michael C. Keith memoir. |
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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