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During recent weeks, Musselburgh poet Roger McKillop has been entertaining McStorytellers readers with a series of humorous anecdotes drawn from his past life as a sports instructor and lecturer. He concludes the series today on a more serious note as he remembers the Challengin’ Times he faced teaching school refusers.
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Many of us will have experienced those adrenalin-filled moments. Waiting in a public place for that special person to arrive, pulse racing, heart hammering, trying desperately to look calm. Our story today, Table 5, penned by our newest McStoryteller, Hawick-based Sara Clark, captures those moments perfectly in beautifully written prose.
Enjoy the prose. Soak up the atmosphere. It’s McStorytellers McSerial day again. Time to return to Soap Opera Scotland’s Game of Gnomes – Series One with guest writer Rab Christie.
In his quest to modernise the Mother of All Parliaments, the hero of #TeamMacGnome seems to be pressing all the wrong buttons. But is that deliberate? Is it all part of his cunning plan? Find out in Episode Nine. Missed any of the earlier episodes? Don’t fret. You can catch up with them by using your cursor to hover over Oor McSerials in the left-hand sidebar and then following the trail. In the penultimate instalment of his series of anecdotes drawn from his past life as a sports instructor and lecturer, Musselburgh poet Roger McKillop remembers the humorous antics of his ex-colleagues.
Have a laugh with Wee Roge. Enjoy The Staff. A very warm McStorytellers welcome goes to Hawick-based poet and writer Sara Clark, who makes her debut on the site today with the poignant tale of a lost soul.
Enjoy Bag Lady. Pest control. Food for the larder. Or murder of the innocents. If you have the stomach for it, Bo’ness poet and writer Glenn Muir makes a tongue-in-cheek examination of the advantages and disadvantages of Roadkill.
Enjoy! It’s Wednesday. It’s McStorytellers McSerial day. And it’s time for the latest instalment of Soap Opera Scotland’s Game of Gnomes – Series One with guest writer Rab Christie.
The goalposts have changed yet again in Episode Eight. Only the Lonely, the new Leader of the Ineffective Opposition, has declared his opposition to independence for the Northrons. But it’s a game of two halves, and the hero of #TeamMacGnome has a cunning plan… Missed any of the earlier episodes? Don’t fret. You can catch up with them by using your cursor to hover over Oor McSerials in the left-hand sidebar and then following the trail. He has already joined the ranks of the McRenegades. Now Bellshill-born author Robert Cowan makes his McStorytellers debut with some of his trademark West of Scotland humour.
Honour Amongst Thieves is what it says on the tin – a tale of music, drink and larceny. Enjoy! Our resident American McStoryteller, Boston-based author Michael C. Keith, returns today with another poignant memoir of his early life on the road.
In The Duke Beats Up the Bad Guys, it’s evident that even in daytime a movie theatre back in the 1960’s wasn’t a safe place for a young boy on his own. Plus ça change! Here’s some more quintessential McStorytellers fare cooked up by Clydebank author Jack O’Donnell.
Two Tone may be an old pal, but you’ll wish you hadn’t answered the door to him. Enjoy your chips! |
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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