 Oor man in Macduff, Patrick Hutchison, returns to McStorytellers today to cheer up a dreich Monday with another tale, penned in his trademark Banffshire Doric, from the strange casebook of Doctor Festing Makadoork,
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 Oor man in Macduff, Patrick Hutchison, returns to McStorytellers today with another ghoulish tale set in nineteenth century North-East Scotland.
Beware the men in lum hats who come in the dark of night. They are The Burkers. They are after your body!  Here now for all you loons and quines is the second in this week’s double-bill of superb new stories by oor man in Macduff, Patrick Hutchison.
The Three Cannels is a poignant tale of good versus evil set on Patrick’s beloved Banffshire coast. Enjoy!  Oor man in Macduff, Patrick Hutchison, returns to McStorytellers this week with two superb new stories set in his beloved North-East.
And here today is the first of them, a gritty tale of crime and revenge. The dealers and jakeys think they run the town. Until they cross a line. Until the Double Tap Murderer steps out of the shadows. Enjoy Catty.  Oor man in Macduff, Patrick Hutchison, treats us today to another helping of the black humour of the North-East.
Written in Patrick’s trademark Banffshire Doric, Bob the Dog fae the Bog is an endearing tale of madness and salvation. Enjoy!  Oor man in Macduff, Patrick Hutchison, returns to McStorytellers today with a dollop of that famous Banffshire black humour. In This Is My Dying Day, a wounded soldier in the midst of the horrors of a First World War battlefield can still see the funny side of his predicament.
Enjoy!  Last summer, an unassuming loon from Macduff by the name of Pat Hutchison made his McStorytellers debut with a spooky tale entitled The Seven Coins o Kinnedart. Since then, Pat has had another five stories published on the site. While one was similarly spooky, one was heart-breaking and the others were imbued with that bone-dry humour of the North-East of Scotland, uniquely all six stories were written in what Pat calls the Banffshire Doric – and were all the more enjoyable for that.
After reading the first couple of those stories, fellow-McStoryteller Cally Phillips, who runs the Turriff-based Deveron Press, recognised Pat’s obvious storytelling talent (as we did) and quickly got in touch with him. We’re delighted to announce today that the outcome of Cally’s contact is the publication of a collection of twenty-six of Pat’s short stories, all penned in his beloved native Doric. Sanners Gow’s Tales and Folklore of the Buchan will be launched in May, but pre-publication signed copies can be ordered now from the unco online bookstore for delivery by 20th April. This book deserves a place on the bookshelf alongside the cream of North-East Scottish writers. McStorytellers. Proud to give the wee folk a voice.  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!  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!  In the run-up to Remembrance Day, we’re honoured this week to bring you two wonderfully written war-related stories. You can read the first one today. Angels Ten is the spooky tale of a forgotten World War II flying jacket. And it has been penned by Aberdeenshire writer and blogger Patrick Hutchison in his trademark Banffshire Doric.
Enjoy – and watch out later this week for Perth-born writer Bill Robertson’s poignant reminder of the so-called war to end all wars. |
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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