While the staff of the beleaguered and underfunded NHS deserve all the praise that’s going, there’s always the odd exception. Read about a particularly nasty exception in The Cancer Queen.
On McStorytellers on a sunny Summer Solstice, a not-so-sunny tale from Mister McStoryteller himself, Brendan Gisby.
While the staff of the beleaguered and underfunded NHS deserve all the praise that’s going, there’s always the odd exception. Read about a particularly nasty exception in The Cancer Queen.
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In the McStorytellers McSerial slot today, it’s time for the latest instalment of Wick-based writer Kevin Crowe’s gripping debut novel, Behind Bars.
Life in Strathdubh goes on for Kathleen, Catriona and Brendan. But dark clouds are forming in Birmingham, as well as closer to home. A storm is coming. Read the full story now in Chapters Twenty-Two & Twenty-Three. Then get yourself back here in a fortnight’s time for the next instalment. And remember, if you’ve missed any of the earlier instalments, you can catch up with them by tapping (or using your cursor to hover over) Oor McSerials in the left-hand sidebar and then following the trail. Musselburgh rhymester Roger McKillop has his dander up again. He has things to say about Scottish independence and some harsh words for a certain quisling family, all of which he has expressed in this new trio of poems called Triumpherant. Help ma Boab, it’ll be The Bruce and Comyn all over again! A Dumfries Declaration?
The Bruce, lang syne, in grey Dumfries, Pit paid tae Comyn’s treason, Wi’ “Hope ower Fear” insteed o’ blades, Fir it’s Fluffy’s, noo in season! Wi’ joy an’ humour, let us march, This quislin’ tae disgrace, Wi’ Scotland’s gauntlet thrown doon, Tae meet us face tae face! Bit we need nae alter, stained wi’ blood, Tae set oor Nation free, Jist the combined courage o’ oor folk, Fir aw’ the Warld tae see! When thralldom’s chains, at last are broke, Dumfries, again , hae seen the first stroke! Steppin’ Staines Gin ye want tae croass a river, Ye maun yaise each steppin’ staine, Yin step followed by anithir, Till the faur bank ye can gain! Some Staines micht slide or shoogle, Ithirs covers wi’ slime an’ weed, Gae balanced an’ shair fitted, Oor destination’s whaur they lead! Oor very unity o’ purpose, Is tae set oor Nation free, Then whit course, we steer, there-efter? We maun need tae wait an’ see! Wi’ Scot’s courage, flare an’ brain, Thon course, will be oor ain! Oliver McFluffy Yer jist a chip aff the auld bloack, Or maybe a crumb aff the beard, Ye certainly echo yer faithir, By talkin’ keich, it’s feared! Oor Merch, “Insulted Dumfries, An’ wis agin democracy?” Tae deny Scottish sovereignty, Is sleekit, Tory, hipocracy! Oo merched wi’ hope an’ joy, Oo were open an’ inclusive, Smiled at oor, few, detractors, Nae maitter hoo abusive! Fir Indy 2, yer bile an’ spite, Gangs tae whet oor appetite! In the McStorytellers McSerial slot today, it’s time for the latest instalment of Wick-based writer Kevin Crowe’s gripping debut novel, Behind Bars.
For Catriona’s benefit, her father narrates a thirty-year-old tale of forbidden love. Read the full story now in Chapter Twenty-One. Then get yourself back here in a fortnight’s time for the next instalment. And remember, if you’ve missed any of the earlier instalments, you can catch up with them by tapping (or using your cursor to hover over) Oor McSerials in the left-hand sidebar and then following the trail. If you’re still experiencing those summer thunderstorms, here comes Stewarton-based writer Matthew Richardson to brighten up your Sunday with a large daud of wry Scots humour. In Matthew’s words, “A snooty driver. A passenger with a chip on his shoulder. An enforced car share aboard a lurching ferry. What can go wrong?”
What indeed. Find out in Boarding. Lossiemouth-based writer Marc Innis returns to McStorytellers today with some bittersweet memories of growing up in Elgin in the Eighties.
Enjoy No Ball Games. In the McStorytellers McSerial slot today, it’s time for the latest instalment of Wick-based writer Kevin Crowe’s gripping debut novel, Behind Bars.
It’s all happening in our trio’s new Highland retreat. Brendan continues with a dangerous liaison, Kathleen makes a strange friend and Catriona spills the beans. Read the full story now in Chapters Nineteen & Twenty. Then get yourself back here in a fortnight’s time for the next instalment. And remember, if you’ve missed any of the earlier instalments, you can catch up with them by tapping (or using your cursor to hover over) Oor McSerials in the left-hand sidebar and then following the trail. On McStorytellers today, another powerful and thought-provoking piece from the pen of Edinburgh-born writer and poet Kenny Wilson.
The story of a dying man’s inner child is told through prose and poetry in The Wasted and The Redemption. Read and ponder. Dublin-based Californian writer Anastasia Arellano makes her McStorytellers debut today with a tale all the way from steamy Los Angeles. So forget about that fairy tale wedding for a wee while and immerse yourself instead in a different kind of love story.
Enjoy What Sounds Like Silence. Livingston-born writer Susi J Smith returns to McStorytellers today to give us a Friday afternoon chuckle. When you go to the Doctor’s surgery from Hell with the stomach bug from Hell, it’s odds-on that here be dragons.
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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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