Oral History Project Name: Memories of Life and Work in Central Scotland Interview Status: Restricted Name of Interviewee: Murdoch [Redacted]...
I sit beside a window. Beyond it, I see trees with leaves of all colours imaginable – greens and yellows...
You need to pick up a few things, she told James. I am too tired, he said. Can’t it wait...
The first and only time Lucien roasted a whole pig he had cranked the spit for hours. The pig barn...
Rhona started leaving nearly every night after Aonghas was asleep, like she had the night The Silence had begun. There...
What comes up from underground? The youngsters would ask when starting their long journey to the ritual grounds. Their hooved...
“Bloom where you are planted.” So said the sign that hung over Ryan Berg’s stove. The rectangular wooden plaque was...
Wee Agnes squeezed into an empty seat near the front and her glasses steamed up. The stale scent of the...
Conleth Ferris tossed a cigarette end to the yard. He coughed, then swallowed the phlegm, imagined the inside of his...
An abridged version of “Fifty-Pence for the Meter” was broadcasted on BBC Radio 4 as part of their Short Works...
Someone, or something, was stealing Jopson’s apple-blossom. Three small apple trees in pots stood on his front path. A supermarket...
This is the beginning two chapters of Beth Kephart’s novel CLOUD HOPPER, which follows three good friends and two immigrant...