

Adam and Eva - continuing my yarn for a sluggish train (Part Four: ‘The Pendle Witch Test’)
When his wife, Mandy, proposed that Adam should take her to the notorious Pendle Hill in Lancashire, a crafty idea popped into Adam’s...


An author's shame
The author’s head might be stuck inside a bubble of creative riches, yet the harsh fact is that very few of us make anywhere near the...


Adam and Eva – continuing my yarn for a sluggish train (Part Three: ‘Unconscious Uncoupling’)
It began with a simple dream. It ended with a barrage of them. Like his beloved goldfish, Adam longed for freedom. It was obvious that...


Adam and Eva – continuing my yarn for a sluggish train (Part Two: ‘Meet Mandy’)
Amanda or ‘Mandy’ is married to Adam. She’s a fifty-something headmistress at a private school for boys and she personally takes charge...


Adam and Eva - a yarn for a sluggish train (Part One: ‘Meet Adam’)
Seemingly, Adam is an ordinary man living in an ordinary northern town. He is a forty-something Civil Servant, drives a blue Ford Fiesta,...


Joined Independent Author Network
I am delighted to have been accepted to join IAN and my profile page is now up and running http://www.independentauthornetwork.com/martyn...


DVT in a northern town
Deep Vein Thrombosis can affect anyone anywhere. DVT occurs when a blood clot forms in one of the deep veins of your body, usually in...


Butterfly
I wear stockings. It’s not a fashion choice, you understand, or a forced kinky feminisation programme by a manic girlfriend, although six...


Chrysalis
No one has devoured me. Time has gone by and I’m still here, on the bookshelf, staring whimsically outwards at the passing world. I...


The Awakening
I am a literary grub. Not a bloated, grotesque white beastie that looks like it will pop, no, I’m more like a naive furry one that is...