A selection of fiction, essays, and reviews, and some reflections on the creative life.
(‘stravaig’, Scots, v.: to wander, roam, daunder, drift…)
Bedlinen Boy
Big Jake and Briggsy wait for Rory under the loading bay overhang behind Littlewoods department store.
Lives Half-Lived
One year later at her mother’s funeral Helen will realize how their decision to call it a day…
The Outlier
We leave the game unfinished—tiles hidden, scores untallied—and Dad goes to bed.
