A selection of fiction, essays, and reviews, and some reflections on the creative life.

(‘stravaig’, Scots, v.: to wander, roam, daunder, drift…)

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Notes on a Bruise

I rocked from foot to foot in the middle of the Widows of Culloden collection…

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Tartar

In 1988, my second posting in store management for the fashion chain Laura Ashley took me to Edinburgh.

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We leave the game unfinished—tiles hidden, scores untallied—and Dad goes to bed.