The Bells of Heaven (Three).
[Preface. ONE. TWO.] “We will drink several toasts this evening,” Vasileios began. “But firstly just one to practice, one to …
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The Bells of Heaven (Two).
[Preface & ONE.] The next settlement was indeed probably just a village, one of those where most of the houses …
At the Top of the Staircase.
She, the mistress, stood aghast at the top of the staircase. The footsteps coming up from it seemed to be …
Book Review: The Boy in the Bush by D.H. Lawrence.
“He stepped ashore, looking like a lamb…” When Jack Grant walks into D. H. Lawrence’s novel The Boy in the …
A Companion to Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles (Part Two).
Why has there never been a Penguin Classics edition of the medieval short-story anthology Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles? The first printing …
Crisis on the Staircase.
There had been an accident late at night in the master’s room. To aid in his recovery from illness, thick …
How Not To Shut Down.
Elena is from Greece and she has that look that all Greeks have of discomfiture and caginess. A people who …
Tycienski Observed.
“Tell me about Tycienski.” My voice came so soft and faraway from the darkness that the night itself might have …
What Can The Matter Be?
There had been a single sunny day, in between the cool days and the gloomy ones, rather like a peal …
A Pentland Artist.
Today I shall write out something that I had witnessed many years ago, here in the Pentland Hills, when I …
Tychy @ the Fringe: Rajesh and Naresh.
We are all packed into the Summerhall’s Old Lab this afternoon, like day-trippers in a charabanc, to see ŠITE Productions’ …
Tychy @ the Fringe: Absolutely Probably Unless.
[The following contains spoilers.] While I am watching TSquared’s “Absolutely Probably Unless,” I realise that I know absolutely nothing about …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Four Woke Baes.
Jonathan Caren’s “Four Woke Baes” is currently showing at the Cowgate Underbelly. It begins by speaking of the Devil. Four …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Devil of Choice.
Maggie Diaz Bofill and Cry Havoc have submitted two plays to this year’s Fringe: “Drawn and Quartered,” with two actors, …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Rust.
At the Assembly Roxy, Kenny Emson‘s new play “Rust” begins with about fifty pillows heaped up in the centre of …
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