Tough Guy, Rough Town

September 4, 2019

It was a rough town. Hot and dusty, where unshaven men showed off sweaty armpits as a mark of machismo. …

Wednesday Potpourri: Not the Postman

August 28, 2019

At the mortuary. Mortician reads the label tied to the cadaver’s toe. Mortician: Wiltshire. Isn’t that five miles hence? Assistant: …

April 23, 2019

Pilot: Clipper 724 Heavy to Kennedy. Did you say it’s a clear blue sky? Tower: Kennedy Clipper 724 Heavy. Affirmative. …

April 16, 2019

‘God damn! We should never have trusted the Pakis,’ said the senator, a powerful man, a member of the Senate …

April 9, 2019

I’ve something to lend you but will take it back anytime I wish. Do you want it? It depends on …

April 2, 2019

It was Clive’s first solo flight in a long while. The check-out pilot said he was “good to go”. The …

March 26, 2019

Esther rang the bell again but received no response. Strange, as Magdalene was a homebody and at two in the …

March 19, 2019

Motorists annoyed Jay Walker no end. They almost ran over him twice and both times at a pedestrian crossing when …

March 11, 2019

March 4, 2019

The police retrieved a torn shoe with a severed toe in it. There was nothing else left. The crows and …