About the Writing

The Style: Plain and simple

Years ago, reading and writing, I realized what prose could do when you stripped away the descriptive upholstery. I realized that dialogue doesn't need three adverbs and an explanation of the wallpaper to break your heart or make you laugh out loud on the bus.

The catch, of course, is that I'm English. Born and raised in the English Midlands. I don't have the vernacular of the North, or the South. I'm just English.

And English life does have its own peculiar rhythm: the unsaid things, the apologetic coughs, the silent standoffs over wheelie bins, the tea rituals, and the deadpan exchanges across Formica tables and rainy train platforms. That's what I write here.

What You'll Find Here

The dispatches split into two main strands:

• Fictional Short Stories: Snappy, character-driven pieces told almost entirely through dialogue. People arguing over ordinary life, but then I drop into horror, Sci-Fi, or gritty mysteries.
• Observational Columns: Deadpan dispatches on everyday English social contracts—commuter etiquette, supermarket queues, weather complaints, and the strange rules of suburban cul-de-sacs.

Posting by the Clock

You'll notice that each dispatch carries a precise time stamp alongside the date. That's intentional. When an observation lands on a Tuesday morning commute, it goes up then. When a story wraps up late on Sunday night while the kettle boils, it gets posted then. Life doesn't arrive in tidy daily batches; neither does writing.

Why an RSS Feed?

This site is deliberately simple:

• No tracking cookies.
• No pop-up newsletter subscriptions.
• No sponsored posts or algorithm-chasing.

If you want to read what I write, grab the RSS feed. Paste it into NetNewsWire, Feedly, Reeder, or whatever you use to read in peace. Every new dispatch will arrive as clean, unvarnished text.