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A man becomes increasingly averse to various sounds, with problematic results.

‘Who’s Zin Taylor? I’ll choose Zin Taylor. Get me Zin Taylor! Get me a Zin Taylor type! Get me a young Zin Taylor! Who’s Zin Taylor?’

A play based on one of my other stories:Danny's worst birthday.

A boy called Danny has a birthday when everything goes wrong.

A husband and a wife each decide to contract a hitman to kill the other - with unexpected results.

Colleagues try to retrieve a typescript after its author suffers a stroke - with unexpected results.

Talents show up when they’re needed… ‘Best Approach to Kiama’ painting by Carole Massey

An elderly man's relationship with his old leather belt takes a strange turn

Sports poem about being picked last,,,surprise ending,,hut hut hike.

Cultural differences - the way we speak.

An entertaining kid's poem that promotes kids doing things for themselves.

Kid's poem that shows you can't steal intelligence.

Short parable poem about trust and sharing.

A short and silly poem about funny family situations that come up occasionally.

‘The soldier is the army. No army is better than its soldiers.’ -General George S. Patton Jr.

An ex-pat barber living in Gozo tries to become a living resolution of a famous paradox.