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Hier spricht nicht Edgar Wallace!

My Dad was my superhero. He was a great storyteller although sometimes I wonder if the stories he told us were true or not. You be the judge.

As he swallowed, he felt something sharp in his throat. It must be a fish bone. He coughed but it wouldn't move.

‘Two drifters…off to see the world…’– Johnny Mercer ‘Moon River’

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

A man is woken by screams

‘One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.’ - André Gide

‘A prophet or an achiever must never mind an occasional absurdity, it is an occupational risk.’ - Oswald Mosley

‘…a train seemed just right. It's exciting! It takes you to new places…’ - Robert Mitchum in ‘Holiday Affair’; screenplay by Don Hartman.

My window is stupidly narrow. Whenever I smoked and couldn’t muster the twenty seconds it takes to clear my ashtray, the wind would spurt through; like an arrow through the arrowslit...

‘A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.’ – G.K. Chesterton

Denis Burbank, a US geologist, visits the Uyuni salt flats and gets more than he bargained for.

‘National pride is to countries what self-respect is to individuals: a necessary condition for self-improvement.’ — Richard Rorty

He only took his eyes off his dog for a moment, and then Jip was gone.

‘Everything you are comes from your choices.’ — Jeff Bezos

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

‘The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.’ ― Eleanor Roosevelt