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Who is Stronger?

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.

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

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

‘Getting to know you, getting to know all about you…’ - Rodgers and Hammerstein

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.

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

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

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

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

‘Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist.’ – Guy de Maupassant

An elderly and infirm rich man's wife joins her lover in Paris - with unforeseen results

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

Cultural differences - the way we speak.

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.

Kids story about old school families.

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