A love story, in which all the events, people and places are taken from the contents of the "The Times" of 1st November, 1993.'It's the last day of the holidays and Spencer Kelly (12) wants to hold Hazel Burns (12) by the hand. This is the meaning of life. He wants to sit beside her on a sand dun...
There seems to be an obvious reason I was unable to find a stocked copy of this book anywhere in Australia, (Seriously, I had to buy a 2nd hand copy from Ebay!).Like a packet of cigarettes, it probably could do with a super sized warning across the front:**EX-SMOKERS BEWARE**Reading this book and...
‘Are you alright? Come downstairs.’ ‘Later.’ I hadn’t unpacked either of my cases. I’d thrown the bean-bag into the corner, but only to clear a space and not to position it. I stayed absolutely still, lying on my bed and hardly breathing until she went away. Of course I wasn’t alright. &nbs...
4. Isaiah brings the news to Bethany in person, not the parable of Lazarus, but something stranger still. It sounds absurd, and Isaiah doesn’t expect anyone to believe it, but in Galilee Jesus has supposedly fed five thousand people with some bread and a couple of fish. &n...
First, find the body. Male, early thirties, bearded. Distinguishing features: extensive trauma injury, severe to hands and feet. Decomposition consistent with springtime conditions in an arid territory. So follow the smell of a four-day-old death, the black fruit stench of human decay. The corpse...