From The Cutting Room Of Barney Kettle (2015) - Plot & Excerpts
It was quite a long face when you considered it through a camera lens, and made a little longer still by a newish beard. Albert grew a beard whenever he lost a chess game. On January 23 he had been beaten by The Unpublished Poet, an upset that had taken the entire Street, especially the victor, by surprise. The Unpublished Poet had since become quite a lot friendlier. Albert sat behind the counter at Comic Strip, his hands clasped behind his head, relating how he’d chucked in his plumbing business ten years ago and opened a comic shop. ‘I loved plumbing; don’t get me wrong. And everyone loves the plumber! Naturally. Plumbers get you, literally, out of the – you’ll excuse the demotic – ess aitch eye tee,’ said Albert. He made quote marks with his fingers. ‘But the comics got me in the end.’ Albert sounded extremely cheerful about this fate. Barney sat in front of the counter, the camera to his right, perched on the tripod.
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