My entry for the 2016 Pitlochry Festival Theatre Winter Words Festival 'Fearie Tales' competition - unsuccessful, alas, for a second year! My early success (here and here)seems a distant memory - but judge for yourself: ‘So, Reverend Sheila, does the Devil go about like a roaring lion, as the good book says, seeking whom he … Continue reading Not One of the Herd
Tag: Fearie Tales
The Golfer’s Tale
Our clubhouse has to be one of the finest in Scotland, even if our course is not as well-known as some - it’s a bit out of the way, so we’ve never had any of the big tournaments here, which is a pity, because it would look well on television - ‘atmospheric’ is a word … Continue reading The Golfer’s Tale
An Each Uisge (The Water Horse)
written as a "Fearie Tale" for Pitlochry Festival Theatre's Winter Words Festival 2013 (where it was admirably read by Dougal Lee on 2 February (an auspicious date -James Joyce's birthday)) - Looks as if it was fished out of a canal, I say. He doesn’t like that, the man behind the counter, a big fellow … Continue reading An Each Uisge (The Water Horse)
COMPLEAT TROWZER 