The Great Escape

I struggled from the car to my garden gate, with some shopping bags and various books in my arms, head lowered against the rain. As I tried to locate the front door key on my keyring, a figure brandishing a large stick rose menacingly from behind my garden wall. I jumped, startled, and almost dropped my bags [...]

In the dead of night

12.30am. I’m curled up on the sofa, where I’ve been for somewhere between 7 hours and a year, engrossed in the new Harry Potter book. You still up? The text is from Dirk. Dragged back to reality, I hear voices outside, and when I go to the door I am greeted by Dirk and Fisherboy, [...]

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