The Great Game. Kabul 1839, 1979
I was in Kabul in 1979, and had to leave by a flight to Istanbul. But memory is not reliable – hence the ‘faction’ category.
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Like what you see? Picked
A homage to M R James, who had the talent to evoke the uncanny in otherwise ordinary circumstances. And a warning, to not always like what one may see!
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Ralph Monkton Lives! Picked
Banged up a-broad
Fiction- Title is a little play on words here with ‘abroad’. This slang term became common around 1912 and by 1914 “broad” was being used, among other things, to refer to a prostitute, thus a pimp’s “meal ticket”. The idea came from the US allowing passports holder to change gender. It is rought around the edges and will […]
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