AUDIO: Barbara Gets Shelved

Hi One and All,

This post is us – Van1 and CTC – narrating one of our collaborative works: Barbara Gets Shelved.
There is no visual component, though we have since figured out how to do that so for any forthcoming audios of our works we can add images.
Let us know your thoughts as to whether you’d like to have us narrate any more of our stories, and which ones.
Or perhaps you’d like to send through some questions we could answer, or perhaps interview each other with. Read More …

We’re Sorry

Hi All, Well, what a ride its been of late. Van1 is toiling away in Papua New Guinea, dealing with heat, humidity, and mosquitos. Not to mention, working his butt off! Me, I’m fighting off cyber bots who hacked our blog and posted articles. I guess we all know which brothels to visit in Prague Read More …

Sophie’s Dilemmas

The look my husband, Dave, gave me as I
walked through the garage battered into the confidence and determination I’d felt mere seconds before.

I’d been loaded for bear and fully prepared for a strenuous confrontation before that look. Now I was back to confusion and self-reflection. All due to that expression on his handsome, familiar face. Read More …

The Seven Deadly Sins: Rage

Dave always keeps his promises. He drove home from work slowly, pondering the sad state of his marriage. Things were bad enough that a normal man would have requested a divorce long ago. But Dave wasn’t a normal man. Read More …

Another Prisoner At The Bar

THE SCENE: A COURTROOM IS SET UP to make the inhabitant of the dock feel isolated and intimidated. Its positioning made somewhat of a lie of the legal concept of innocent until proven guilty. It is set as far from anyone else in the room as the space permits. In particular, it’s a long way from where its occupant’s defence counsel, sometimes their only friendly face, inhabits. It is positioned at the foot of the raised platform where the stern looking judge sits, looking down at them. Read More …