Story Time

Flenters Ferreria

There came a day when mutterings began in the congregation. The town was growing and the magnificent old Dutch Reformed church, a replica of a famous London church, was filled...

Flenters Ferreria

There came a day when mutterings began in the congregation. The town was growing and the magnificent old Dutch Reformed church, a replica of a famous London church, was filled...

The Short Career of Michael Jenkinson - Crimina...

I don’t know if many people appreciate how boring success can be.  Particularly when it’s in a field where failure doesn’t carry any risk or stigma. Take a booming criminal...

The Short Career of Michael Jenkinson - Crimina...

I don’t know if many people appreciate how boring success can be.  Particularly when it’s in a field where failure doesn’t carry any risk or stigma. Take a booming criminal...

Fate Decides

In my head I heard Vera Lynn’s voice as I finally managed to prise open the trunk’s rusty lock, “Some letters tied with blue/A photograph or two . . ....

Fate Decides

In my head I heard Vera Lynn’s voice as I finally managed to prise open the trunk’s rusty lock, “Some letters tied with blue/A photograph or two . . ....

Headhunter

“You have to be joking…”   Det Sgt Danster addressed this to the phone beside her alarm clock. The two instruments sat there, smugly colluding in this, a faintly luminous...

Headhunter

“You have to be joking…”   Det Sgt Danster addressed this to the phone beside her alarm clock. The two instruments sat there, smugly colluding in this, a faintly luminous...

Ouma and Miena

Ouma Hattingh was born in Cradock in the nineteenth century, in a different time. Oupa came from Tarkastad, to where his forefathers had trekked from the Cape of Good Hope....

Ouma and Miena

Ouma Hattingh was born in Cradock in the nineteenth century, in a different time. Oupa came from Tarkastad, to where his forefathers had trekked from the Cape of Good Hope....

Musings

Sitting in his old chair, Ben thinks of times long past. And once again he is back there, and re-living those experiences of years gone by. He is back standing...

Musings

Sitting in his old chair, Ben thinks of times long past. And once again he is back there, and re-living those experiences of years gone by. He is back standing...