by cmadmin | Jan 8, 2023 | Blog, Sketches
Can a third-generation Bertie Wooster get out of his impending marriage to Penny Dreadful? Only Jeeves, great-great-nephew of the original famous Jeeves, can save the day THERE WAS NO TIME TO LOSE. “Jeeves!” I called out. “Jeeves!” “Sir?” He was in the front sitting...
by cmadmin | Dec 17, 2021 | Blog, Sketches
The literary spirit in a writers’ retreat can move people in strange ways MARIUS pushed himself up from his desk and sighed. Maybe another cup of coffee would help. He’d already had seven today, and it was only 11.30, but didn’t writers do everything to excess?...
by cmadmin | Jun 2, 2016 | Sketches
CHAZ bounded out of school and towards the bus stop. Like it knew it was a special day, the bus pulled up immediately, and Chaz got on, chose a window seat at the back and pulled out his smartphone and started tweeting. “Birthday: so far so brilliant. On way home for...
by cmadmin | Mar 9, 2016 | Sketches
AFTER a few minutes of pretending to admire the paintings on the wall of the HR reception office, Mark went back to the front desk. “So,” he said. “I’m sure it will only be a moment,” said Cynthia, without looking away from her computer screen. “I really like your...
by cmadmin | Dec 8, 2015 | Blog, Sketches
“NAME?” “Dennis. Dennis Mobray.” “Age?” “Six.” The woman at the desk looked up at him over her glasses. “OK. Slightly bolshy sense of humour. I’ll make a note of that in the character profile. A lot of people don’t like that. But some families do, actually.” She...
by cmadmin | Sep 8, 2015 | Blog, Sketches
“OH GOD,” cried the man on the park bench, and buried his face in his hands. “God, what am I doing here? What’s the point? What does it all mean?” The pinstripe-suited woman on the other side of the bench glanced at him out of the corner of her eye. Then she...