Into Slumber
A collection of short stories, satirical pieces and anecdotes, ranging from the dryly humorous to the somewhat serious; from fairly light to very dark; from the rather touching to the deeply distasteful. Whatever your literary leanings, you may be assured that there will be something in here to offend you.
To learn more about the inspiration behind these unexpectedly erudite pieces, visit the About the Author page.
Slip into this selection of sagacious short stories, sophisticated satires, sardonic soliloquies and other, less alliterative tales of unease, romance, fantasy, wistful longings, elusive dreams, and bittersweet memories.
- They Say These Woods Are Haunted [Satire] [Human Nature] A curious – some would say incredible – account of how a world fell into barbarism as a result of poor dietary decisions.
- Regal Splendour [Satire] [Memoir] A moving description of what it was like to own and drive that most remarkable of vehicles, the Reliant Regal.
- Earnest Whisper [Short Story] [Wistful] The tale of a young man, an orphan, who knows nothing of either his father or his mother, and how he learns of his strange origins.
- Family Matters [Short Story] [Supernatural] A woman returns to her childhood home after the death of her father, but while going through his papers she finds something rather disturbing.
- White Ribbon [Painting] [Erotic] Back in 2007, a friend wrote a vignette that captivated me. Years later, I captured that scene in a painting. Here is the story of how it happened.
- Lying and Laying [Satire] How a well-known company tests the grammatical skills of its employees, and the surprisingly stringent measures that are taken against those who fail.
- Sport Utility Vehicle [Satire] [Dark] Do Americans treat their cars as they do their women, or vice versa, or both, or neither? A chance discovery revealed the shocking truth to me.