Otherwise known as Doctor Who and the Space Tories… I wrote this during lockdown, when my frustration with the government and it’s Hard Right, Brexiter agenda boiled over. Who better than the Third Doctor, to bring down a corrupt, xenophobic regime? PART...
This story first appeared in 2015’s unofficial, unauthorised, charity short story collection, ‘Temporal Logbook’ from Pencil Tip Publications. A laboured groan overpowered the freezing air, as though the night itself was struggling for breath. Away,...
I’m not going to lie, a few weeks back, I had not the slightest inkling of the emotional sucker-punch I would soon be reeling from, nor that it would be delivered by the medium of animation. How the hell could a 30-something minute cartoon leave me hollowed out and in...
The story below was written by Paul Burns, and was featured in Temporal Logbook III: Changed Lives. It is reproduced here with Paul’s kind permission. This is a poignant, intensely relevant tale which was an honour to edit and include in our charity collection....
Never meet your heroes, so the saying goes, lest they be found to have feet of clay. While I can’t comment on his feet, I am delighted that said warning does not extend to one of my own personal heroes: actor, musician and author Hugh Fraser. Growing up back in the...
