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....
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,...
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...
We’ve been having a bit of fun this week, over on the Urbane Twitter feed, picking different leads to star in films (it’s fun for us, we don’t get out much). The rules are simple: pick your favourite Urbane Publications book, say who you’d like to see play the lead...
