Giving You Splendid Historical Fiction in Dark Age Britain

Giving fiction readers of historical fiction a Dark Age tale of Saxons and Romano-Britons fighting for lands in West Britain.

The year is 567 AD. A Celtic king of Dumnonia, in Western Britain, dies. To the east is the migrant kingdom of Gewisse Saxons. They are intent on claiming the Romano-British kingdom for their own.

An invasion takes place with the aim of total conquest. It is an ill-considered plan and the object of the invasion begins to change as the expedition comes up against strong resistance.




    

Giving You Wonderful Reading of War of the Worlds Pastiche!

This adaptation of War of the Worlds brings the reader a different sci-fi perspective as we see the dreadful unfolding of dystopian Britain during the height of the Victorian Empire. A colossal navy becomes useless against the invaders who fall from the sky.

Across southern England come the Martian tripods with one aim. World conquest and human extinction. 

One coastal defence vessel will not yield. 

H.M.S. Thunder Child will make her glorious gesture. 

Join her valiant crew during the days leading up to the dramatic confrontation.

Offering You Dotty the Rat Slayer

We keep chickens and ducks at our house which is rather rural. Our road is the last road in the town. On the other side of the road, the farm fields begin. We see owls, buzzards, hawks, kestrels and stoats. There is a multitude of wildlife and the rats are easy prey for these creatures I've mentioned.

However, because we are close to the fields, some of the vermin like mice do nest in the shed. Our chicken coup is often visited by rats that come from the fields. Our mongrel dog, Dotty, will spend all day in the garden if she knows there are rats and mice. 

About eight months ago we were putting a new floor in the old shed which the chickens use. It is inside their coup. Dotty was nosing around in her usual way when a rat jumped out and hid under a water bucket. My wife put the hose on and flooded the creature out. The second time Dotty pounced like grease lightning and caught the screaming rat. Snarling and chomping, Dotty quickly killed the rat, which we had to prize from her.

Our dog did good and we let her know this. Over the months we've let her wonder freely because she hunts the mice too. She has caught several out by the sheds and greenhouse.

On Sunday my wife, Carole, reported that a new rat had moved into the chicken coup below the shed again. We blocked off all air ports and summoned Dotty, who knew exactly what the problem was. This was today on Tuesday 3rd November 2015. 

As we cordoned the air holes leading into my driving port, we blocked off all but one escape route. Here Carole was poking the hose pipe into the hole that the rat had burrowed. On went the water and Dotty was standing on guard barely able to contain her excitement. Then as the water level rose the rat shot out just passed Carole's leg. She screamed out, but before the rat could even get a few steps away, Dotty pounced - snarling and biting and shaking the rat to death in a few split seconds.

We persuaded her to let go of her dead prize and took a photo. We made a big fuss of Dotty and gave her some ham and biscuits. Dotty is a born ratting dog and she loves hunting them. A very useful helper indeed. 

Giving You a Remake of Missing Retro Doctor Who Episode

Retro Remake of a Missing Doctor Who Episode. Mission to the Unknown stands as a minor story within the single episode as an introduction to: The Dalek Masterplan

The original Doctor Who story of Mission to the Unknown was an introduction episode to the 13 part Dalek story - The Dalek Masterplan with William Hartnell playing the first Doctor. I can remember many parts of the story from my childhood but sadly most of the episodes are now lost from the BBC archives. There are clips from the original Mission to the Unknown, but these only last for a few seconds. I was rather sad about the loss of the early William Hartnell Doctor Who stories and the Patrick Troughton ones too. Every now and then a lost episode is discovered abroad which causes much excitement.

This particular single episode is of strong importance because it was the only episode not to have the Doctor in. It was an introduction teaser to the twelve episodes that would follow and stands as a story on its own. It concerns group of human space marines who land on a remote planet on a spying mission to find out about the Dalek's devious plans.

This is a remake of that very special episode by a group of students and, I have to say, it is very good indeed. Any Doctor Who fan would be pleased by this. It is on YouTube and in this Blog. I hope you enjoy...

Moyra Melons' Great Ear Rings Own the Debate.

This British lady is famous for her collection of different earrings. For me, its the main thing that stands out in all her delightful photos. This tantalising display of wonderful ear bling captures the masculine observer straight away. 

It's the first thing that strikes me and no amount of retro British understatement can mask such a fact. God! I feel so shallow. But can a bloke be balmed by the sight of such gorgeous earrings?

If only every lady was like Moyra Melons - the entire male race would be spoilt for ladies in wonderful earrings.

Notice how subtle Moyra's earrings are, but really; they're screaming 'Hey, look at these.'

She's one of our a fabulous British ladies and I'm sure men in other countries would be envious of the earrings our Brit women wear.

I'm sure feminists all over the world would think I'm shallow for getting excited over this lady's earrings, but they really do flick switches for me, and if that's being male and shallow; I confess I love it. I delight in being so wonderfully shallow.

I think Moyra knows she has nice earrings too because she certainly seems to enjoy finding subtle ways of showing them off.

When I look at her in with those nice earrings; it makes me so pleased I'm a man and can appreciate such things.  Hooray, for Moyra and keep showing those earrings in wonderfully subtle ways of using retro British understatement.

Also, such fine earrings take my mind off of the way our TV news and newspapers present fake news concerning our nation. If we can peddle economic truths and pussyfoot around real issues, omit obvious facts by owning the debate and choosing which things to focus on, we can sleepwalk people into all sorts of controlled beliefs. 

Don't Be Blinded by Economic Truth.