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How Brief? Or, if you are pressed for time, there are two very - no, really: very - short stories available by clicking the How Brief button ...

Outsmarting Humans If you have far more time than you know what to do with, commit to some of my collections of stories about Turkeys, Hamsters, Vikings, and other things. Click the Outsmarting Humans button ...

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Published ones? No problem! (Click on the covers to read the stories)
	A Chronicle of the World, 1840-93 A group of emigrants is abandoned a thousand miles from anywhere. The world falls apart in their absence. It was primarily the war of attrition between Paraguay and Manchuria which kept the exiles in their isolation - that, and cabbage . Published in: Writing Wrongs (Canongate) Edinburgh 2002.
	Dr Calvin's Grand Illuminated Bestial Pleasure Dome At Rivière du Loup, Jespersen had seen half of the season's profits eaten up in a night of mayhem, when a group of French lumberjacks made off with all the scenery used as a backdrop for the crowning act of his show - "The Monstrous Miasma of the Mozambican Jungle." What they had done with the scenery was anyone's guess, but doubtless it now formed an interesting talking-point deep in the forests of the Shickshock Mountains. To compensate, a contract to entertain the New Yorkers in winter is offered - but there is a rival establishment to beat. A short-cut via the new Chignecto Marine Transport Railway, however, goes badly wrong. Published in: Unfit for Eden (Postscripts 26/27) Hornsea 2012.
	The Providential Preservation of the Universal Bibliographical Repository An early attempt at the Internet? At the start of the First World War, Dr Otlet seeks to send his entire collection of Human Knowledge to a safe spot. His assistant Mademoiselle Poels embarks on a train-journey into France and, despite the unfortunate loss to the Front of her simple-minded travelling-companion and general dogsbody, meets - she imagines - with great success. History was to prove otherwise. Published in: Memoryville Blues (Postscripts 30/31) Hornsea 2013.
	One Hundred Thousand Demons and the Cherub of Desire An old mystery solved, perhaps! The three keepers of the lighthouse upon Flannan Isles board a strange vessel and meet with an interesting voyager. She had plans for all three men, and would not hear a denial. Published in: Far Voyager (Postscripts 32/33) Hornsea 2014.

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A moment only of your time...? Here are two very short, short stories.

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Other collections

• Hamsters - Hamsters Have...tremendous technological advantages over humans, and an enormous appetite. These two great attributes propel them into mighty adventures.
• Turckyz - The turkeys have taken over the farm as part of the long-term strategy of the Permanent Fowl Revolution. Follow the chronicles of their lead historian, who has learned how to spell...
• Vikings - The Vikings, in the shape of the Lewis chess-pieces, have emerged into the 21st century, looking for loot, battles and pizza. Follow their adventures in coping with Covid and exploiting Social Media...
• Two collections my other stories are available in book form on a certain online shopping behemoth. Here, for the younger reader (or listener) ... and here, for the more sophisticated clientele ...