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Nig

The following took place not long after a discussion of Kate Atkinson‘s Case Histories and a character’s naming of her newly acquired cat after a Not Very Nice Racial Epithet. INT. FORTRESS MAMEA – NIGHT The WRITER and his GODDESS sit on the COUCH watching the nightly news. The DOG, a black and tan mongrel, [...]

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New Directions

A few mornings back, The Dog and I had barely started our run when a neighbour’s dog – a mastiff bitch called Charlie – came up to say hello. We stopped – we’re polite social animals, the Dog and I, and sniffs were exchanged – I merely proffered my hand, of course – then we [...]

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