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Torquemada and the Torturous Literary Puzzle

Latest blog post at Litro.co.uk… It might be a sign of the digital times, or an indicator of economic gloom, but working in a second hand bookshop can be slow. We have many techniques for passing the hours: Theatre-Direction Bingo (works especially well on a Saturday night in the West End), Weirdest Book Title competitions [...]

How To Write A Letter

“All flourishes and twirls should be rigidly avoided; they are vulgar and pointless” is the sound advice which kicks off How Shall I Word It?, a letter writer for men and women on domestic and business subjects published in 1943. There’s a letter for every situation that might crop up in modern life, starting with [...]

Dervish Flash Fiction

Dervishes are followers of the mystical Sufi tradition in Islam. Their traditional stories are meant to help Sufi practitioners understand mystical concepts. They’re flash fictions, short and to the point. My favourite is about Jesus, who is a prophet in Islamic tradition. Jesus is hanging around in the desert with some guys, and they ask [...]

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