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Binns Road, Liverpool February 14 12:00pm                                                                                  Dot Dot stares at him as he reaches out to grab her arm with the obvious intention of dragging her back to that stinking room. As his hand closes over her arm, she can feel tears gathering. Is this really going to be the result of all herContinue reading “Chapter Fifty-One”

The Star Agency, St Helens February 14  9:00am Keith I rang Cregeen’s office yesterday and spoke to a secretary saying that I had heard from him yesterday asking me to make a date for a talk. There was almost a silence in the background for a while and I listened carefully thinking that perhaps theContinue reading “Chapter Fifty”

Forty-Nine Binns Road, Liverpool February 14 9:00 am Dot Mr Trilby was really early coming to my cell this morning. I was half asleep on the mattress when the door burst open and he almost ran to the table with some food, water and coffee. Then, without even looking at me, he rushed out, lockingContinue reading “Chapter Forty-Nine”

A Walk on the Wilder Side Admiral Street Police Station February 14 09:30 PC Jeff Hardman arrives at the station to start his shift and there appears to be a flap on. All leave has been cancelled and he is to report to the briefing room at 10.00am. There is time for a coffee first,Continue reading “Chapter Forty-Eight”

Forty-Seven The Star news agency, St Helens February 13 Keith It’s Friday morning and I am back home at Raglan Street in St Helens. Amy has a friend staying with her, although I doubt she is still in any danger. I think we are past that. Mr Trilby must by now know that he doesContinue reading “Chapter Forty-Seven”

A ghost story for Christmas I haven’t, in truth, known Dr Irwin Jacobs for very long. I would stop short at calling him a friend because I don’t honestly believe he has anyone he could apply that title too. While appearing outwardly friendly, in reality, he struck me as a very self-contained person; a veryContinue reading “The Haunting of Dr Jacobs”

Binns Road, Liverpool February 12                                                                           Dot Dot slumps down on the side of the mattress and takes a breather. She has been hard at work ever since the man dropped off food and hot coffee early this morning. It was something of a surprise considering how outspoken she had been yesterday. She had fullyContinue reading “Chapter Forty-Six”

Sherdley Park, St Helens February 12 The grass is white and stiff with hoar frost; it has been the coldest night of the year so far with temperatures down to minus 10 outside the cities and in open spaces like Sherdley Park, in Sutton, on the outskirts of St Helens and a popular open space.Continue reading “Chapter Forty-Five”

Binns Road, Liverpool February 11 Dot It is bitterly cold in her cell, which is how Dot increasingly thinks of the room she is being kept prisoner in. She is shivering and wraps her coat around herself in an attempt to keep warm. She is also hungry because Mr Trilby, or the clown, has leftContinue reading “Chapter Forty-Four”

Steam and the ‘Sixties is published as an eBook on Amazon today. It is a stop gap until the finished and enlarged book is published in hardback, probably early next year and gives potential readers the opportunity to decide whether they like it or not and if they want to own the physical volume. ItContinue reading “The ‘Sixties in retrospect”