Scottish writer · Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
The days that go wrong.
The days that go wrong.
The people who keep going.
I write about working lives, pubs, football, music, friendship and the places we carry home. Come in and read something.
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Stories, poems, book news and notes from Kilmarnock.
- Fuzzy Warlo Is Hitting the StreetsI woke up early. My head felt like the bed had slept on me rather than me sleeping on it. Why do you wake up early when you have no… Read more: Fuzzy Warlo Is Hitting the Streets
- Over the Back WallI always find it kind of funny. We used to live in the flats around the corner but we share the back wall. So when we moved I could just… Read more: Over the Back Wall
- FootballI can’t help but notice the stars are shining. I take a walk past the football ground. Here’s hoping for a good season. I sit on the front step. The… Read more: Football
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Ten Pounds
Andy, a tenner, a charity shop and a book his mother loved.
Read Ten Pounds ↗Cash Covers
A Johnny Cash covers band walks into a familiar Ayrshire bar and turns the place inside out.
Read Cash Covers ↗On the shelf
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Before the prose
Hear the musicTwenty years of songs.
Guitars, records and a few stories that began as music.
