Y is for Ystwyth
That’s the river Ystwyth, which flows into the sea at Aberystwyth. It chose that spot because ‘aber’ means ‘mouth’ in Welsh, though not the sort… Read More »Y is for Ystwyth
That’s the river Ystwyth, which flows into the sea at Aberystwyth. It chose that spot because ‘aber’ means ‘mouth’ in Welsh, though not the sort… Read More »Y is for Ystwyth
Apart from having a name that begins with X, Xavier isn’t an interesting person at all. But he does indirectly lead to Cat Tales, the… Read More »X is for Xavier
And so the A to Z approaches the end. I’ve brought you all the cool cats in Cat Tales, the anthology drawn from last year’s Book… Read More »W is for Welfare
Specifically, the VIP wheelie bin store where meetings are held every Monday night, attended by the Stealthy Six: Felix, Tom, Missy, Cinnamon, Bamboo and Tiger.… Read More »V is for VIP
Standing on tiptoes, her arms and jaw resting on the frame, Elizabeth Ikhide looked out of the living room window of her parents’ apartment. It… Read More »U is for Ugbor
It was sunny for the first time in weeks. He enjoyed the warmth on his face, felt his shoulders relax and his arms swing and… Read More »T is for Tricks
A doorstep in fact. In a village in Crete, which is where Maria sits and waits in The Cretan Cat, Yvonne Payne’s story in Cat Tales,… Read More »S is for Step
One of a writer’s tricks, I’ve learnt, is to defy expectations. You think Rover’s a dog? Aha! Rover is the name of the cat in Waifs… Read More »R is for Rover
Where are Billy and Jessie? Are they alive and well, doing their bit to rid the world of rodents, or did the Mulligans poison them?… Read More »Q is for Quantum physics
Well, yesterday was a mix of outside and inside, but this one’s very much inside. In fact it stays on the sofa all the time,… Read More »P is for Paul