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  1. A Great Loss to writing, humour and humanity

    Author:  Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About:  Authors / Stories / Books / Writing http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31858156 A true gentleman. As one of my friends posted elsewhere: "THIS WAY, SIR" ...

    - 2015/03/15 - 11:15pm - 13 comments

  2. A Longer War 25

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Serial Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 25 Ernie wasn’t too full of gossip that night, and we spent it going over old, old tales of our times in Normandy and further on. The toast, in essence, was ‘absent friends’, and se ...

    - 2016/10/04 - 4:21am - 9 comments

  3. A Longer War 26

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 26 “LEFF RAH LEFF RAH LEFF RAH HALT! CAP—OFF!” With a clash of stamping boots Bob was marched in, halted and then sat with his advocate, our little accountant Captain Flanagan. He in turn gave Bob ...

    - 2015/03/22 - 7:13pm - 10 comments

  4. A Longer War 27

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 27 They had taken the best part of three hours, and Staff Sullivan had done us proud with a private room to sit with Bob. He had even found us a tray of tea, proper Army brew. Bob had sat ...

    - 2015/05/06 - 11:41pm - 14 comments

  5. A Longer War 28

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 28 It was another of those slow Summer days, the river once more still and green as dragonflies droned past and something fishy leapt for a mayfly. I was working on another Bolinder, my tools in r ...

    - 2015/05/20 - 10:53pm - 8 comments

  6. A Longer War 29

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 29 “You ready, Gerald? Ernie’s here with them two officers!” I took a last look in the mirror, making sure my tie was as straight as I could get it, the medals just so, my black beret with the bad ...

    - 2015/06/05 - 11:05pm - 8 comments

  7. A Longer War 30

    Cyclist CAUTION Mature Subjects (pg15) Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 30 It started quietly, but it gathered speed as it continued. Bob didn’t say anything, but I caught little hints in the pubs and when I visited his place. The odd snide remark, almost alwa ...

    - 2015/08/17 - 4:12pm - 15 comments

  8. A Longer War 31

    Cyclist CAUTION: Referenced / Discussed Suicide Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 31 The round came through the front left hatch, tearing Wilf to pieces. Bob’s hand grabbed for my haul loop, but I had to see, and as I leant forwar ...

    - 2015/10/31 - 2:06pm - 10 comments

  9. A Longer War 32

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 32 My dreaming grew worse for a while, but Tricia was always there, and as she grew I found myself so tense with fear of harming her or our child that the nightmares only stayed away because I nev ...

    - 2015/09/01 - 10:01am - 6 comments

  10. A Longer War 33

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 33 There was a lot of noise and bustle when the ambulance went off, but even though it had only taken ten minutes to get to the house each of those minutes had been an age to me. Tricia wa ...

    - 2015/11/07 - 11:59pm - 18 comments

  11. A Place By The Sea

    Author:  Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About:  Authors / Stories / Books / Writing I had a particularly bad shift involving yet another transphobic assault, and in my down time the rest of the Ebrahimi story emerged, as linked to in the story comments. ...

    - 2015/12/31 - 11:15am - 2 comments

  12. A Place By The Sea

    Cyclist CAUTION Mature Subjects (pg15) 500 < Short Story < 7500 words Transgender CAUTION This may contain serious triggers. Posted by author(s) A PLACE BY THE SEA The stone flew past her head immediately after the word. She’d spotted the kids sitti ...

    - 2022/01/18 - 5:53am - 20 comments

  13. Background to Sweat and Tears

    Author:  Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About:  Authors / Stories / Books / Writing This is a BBC programme about Scafell Pike, and it should give a real insight to what Stevie loved. It has a shepherdess in it. It has Fat Man's Agony. It has JOSS! ...

    - 2015/08/28 - 2:18pm - 1 comment

  14. Black dog

    Author:  Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About:  Autobiographical The black dog, for those who are unaware, was Churchill's term for depression. Well, it's standing next to me at the moment. Work problems are somewhat awful right now, and getti ...

    - 2015/03/09 - 8:09am - 10 comments

  15. Bookface

    Author:  Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About:  Authors / Stories / Books / Writing SAA Calvert is now a Facebbok page. Say hello! ...

    - 2015/04/14 - 11:09pm

  16. Happy bounce

    Author:  Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About:  Autobiographical Happy bounce indeed! Mandolin packed, cycle panniers packed, tent reproofed: tomorrow morning I am off to Shrewsbury yet again for four nights and three days of music! Yay me! ...

    - 2015/08/28 - 2:18pm - 3 comments

  17. I do like to be beside the seaside

    Author:  Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About:  Autobiographical Just getting dressed to head on down to Brighton to meet up with Bev Taff. It is, of course, raining... ...

    - 2015/04/05 - 6:49pm - 7 comments

  18. Landscapes

    Author:  Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About:  Movies / Television / Theater I said some time ago that I had never seen 'The Princess Bride', so a lot of in-jokes escaped me. It was shown on UK television recently, so I caught up with it on t ...

    - 2015/01/22 - 11:23pm - 5 comments

  19. Little brother

    Steph C's blog Author:  Cyclist Caution:  CAUTION: Attempted Suicide Blog About:  Autobiographical Will be a little slow with stories. Little brother planned it well but got found before he could succeed. Gaybashing is the root cause. I am not in a s ...

    - 2015/05/15 - 3:49pm - 10 comments

  20. On for Sue Brown

    Author:  Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About:  Humor / Jokes / Cuteness Is Dotty aware? Has the megayacht in Penmarris harbour got a surface to air missile mounting? http://m.plymouthherald.co.uk/Russian-bomber-mystery-solved-... ...

    - 2015/03/02 - 12:28am - 3 comments

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