Tag: persecution
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Nowhere Lane – Chapter Thirty-Five The Journey North
“He’s ready for sleep now.” The woman told the one she had nicknamed Oddjob, who had not moved far from the door to Edgar’s new domain. “The things I warned you about – make sure you get them done. I’m not getting into that bed where it is.” “I could bloody throw you in!” The […]
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Correction of a House
For those who missed it, Shepton Mallet prison closed last week. As a child of Somerset, I have distant memories of Shepton Mallet, and the prison (no, I wasn’t an inmate) is among those vague recollections, squatting in the midst of civilised town buildings like a somnolent slug. High perimeter walls – 75ft is […]