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Driving blind (Rousse)

Posted on August 14, 2026 by Dreamaticus

Suddenly everything went completely black. I couldn’t see SM in the passenger seat to the right of me, my hands on the steering wheel, nor – most frightening of all – the road ahead.

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A wet campus nude (Rousse)

Posted on August 12, 2026 by Dreamaticus

While TPR found a parking space for our red Peugeot 205 near the World’s End pub in Edinburgh’s Old Town, I retreated to the Merchiston campus of Edinburgh Napier University. On arrival in the department, I stripped off all my … Continue reading →

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A tiny, yellow-eyed baby (Rousse)

Posted on August 10, 2026 by Dreamaticus

What was I supposed to do with a tiny, yellow-eyed baby?

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An orthopaedic surgeon’s cocaine sideline (Rousse)

Posted on August 4, 2026 by Dreamaticus

I checked in at reception at OPD6 at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for my appointment with Mr T. The orthopaedic surgeon was much younger than I expected, and his preferred form of treatment for broken limbs most unconventional. He recruited … Continue reading →

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Japanese beauties held captive in the White House (Rousse)

Posted on July 28, 2026 by Dreamaticus

The White House, Hartburn, had been returned to residential use. I owned the upstairs flat, and someone else the ground floor. From their online descriptions, each property looked just like an ordinary Airbnb rental: people came and went, and the … Continue reading →

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Loving Timothy Olyphant? That’s Justified (Belle)

Posted on July 25, 2026 by Dreamaticus

This was a hybrid library conference, held on an island in the United States (Alcatraz, but off the coast of New York). It was difficult to really enjoy the event, because the President kept trying to make himself the subject … Continue reading →

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Retirement home regrets (Rousse)

Posted on July 23, 2026 by Dreamaticus

We swapped our lovely, convenient city centre flat for a narrow terraced house in a former fishing village. The tiny settlement was squeezed onto a rocky outcrop facing directly west into waves of the Atlantic. Surrounded by holiday rentals crammed … Continue reading →

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Boris Johnson’s card reader (Belle)

Posted on July 22, 2026 by Dreamaticus

The gang and I were stuck in a traffic jam at an underpass. We all tumbled out of the van and I was astonished to see Boris Johnson had been hiding in the back. As we all stood on the … Continue reading →

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Good times in a Toyota Yaris with Judi Dench (Belle)

Posted on July 21, 2026 by Dreamaticus

It was a lovely evening and the park was illuminated by a bright moon. Dame Judi Dench entered the scene, acting as a Greek chorus. Embarrassingly she was announcing to anyone who would listen that I had just had sexy … Continue reading →

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A £5 reward for a £50 hand-in (Rousse)

Posted on July 11, 2026 by Dreamaticus

I saw the end of a red £50 note peeping out from beneath the cubicle door in the gym at Edinburgh’s Omni Centre. When I called to the person inside that she must have dropped it, she replied that it … Continue reading →

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