“Fuck off, you disgusting pervert, just FUCK OFF!” So saying, the young woman screamed and stamped her high heel onto her attacker’s foot. His grip on her breast eased immediately as he backed away. I had been lucky to get a seat in the morning rush-hour on this train from Brighton to London, and the…
Author: Geoffrey David West
No such thing as ghosts
“Where on earth is Sue? It’s not like her to be late.” Barry’s shaggy eyebrows met in the middle of his forehead as he frowned, making him look even more like an angry bear than usual. “And why isn’t she answering her phone?” Skip’s soft Scottish-accented words echoed Barry’s mystification at the absence of our…
How to Save a Life
“Walk in. Shoot him. Walk out. Catch the train back to London and I clear all your debts and give you a nice chunk of change. And Presto Hey! Bob is your uncle!” Big Ron is the owner of the casino where I regularly lose money. He’s also a criminal and a gangster. He came…
Black Ice
New book announcement Here is the first of the Sean Delaney novels, entitled Black Ice. They say that in life you should never go back. But when I got the chance to discover why my wife had been murdered, what other choice did I have? Podcast of first chapter here: (sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com…
Play and I will come to you
Niccolớ Paganini was the most celebrated violin virtuoso of the 1800s, unparalleled even today. But his reputation is forever tarnished by persistent rumours that his extraordinary speed and skill on his instrument were thought to be a ‘gift from the devil’. It was said that his doppelganger was seen on numerous occasions ‘complete with horns…
The White Lie
“Of course I can’t tell him until we’ve signed the contract. Once we’ve officially committed to buying the big house I can push for a better divorce settlement.” “Poor deluded idiot.” I heard my best friend, Colin, laughing at me from my own bedroom as I stood on the stairs out of sight. “Anyone else…
Zennor Point
The strangest experience of my life happened when I was asked to survey a derelict old inn in Cornwall. Zennor Point. Zennor Point. Where had I heard that name before? It was stuck in my memory somewhere, floating around with all the rest of the unexplained flotsam and jetsam ‘happiness words’, kind of like the…
Stripping Off
I can’t stop thinking about what it felt like to be held in your arms, to have your lips on my nipples, and to feel your hot male strength throbbing deep inside me when you thrust and thrust. . . . I’ve been an upholsterer for thirty years now, but I’ve never found a letter…
The Last Woman I ever loved
“I’m mad about you, I can’t stop thinking about you, please please please can I see you again?” “But you’re married,” the beautiful woman told me. We were relaxing in the large bed in the tiny hotel room, and I was in heaven, unable to believe my luck. The moment I held her in my…
Innocent
“I grabbed the heavy frying pan and bashed him as hard as I could. All the sausages scattered over the floor. Poor Graham slipped on a sausage, fell sideways, crashed to the ground and cracked his skull open on the kitchen tiles. He was so unlucky.” So saying, Wendy burst into tears, sobbing hysterically. Becoming…