"Afterbirth"
Margaret lives on a Scottish
island. She is recently separated from her Spanish husband,
who has kidnapped their sons and taken them to Spain.
Involved in a protracted and exhausting custody battle, she
walks her dog on the moors, desperately wondering what to do
next. Eventually, she comes to a decision...
First broadcast on Radio
4's in May 1997.
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"Newton's
Cradle"
A psychopathic husband meets his
estranged wife in a seedy Glasgow pub. As he torments her
with threats of cutting her off financially, they are joined
by a down-at-heel old man, who professes to be a famous
poet. Playing more and more mind games, the husband
manipulates the drinking session towards an explosion of
bloody and mindless violence...
First published in "Rebel Inc."
magazine, 1995.
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"In
an Alternate World"
Ian lives a strange,
disconnected life. Badgered into seeing a homeopathic
consultant for his narcolepsy, he visits a sleepy town he
used to work in, and remembers the young woman who was
almost the love of his life. In the grip of a narcoleptic
attack, he has a waking dream which offers him the choice he
was never able to make...
Unpublished.
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