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My ninth short story
September 18th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
My latest short story is a political one entitled “The PM And The MP”. Please have a read and let me know what you think.
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Ten days that shook my world (7)
September 17th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
Regular readers of NightHawk may be aware of my experience in the summer when my Internet service provider Pipex managed to cut me off from the Net and take 10 days to restore my connection. If you can bear to read the sorry story, you’ll find it here. Of course, I complained to Pipex and, […]
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My eighth short story
September 11th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
Over the summer, Friday has been the day that I’ve posted a new short story in my new writing phase and today is no exception. I’ve now posted my eighth short story which is about relationships and is called “The Dinner Party”. Please check it out and let me know what you think.
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It’s 09.09.09
September 9th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
Maybe the world will end?!? But maybe not. I hope not – I still have a lot of short stories to write …
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From the sublime to the ridiculous
September 8th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
I spent the day attending a meeting of the Communications Consumer Panel and learned that our Ofcom colleagues had no connectivity almost all day thanks to COLT. I got home to find that my fixed line wasn’t working thanks to BT. Once I had fought my way through the company’s automated answering systems, I reported […]
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The summer is over
September 7th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
If you live in Britain, you’ll be saying: what summer? For the third consecutive year, it’s been pretty wet here in the UK. Today effectively I go back to work with the scheduling of a number of meetings in town. During the summer, I didn’t go away (that comes later in the year) and professionally […]
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My seventh short story
September 4th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
The ideas keep flowing and so today I publish my seventh short story entitled “A Moment In Time”. Like the others, it’s different from previous stories, so please check it out and let me know what you think.
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Welcome to the Middle East
August 30th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
This weekend, the travel section of the “Observer” newspaper is mainly about the Middle East and apparently the region one of growing popularity to British travellers. As this piece puts it: “Once regarded as a dangerous no-go zone, the Middle East is emerging as the hottest travel destination of the year. While many countries are […]
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My sixth short story
August 28th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
A month ago, I set myself the objective – set out in this posting – to write five short stories this summer. I have now achieved this target but the ideas are still flowing. So today I publish my sixth short story entitled “A Friend Indeed”. What do you think?
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My fifth short story
August 21st, 2009 by Roger Darlington
I’m thoroughly enjoying my summertime project of crafting short stories. Today I’ve added to my web site my fifth story called “Six Degrees Of Separation”. In some respects it’s my most ambitious effort yet, so I hope that you’ll give it a go and let me know what you think of it.
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