Greg’s first thought when he awoke was work. As a self-employed architect he could not afford to lose clients and he had broken one of his golden rules last night by not putting the client first. Glancing at his alarm clock, he groaned, dragged himself out of bed and made his way to the office. Working from home, he thought to himself, had its compensations but right now he was not particularly enamored with the idea of the phone call he had to make. Picking up the phone he speed dialed. As the pick-up came, unnerved, without any pre-amble he went straight into the explanation. “Hi Rod, it’s… Read more

The actor: Chapter 0ne 1 All he wanted to do was to get on and make a start. It was dark in the wings of the theatre, he was nervous and, to make matters worse, a pair of arms slid around his waist and a whispered “ready?” reached his ears. Not daring to speak, he turned his head sideways and nodded once firmly, as he did so a gloved hand reached up and caressed his cheek and then the cue and he was on, into the bright lights of the stage where nothing else mattered except the audience and the words of his lines springing to his lips. As the applause rang out at the end of the second act and… Read more