Part 5 – The New Laws of Probability “You’re making a big mistake,” threatened Damian as Harry tightened the rope around his wrists. Unfortunately, Damian’s threats now carried the menace of a generator salesman, not a mad dog. Harry seemed unconcerned. “Oh yeh? So what are you going to do about it? Refuse me discounts … Continue reading
Author Archives: John Ridgway
The Groper Contract Part 4 – Damian’s Final Offer
Having at last solved the hire car assistant puzzle, I suddenly found myself confronted instead by several more mysteries of a somewhat more pressing nature. For example, if our smoky bandit wasn’t dropping off a hire car, then what was he doing? Why did he think Damian and I were part of his dastardly … Continue reading
The Groper Contract Part 3 – Taking Care of Business
“It’s Damian Digby, here to see Jack Groper,” Damian informed the receptionist, whilst once again casually misplacing my existence. “He’s expecting me.” The receptionist, or Director of First Impressions, to use the epithet emblazoned on her name tag, pressed the button on the intercom and stooped slightly to talk into its microphone. “Sir Jack, … Continue reading
The Groper Contract Part 2 – Our Heroes find a gun
Damian sat serenely in the front of the car, his left arm draped casually over the back of the passenger’s seat, whilst his right hand deftly adjusted the steering wheel in small but authoritative tugs. I pushed from the rear, sweat dripping down my forehead as a middle-age paunch quivered and danced above a … Continue reading
Dear Publisher
Dear Publisher, I have tried unsuccessfully for many months now to find acceptance for a short story I have written concerning two people caught up in a world of intrigue and violence that they were ill-equipped to understand. With your forbearance I now submit that same story for your consideration. However, in order that I … Continue reading
A Brief History of the Fact
When I first started perusing the wonderfully wide world of the web, searching for the juiciest and truthiest of global warming facts, I would often come across sites upon which the owner had helpfully summarised the nature of the debate using two lists: one labelled ‘The Facts’ and the other labelled ‘The Myths’. However, it … Continue reading
Who Needs Science?
Watching the earnest tomfoolery of Extinction Rebellion (everyone’s favourite planetary rescue squad) whilst listening to the tirelessly apocalyptic narrative emanating from the BBC, it is clear that speculation about the future has become a grim business. We might just about be surviving now (I am reassured) but the future is another land; a land deemed … Continue reading
