They say that due to the proliferation of communication channels, such as keeping up with social media, WhatsApps, long reads, interminable emails, catch up TV, animals eating other animals on Reels, and small children from far away countries singing pop songs on Tiktok, and not to forget Taylor Swift, we just don’t have the mental capacity to digest full length novels any more.
Indeed I can reveal that my global fanbase has been crying out, as one, for less. So that’s what I am now offering; Mindless Drivel. A little book of short stories. One of them is actually quite long, and one of them very, very short. But is the book worth even the small price – almost no profit made at all – I am asking?
To help here’s a synopsis. It is short, naturally.
A Life Complete – Dave is a successful owner of a small chain of electrical shops in the West Midlands. But a cruise down the Croatian coast gives him a glimpse of a different life which David is determined to pursue even though it may cost him his life.
The Tube – What is this thing that is about to invade a man’s body? And how is he supposed to cope?
Elephant in the Room – Helen and Mark are work colleagues. Or are they destined to be more than that? And how do you tell if the other one feels the same way as you do? Hesitancy is all!
Hall of Mirrors – Sir Charles may be a legendary City operator but it takes lunch on a small Greek island with a brash competitor to make him realise that few people see you as you see yourself.
On Inspiration – Two stories here with a common theme (just). A Hand Pump explores the possibility of buying inspiration in a shop, and does so with many thanks to a famous “Two Ronnies” sketch. Infinite Monkeys takes that concept a bit further, but is broken up by another piece dealing with the on-going problem of: just what is infinity? A conundrum I’m sure we all share.
They may be mindless, they’re probably drivel, but at least they’re brief…