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  1. Robert Hugill

    Sixteen

    Robert Hugill commented on Robert Hugill's story chapter in Sixteen

    Thanks. The novel is a bit slow burn, but it gets there in the end. The cats are based on a cousin's house where one lived upstairs and the other down and ne'er the twain shall meet. Except at feeding time!
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    The vicarage where Thomas’ brother and his wife lived was nowhere near the church but given the size of the village it was still within easy walking distance. Though the houses seemed to be of varying ages, including some that looked historic, the village felt practical rather than picturesque. Situated on a lane running off the main street, the vicarage was tucked behind the village hall, so it looked onto the car park in one direction and open fields in another. It felt large and square t
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    Dead right, it's going to take time to get to the bottom of Mr Heyward, if we ever do.
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    Steve had been a friend of Father’s. A fellow librarian, they’d met initially through their professional association and remained friends, and Steve seemed to have automatically continued the connection through me after Father’s death. He was about half-way in age between Father and I, a bit of dry stick but with a droll sense of humour, suitably dry. And we got on. His wife was a painter and when we met up, we often chatted about the shows I’d seen. He clearly read my reviews and would sometime
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    I am well on the way with the next story in the sequence, focusing on Ralph, and the Brian and co return.
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    Almost as soon as they’d said goodbye to Alison and driven off in the car, Keith had returned to the issue of the holiday, “Why’d you think she asked us to come on that trip away?” “Because everyone else that she would normally holiday with said no?” “Think so?” “Well, it is half term, that probably rules out friends with children. And Alison does rather keep work and life in separate compartments. Perhaps she sees me as being safely semi-detached, as we don’t actually work togeth
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    You've set me thinking about this and I am now intrigued as to Dan and Vaughan's tastes in music. I think Vaughan still likes listening to The Pogues and folk-rock bands such as Steeleye Span, perhaps with a bit of Madness and Ian Dury. Dan's tastes are more middle-of-the road rock, but he has a fondness for old rock and roll recordings and has inherited from his Gran a weakness for old Hollywood musicals.
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    In fact, I do enjoy their music, it is just that that didn't come to me as the sound track of Dan and Vaughan's lives.
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    I have to confess that Hot Chocolate is not the sound-track of Dan and Vaughan's adventures in my mind, but why not indeed!
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    Sorry, no crossover, but more on Dan's employer in the next chapter
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    The party was lively, Tony and Judith's always were, albeit full of a rather haphazard assortment of people. However, there were few of my close friends there, so I was thinking of escaping and had started to ease myself into the garden to grab some fresh air. An attractive man in his early 30s, cropped blond hair, tall, well put together, detached himself from the group around Judith and came over towards me with remarkable efficiency. I knew him from somewhere. “I enjoyed the article; I t
  12. Robert Hugill
    Former policeman Dan and art critic Vaughan’s relationship has an unfortunate start, but second time around they find that life has something different in store for them. Amidst interfering family members and lively friends, their relationship develops. But then Dan’s employer, Francis Heyward starts to take an interest. Heyward is seemingly stupendously rich, a giver of notorious parties and the possessor of an enviable art collection. There’s a question of whether a line should be crossed, and whether Heyward can even be trusted at all.
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    Fourteen

    Robert Hugill commented on Robert Hugill's story chapter in Fourteen

    Incidentally, for those interested in the wider 'Hugillverse', I have expanded Brian & Gordon's world so there is a new series Parborough Chronicles, and Brian: Taking Courage is officially complete and I will be adding more stories involving Brian, Gordon& Toby (yes, the wedding), Ralph, Russ & more...
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    Keith had been surprised to find that despite Thomas living 50 miles up the A1, his work was mainly in Leeds. His charity had their offices in a school in Roundhay, in North-East Leeds. It wasn’t an area that Keith knew well, his life had been spent further South and Leeds to him was the city centre and little else. The journey felt endless, though it only took 30 minutes; partly because the city seemed so monochrome and the same, with one housing estate very much like another. He knew he was be
  15. Robert Hugill
    Thanks!
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    Sorry, it was always my intention to keep the money vague...
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    “Well?” “Paperwork through, money in the bank.” “I’m the same.” Mhairi gave a very unladylike giggle, “My bank account’s never looked so healthy.” “What are your plans? Any ideas?” “Well, we’ve anticipated a bit, what with my holiday and Joe’s course. But I’ve told him he can have some to treat himself. I figured he deserved it.” “Good idea.” “And we’ve had another furious row with Nathan. Joe’s not speaking to him, and neither am I.” “About the money?”
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    They were in town having coffee. As far as Keith was concerned, he would have been happy with Starbucks, but Thomas insisted that they use a local independent. It took Keith a couple of goes to get a coffee he liked, but he sort of understood. Ethics came into a lot of what Thomas thought, in ways that Keith had never considered. Sometimes Keith wanted to be able to buy a t-shirt without worrying about the working conditions of the local workers, Indian, Chinese or whatever. Yet another part of
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    Colin 15

    Robert Hugill posted new chapter in No going back

    Colin skimmed through the photos from the Italian trip, mainly ones he’d taken of scenery or of Owain on his own. There a few of the both of them, grinning inanely at the camera, but he’d never quite got the hang of taking a selfie of the two of them and photo taking had usually descended into silliness. However, there were also a couple of photos taken by other people; finally, he found the one he’d been thinking of. It had been taken by that nice German couple, what was their name, Anni and Ho
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    Twelve

    Robert Hugill commented on Robert Hugill's story chapter in Twelve

    I agree about Den; a sort of necessary plot device!
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    Twelve

    Robert Hugill commented on Robert Hugill's story chapter in Twelve

    I am beginning to realise my characters do cross over, but nothing concrete at the moment...
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    Thursday the guys' football plans were rained off, so the evening found them in their regular pub. It wasn’t busy, there was no match on, so the TV was broadcasting some obscure international game that barely registered. There were just the usual after-work drinkers plus a few old codgers that seemed to live there. They even managed to grab a table. "Good match on Sunday, was it Keith?", Den's question seemed harmless enough yet felt loaded. Den? At Sunday's match? Straight, prejudiced
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    There is an epilogue and I don't rule out revisiting Owain & co. in the future!
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    I don't say that the characters won't be back, but need to find a strong theme for a second volume!
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    Colin had no idea what to expect when it came to the performance that the kids on Joe’s course were giving, he was looking forward to it but also a bit uncertain. He could cope if the play wasn’t his sort of thing, but what if the kids were rubbish, that was simply going be embarrassing, especially when it came to Joe’s thing about Owain’s family. However, Sunday morning, he and Owain had a lazy start to things. Joe hadn't been a trouble to have around, but it was nice there just being the
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