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Published in The Adventures of Claud (without an e)

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In Arigni Omnibus

Chapters 1–10 — This is a novel in progress, being posted daily Monday to Friday, chapter by chapter and in occasional weekend omnibus collections. Here is the first such collection (Chapters 1 -10). Read the next 10 chapters: Chapters 11–20. The Adventures of Claud (without an e) — In Arigni ##1 There were…

Novel

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In Arigni Omnibus
In Arigni Omnibus
Novel

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Published in Full Frame

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My Journey Into Fashion Photography

It was all going so well, and then the pandemic… — My wife and I are watching Emily In Paris and I’m thinking to myself, I know this world, I’ve been among those types. Go back 10 years and I wouldn’t have been able to say that — the viewing experience would have been different. 10 years ago I still had…

Photography

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My Journey Into Fashion Photography
My Journey Into Fashion Photography
Photography

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Published in The Startup

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Why Editing Is Like Brass Shining

The art of editing is like brass shining. It takes a dull, lifeless surface, marked with blemishes, and rubs it all up bright and clear. — When I was a boy I loved to sit at the kitchen table with a bottle of Brasso and various golden household objects in front of me. …

Editing

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Why Editing Is Like Brass Shining
Why Editing Is Like Brass Shining
Editing

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Published in The Adventures of Claud (without an e)

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“Are you looking for anything in particular?” she asks— In Arigni #49

Claud briefly considers answering, “You.” He imagines there really are men who can behave like movie actors and say such things, but he is not one of them, even when wearing sunglasses. — #49 Claud was impressed with himself. He had meant to ask Lindsay if she had a street map of the city, but he had already managed without one and found his way back to the bookshop with ease, retracing the steps he had taken on the previous day.

Fiction

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Claud returns to the bookshop — In Arigni #49
Claud returns to the bookshop — In Arigni #49
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Published in The Adventures of Claud (without an e)

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Georg spends the first hours of the day reading — In Arigni #48

Usually the work of his favourite poet, the esteemed Berevsky, in the original language. — #48 Georg rose a good hour earlier than his wife, Hani, and went to bed a good hour later. It had always been like that. Since Hani’s health scare there were often days when two or even three hours would elapse before she came through from the bedroom. Georg started…

Fiction

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Georg spends the first hours of the day reading — In Arigni #48
Georg spends the first hours of the day reading — In Arigni #48
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Published in The Adventures of Claud (without an e)

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Yulia reports for duty — In Arigni #47

She is up, dressed and ready for action nearly an hour earlier than necessary. — #47 Yulia slept only fitfully on her first night in the hotel, worried her alarm might not wake her. She was up, dressed and ready for action nearly an hour earlier than necessary. She had been told to report to the kitchen where she would be on breakfast duty till…

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Yulia reports for duty — In Arigni #47
Yulia reports for duty — In Arigni #47
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Published in The Adventures of Claud (without an e)

·3 days ago

“Get me the gig,” she says, pulling away— In Arigni #46

“I think you’d be good at it,” Jamie tells her. — #46 Jamie put the phone down. “What was that all about?” “Some work.” “What do you mean ‘some’ work?” “Just some work.” “Your job you mean?” “My other job.” “Your other job?” “Look, I sometimes do a bit of freelance.” “And you get time off for it?” “Yes, it’s the…

Fiction

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“Get me the gig,” she says, pulling away— In Arigni #46
“Get me the gig,” she says, pulling away— In Arigni #46
Fiction

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Published in The Adventures of Claud (without an e)

·6 days ago

Lindsay approves of the shades — In Arigni #45

“Keep em on in the shower, it’ll look cool.” Claud smirked then went through to his room. — #45 “Fuck me, look what a day au continentale can do for a man. Very chic I’m sure. Love the shades.” Claud took them off, and Lindsay was able to see that the transformation was very superficial. …

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Lindsay approves of the shades — In Arigni #45
Lindsay approves of the shades — In Arigni #45
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Mar 16

Valentina visits Gibson— In Arigni #44

She tells him her story and discomforts him with a request. — #44 Gibson tidied his consulting room. It had only occasional use, as he much preferred to attend to patients in their homes. The twins’ mother had been most insistent that she come and see him, rather than the other way around. The arrangement Gibson had with the medical authority that…

Fiction

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Valentina visits Gibson— In Arigni #44
Valentina visits Gibson— In Arigni #44
Fiction

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Published in The Adventures of Claud (without an e)

·Mar 15

Claud has pancakes and ice-cream in a small cafe — In Arigni #43

The waitress leans across the counter, reaching for something on the other side, like a snooker player straining to take a shot without resorting to a rest. — #43 The town quayside was much larger than Claud had expected. Soon after leaving the bookshop he had stumbled off a kerbstone, spraining his ankle, causing him to walk with a slight limp. It was nothing serious and would wear off quickly he knew, but he had been hoping to…

Fiction

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Claud has pancakes and ice-cream in a small cafe — In Arigni #43
Claud has pancakes and ice-cream in a small cafe — In Arigni #43
Fiction

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