Hello from Normandy,We're taken the risk of a holiday in France, which is terra-non-grata from the point of view of the British authorities. According to the government's current guidelines, I shall have to self-isolate for at least five days upon my...

Hello from London,I look forward to a time when Coronavirus isn't the subject of the day. It used to be that speculating about a global pandemic qualified as speculative fiction. Now, dreaming about a world free from global pandemic counts as specula...

Hello from London,You'd think, having received both doses of vaccine, having actually had Covid-19, and having observed every single rule foisted upon us by our allegedly enlightened leaders, that I'd be more or less able to travel at this point.It t...

Hello from London,I am now fully vaccinated. Which admittedly doesn't make me very special, since everyone I speak to is either there, or about to be.I received an email from the National Health Service a few days ago asking me to schedule my second...

Hello from London,Have you read both Emily Voss short stories? There are two of them, free to members of this list. They are...A First Time For EverythingTwo To TangoThese, of course, are in addition to the first episode in the series, which you shou...

Hello from London,The world reopens.Like hermits emerging from their caves, people have begun to re-enter the bars, restaurants and shops along the high street. Those businesses that have survived the economic drought of the last 15 months, anyway.Mo...

Hello from London,Apologies for the late arrival of this email. I took my family on a brief "staycation". We travelled to the British coast for a week away from the city.If April showers are supposed to bring May showers, April's not doing it's job....

Hello from London,So much to say, where do I start?If you took the time to listen to my Shadows audiobook last week, and in particular if you sent me your feedback, then thank you very much. It's nice to know so many of you liked the story and I appr...

Hello from London,I promised I'd do it, so here it is. The audiobook of my short story, "Shadows" is now available and you can listen to it by clicking on the button below.A few words about it before you click, if you don't mind... Or skip to the blu...

Hello from London,I've recorded my story "Shadows" at home, using my closet as a sound booth. That sounds exactly as weird as it felt at the time, talking into a microphone nestled among a lot of hanging clothes.Recording this way is necessary becaus...