SNOWFALL
NEW David Hunter Short Story.
The snow drifted down. It coated the frost already clinging to the spiky, brittle grass, giving it a deceptively soft appearance. All around the bleak Grampian hills stretched as far as the eye could see... Read more...
Short story - Women & Home Magazine, 2006
The strongbox was empty except for a small pile of newspaper cuttings, and a flat brown carton. I took the cuttings out. The top one had been folded to fit inside the box. I opened it, and suddenly the past rushed over me in a way even Kelly's death had failed to manage.' Read more...
THE NATIONAL FORENSIC ACADEMY
The Daily Telegraph Magazine, 2002
'With the temperature now in the 90s, tempers are growing short. One student thinks she may have found tissue. "Tissue as in skin?" another asks. "Well, it ain't Kleenex," comes the retort.' Read more...
FRONT SIGHT
Commissioned by The Observer Magazine, 2003
'It's stressed that the intention is not to shoot to kill, but to shoot to stop. But when you're talking about placing two or more shots in someone's face or chest, it's a fine distinction.' Read more...
HEAT EXHAUSTION IN NEVADA
The Observer Magazine, 2005
'The first hint of trouble came when another student, a police-officer from Las Vegas, commented that he hadn't seen me using the toilet during breaks. Not entirely sure how to take this, I assured him that I had. Good, he drawled. Because if I wasn't urinating every half-hour I wasn't drinking enough.' Read more...
WORLD SLED DOG CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Independent on Sunday Review, 2005
'For the most part the dogs are impeccably behaved. The only displays of bad temper come from the normally placid Malamutes, who invariably start to fall out with each other as soon as they're put in harness. "Typical Mals," smiles one musher, fondly, as yet another pair of them disappear, still scrapping, down the track.' Read more...
HESTON BLUMENTHAL AT HAMPTOIN COURT
The Daily Telegraph Magazine, 2005
'Many medieval dishes are either impractical for a modern kitchen or unsuitable for contemporary tastes (Meltonville cites one particularly nasty recipe from 1650 that details how to cook and carve a goose while it's still alive)'. Read more...
WHISKY OR WINE?
The Daily Telegraph Magazine, 2006
'"I just drop them in boiling water - once they're pink, they're done. Some people say you should put them in a freezer first, or put them in cold water and bring them to the boil. Others skewer them between the eyes to kill them outright, but I think that's a bit much."' Read more...
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