This story was written in response to a Writers’ Circus topic: “the last of the light faded....”

A true romance set against the dark night skies of Galloway in the south west of Scotland and Lewis in the outer Hebrides.

Reach for your box of tissues, tears of joy ahead.

This is another Masie Kaywood story.

Fiction but hopefully grounded enough to chime with those among us who use ‘WhatsApp’ and wonder if it is fully secure?

It starts in Glasgow, moves to Switzerland and then to Singapore for its climax.

I hope you enjoy it.

This was written for Writers’ Circus topic : Did you remember the night.....?”

Bumbleman strikes again!

This tale was written in response to a Writers’ Circus challenge: Where were you then?

It is set in the 1960s when Susan first meets Ralph.

This is a further revised version of the original Trumped story.

(The original was crafted long before we have been plagued by the man who has dominated the headlines over the last decade.)

It is a romance, set in Glasgow of the late 1950s.

Louisa at our Writers’ Circus set us the challenge of “Betrayal”.

The idea of setting this story against a background of Greyhound Racing came at once. My Dad was an occasional weekend gambler, not addicted, but he did enjoy Friday nights at Shawfield Stadium, which still exists as a Greyhound Racing venue.

The ambiance I am trying for is post-war Glasgow, seeking to contrast the gulf between the lives of the rich (living in the grand mansions of Pollokshields) and the poor (living in the Oatlands district, where my Dad was born).

I have re-formatted it and re-edited the original using Read Aloud in Word. If you a typo or logic error, please forgive, make your best judgement and read on.

Thank you Kareth for editing the original version all those years ago.