The Ironist

Differing Perspectives

The Cuckoo and the Laughingthrushes

The Cuckoo and the Laughingthrushes

At The Hill Station Guest House, the view of the Nanda Devi is divine but nothing ever happens. Spoke too soon! A Himalayan mystery from Nigel inspired by his recent travels… Typical rising mists and fog, monsoon season The cuckoo’s call woke Prabhjit Singh...
The Misanthrope

The Misanthrope

Peter Scotchmer’s latest short story introduces us to Wilf Wolflinger, apparently the smartest man on the street. My name is Wilf Wolflinger. You might have heard of me. I used to write travel books, but I’m too old for that now. My travelling days– to...
Sex Education: A Short Story

Sex Education: A Short Story

In this short story by Jack Stilborn, a construction executive builds his ten-year-old son a bridge to adulthood. The realization hits Adam as he parks his SUV. Margot’s Lexus is waiting for him in their driveway, a silent accusation. He has missed the meeting. The...
The Last Puritan

The Last Puritan

Alexander Montgomery writes a fleeting, intimate glimpse of Glenn Gould, the genius and the strange solitude of his greatness. Glenn Gould’s sitting in Fran’s Deli, St. Clair East, and I sit here, watching him from the pub across the street. There he is, the bastard,...
Love is Blind

Love is Blind

Peter Scotchmer writes a short story on how love sees truth even when the eyes refuse to. Near the beginning of the semester, Rebecca Cooper, slim, blonde and beautiful, stood somewhat shamefacedly before her teacher’s desk after class, self-consciously twisting an...
Jake Mallette

Jake Mallette

Peter Scotchmer’s fictional story of an administrator straying into matters she doesn’t understand may be too close to reality for those committed to following the latest fad of the day. Geoff Carter, a veteran teacher of thirty years’ standing, tried hard to win over...