“I open the toilet door and step out, my internal fire re-stoked, ready to face my demons, fight if need be and win. I’m raging, focused like a jungle warrior after his second bowl of tiger-cock soup.” ManchesterCrime FictionNoirBristolDirty RealismCrime NoirUntetheredJohn BowieBristol Noir Book:Untethered Source: Untethered
“The bed lets out a slight gasp of air from the mattress like an old cat fart, but it looks like she’s too caught up in herself to notice.” ManchesterCrime FictionNoirBristolDirty RealismCrime NoirBristol NoirThrller Book:Untethered Source: Untethered
“The room buzzes around us but we’re fixed on each other, engaged in a battle of who can deprecate me more. She obviously doesn’t believe such a man can exist and keeps at it, prodding and goading me like a fisherman harpooning an already beached whale.” ManchesterCrime FictionBristolHard BoiledDirty RealismCrime NoirUntetheredJohn BowieBristol NoirBrit Noir Book:Untethered Source: Untethered
“And like a fool, here I am again, lapping at the beast’s teats like a true fool, laying my head in the lion’s mouth as I hit it on the arse with a big stick.” ManchesterCrime FictionBristolCrime NoirUntetheredJohn Bowie Book:Untethered Source: Untethered