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    Midge You Were Here
    Midge You Were Here
    Midge You Were Here
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    Midge You Were Here

    By David Little

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    Detective Constable Lawson begins his first day as an officer in Dóchas Scotland, a place the locals romantically refer to as Hope Town. He's done his research and knows about the weird and wonderful things that go on there, and that makes him determined to join the small, overstretched police force.

    Join DC Lawson on his first day as he meets legendary Detective Inspector Pontius Smith and is involved in his first bizarre and, in this case, itchy case.

    This is an introduction to the Hope Town series of short stories which already includes The Devil's Pâtissier , Ever Vigilant(e), First Contact: Take Two and Bingo Royale.

    Think X-Files meets Twin Peaks but with more tiny biting insects.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid Little
    Release dateFeb 11, 2016
    ISBN9781311124357
    Midge You Were Here
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    David Little

    David Little wrote his first full length novel when he was 16. Titled "The Old Firm" it was an homage to the classic Universal horror films that he used to watch as child - but shouldn't have really - juxtaposed with the modern, blood filled remake culture of the 80s. One person read the novel and asked if it was for adults; when Little nodded, the reader shook his head. The reader asked if it was children; when Little hesitatingly nodded, the reader shook his head again.Undeterred, the author embarked on many years of hopeful writing, whilst battling against the crippling disease Procrastination. It was a long, hard slog and a battle that often he felt he would never win. Ideas, plots, characters and potential product placements came and went, as did a mild addiction to A1 steak sauce, but it was not until 2010 that he was able to finally complete that tricky second novel."Am/Dram" - the slash is important here - told the tale of murder, rain, affairs, rain, more murder and some rain, all centered around an amateur dramatic company and their production of the difficult "play after the Christmas Panto". It has not been read or critiqued, and may stay mysterious for quite some time.Turning his attention to writing short stories, Little found himself focusing on an idea that had been gestating for many a year; a small Scottish village that had once inextricably found itself as the Capital of that great nation and as a result seemed to harbour strange and unusual characters and events. After some soul searching, and a dalliance with A1 sauce once again, the premise of the Hope Town series was fleshed out and is running along like something that runs along quite quickly and may take quite a bit of effort to stop.The first tale from Hope Town "The Devil's Patissier" was published on 31st October 2015 and as of January 2016 there are 4.5 published. Subsequent tales will evolve over what is planned to be a 3 year lifecycle.David Little lives in Scotland with his wife, two children, dog and a cupboard only half full of A1 steak sauce.

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      Midge You Were Here - David Little

      Midge You Were Here

      A Tale from Hope Town

      By David Little

      Copyright 2016 David Little

      Smashwords Edition

      Table of Contents

      Midge You Were Here

      Thoughts

      Extracts from other Tales From Hope Town

      Midge You Were Here

      Robert Lawson picked one of the worst days to start in his new role as a Detective Constable as part of the Dóchas Police Force. It wasn’t the worst, but it was definitely in the top three or four.

      The worst day was widely known to be the 12th November 2013, when the entire police station disappeared for four days. The cause of the disappearance still remains unknown and none of those who were in the building at the time remember anything of any significance about the experience. Their only recollection of the event was a slight feeling of tremors and the smell of braised cabbage, but no time physically passed for them. However, when their colleagues stormed the building upon its reappearance, the on-duty staff found that they had lost four days of their lives. Considering they disappeared on a Thursday and returned on a Monday, those four days included their weekends and, as you can imagine, they weren’t particularly happy with that.

      Another contender for worst day was on 30th March 2012 when everyone in the basement holding cells turned into small, hairy mammals that were a cross between a dachshund and a baby kangaroo. They proceeded to yap, bounce and urinate around the cells until the transformation wore off three hours later. The root cause for that event was discovered to be one of the old ladies who lived in the Dóchas Tower testing a love potion on a pig from one of the local farms. Pork from the pig was used to make smoked ham that was then placed in the sandwiches for prisoner consumption that day. Luckily the ham did not make it out to a wider population, but it is claimed that a leg made it to a child’s party in the Morningside area of Edinburgh with hilarious results.

      Then there was the 26th October 2014 when a wormhole appeared just above the newly refurbished courthouse, which was quickly consumed by the wormhole, before it closed just as quickly as it

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