Ticket to Ride (4,500 words, 25 minutes)

This is a re-working of a previous story. ‘Re-working’ is a dangerous thing!

This version is steamier, and contains a few naughty words, so be warned!

Its genesis was a combination of two encounters.

The first was in the wake of the second Icelandic Volcanic Ash airline disruption.

Ryanair cancelled our flight.We were stranded in Bordeaux.

Irina at Customer Services was charming, beautiful and efficient.

I promised her a story!

The second encounter was on the early morning commuter train from Bearsden to Glasgow.

Our friends Ian and Linda overheard a lady asking for a First Class Ticket to Copenhagen.


I did read a short clip of 50 Shades, in Asda, at the bookstand.

I am confident that my offering is better, much better, I modestly declaim.

And I read an excerpt of Kirtsy Wark’s steamy novel, courtesy of the (Glasgow) Herald.

Unlike the critics I thought the sex scene was very well written.

What disturbed me was that I thought I knew Kirsty, from our intermittent ‘meetings’ on TV.

So before you read this, if you know me, think of someone else.

Think of the author as, say, Gina Bontroni.

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