Harriet-Jacqui lives in a remote, converted, lighthouse on the Scottish coast with her two Siamese cats, Charly and Phyllis, robot, and live-in lover, Meg. When she isn’t busy dreaming, she combs the beach for unusual shells and plastic waste, saving stranded marine mammals. Of indeterminate age, she loves to swim in the ice-cold ocean — […]

He didn’t return to the bomb-hole until Monday, a beautifully warm sunny day with a mild south-westerly wind, perfect for swimming. Alone, he plunged into the ice-cold water, crawling as far as the mass of tangled brambles, lichen petrified trees, bushes, covering the far bank. Treading water, he swivelled his body, breast stroking back to […]