Wilkie Stewart
Bio
Writer of strange little tales living in Glasgow, Scotland. A former IT professional who loves literary fiction, poetry, Eurovision, art-house film, post-crossing, and comics. Walks daily with his camera when he can. @werewegian1 on Twitter
Stories (20/0)
Payment in Kind
Out in the corridor, Scotty hears the TV through the wall. The paintwork is smudged by thousands of dirty hands. His throat is dry, and his head is dull. The walk up the staircase has made him breathless. He pauses to collect himself. He nudges the water bottle in his pocket, but it is empty. He is too old for this.
By Wilkie Stewart2 months ago in Fiction
25 ideas to get you writing
As a writer you will usually have stories that you are working on or a bigger project such as a novel underway. Sometimes, however, you have the time and the inclination to write something new, but you are out of ideas. This is when using a prompt is helpful. A prompt is simply an idea that gets you to put that first word down on paper or typed onto your screen. It's a launching point and quite often as you write you'll drift away or discard the original concept to go somewhere else entirely.
By Wilkie Stewart3 months ago in Motivation
The Morning Post
She pushed the barrow across the lawn, her smock billowing, the breeze stirring the leaves again, making a mockery of her afternoon's work. Gertrude did not notice the trail behind her. Her thoughts were on the poem in her head. Did that word fit there? She whispered a line aloud, feeling the rhythm of the phrase on her tongue, the punctuation between her teeth.
By Wilkie Stewart4 months ago in Fiction
Strangers On The Way
There was a crow on the branch above him, peering down, weighing up whether it should fly away or take him on. Tom stirred the pot, the soup beginning to bubble, making spitting noises in the pan. He turned the knob on the gas canister a touch to reduce the heat.
By Wilkie Stewart5 months ago in Fiction
The Bothy
Mick came down from the mountain later than he intended and decided to cut his losses, forego his night in the bunkhouse, and find the Craigfalloch bothy instead. On the brow of a hill he caught a signal on his phone and quickly contacted the bunkhouse owner and let them know he wouldn't be back this evening after all. That done, he trudged down the path towards the stone cottage which sat perched on a hillock beside a black lochan.
By Wilkie Stewart7 months ago in Fiction
Booker Prize 2021 - Why you should read the Six Short-listed Books
What is the Booker Prize and how has it changed? The Booker Prize was inaugurated in 1969 and for many years was presented to the book from the UK, Ireland or the Commonwealth that was deemed best of the year. In recent years this has been expanded to include any novel written in English published in the UK and Ireland in the past year.
By Wilkie Stewart7 months ago in Education
That Same Old Line
Fred re-tuned the radio as he drove across the border into England. He was angry at what Sandra had said, the reason she was leaving him. There was a trace of her perfume in the cab of the lorry, but he couldn’t remember when she had last sat in it. Perhaps the scent was coming from his jacket. They had embraced by habit at the front door of the house.
By Wilkie Stewart7 months ago in Fiction
Lost for words
The sunlight streamed down from the domed roof. Susan loved this time of the day when the library was quiet. The floor remained clean of any debris brought in by the public, the heating was on, and the radiators were beginning to tick as they expanded. She tidied the information desk, laid out fresh copies of the lending rules, arranged the children's shelves. It was a job that she enjoyed, everything in order, chaos averted each day, watching the readers misplace items and quietly following behind to reorder according to subject, author, and title.
By Wilkie Stewart8 months ago in Fiction
Night Owl - A Scottish Halloween Playlist
Did you know the word halloween or more correctly hallowe'en is of Scottish origin? Contracted in Scots from All Hallows Eve, the name signifies the evening before All Saints Day. Trick or Treating may be a recent import from the US, but the tradition in Scotland is to go Guising or to dress up and go around the neighbourhood and collect coins or cakes in return for singing a song or doing a party trick.
By Wilkie Stewart8 months ago in Beat
Five Ways Postcrossing Makes Me A Better Person
I'm a postcrosser and proud of it I joined postcrossing in 2012 where I am known as werewegian and since then I've sent over 13500 postcards to people all over the globe and received a similar number back. It's a great hobby that is ideal for a serial collector like me: postcards and stamps arrive almost every day. But I've found it's not just about collecting. There are subtle things about the postcrossing experience that help me grow to be a better person.
By Wilkie Stewart8 months ago in Motivation
