Dreaming All Things Great

By Bevin Magama

Dreaming All Things Great is a collection of colourful tales that shock, surprise and weave through the dramas and dilemmas of life. How much ridicule does a boy who is dreaming of becoming a comedian have to go through? How about the dark secret of what happens in Radyr? Or even the tale of a man who visits a witch in the middle of the night?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bevin Magama
• Release date: Mar 30, 2016
• ISBN: 9780993417306

Bevin Magama

A Zimbabwean-born storyteller and writer living in Cardiff, UK.

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Dreaming All Things Great

A collection of short stories

Bevin Magama

Copyright © 2016 Bevin Magama

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ISBN 978-0-9934173-0-6

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CONTENTS

Foreword

Binmen, Seagulls and Broadway

No ordinary bees in St Mellons

The Appraisal

What happens in Radyr stays in Radyr

The Revelations of Hensol Forest

Beth and Rhys

Trust Betrayed

Untangling The Lot

All Great Things

Acknowledgements

From the Author

About the Author

Foreword

When stories come to us either in dreams or from experiences of our loved ones, our enemies, strangers we overhear, or those we read from newspapers, there is always that moment we stop to ponder the relevance of these stories. There are those moments we gasp. There are also those moments when emotions bring us to tears, anger, violence, joy, peace and happiness. Such are the journeys we travel in stories.

I feel blessed to live in Wales. Its beautiful valleys, hills and forests, its rivers and above all its friendliness is what appeals to me the most. The stories thus have a Welsh background. Outside understanding the significance of the stories we dream, the themes that run through this collection are trust, loyalty, life’s purpose, leadership, hope, faith, health and happiness.

As you read these stories, I urge you to sit back, find your own rhythm and let the emotions be.

Bevin Magama

BINMEN, SEAGULLS AND BROADWAY

Broadway is my street

It is not broad at all

Its broadness is in its diversity

Boasting of an assortment of commerce

A gentlemanly massage parlour

A second hand shop selling fridges and refurbished dishwashers

A few dodgy looking garages

A rundown refugee centre painted all black

Where mothers with dishevelled hair and tired eyes cling onto their worried husbands and children

Two workingmen’s pubs

Broadway is prowled by people

Of all ages, colour and creed

People from India, Far East, Middle East, Eastern Europe, Africa and South Wales

This is the Cardiffness of my street

Throughout the weekend litter