Tall Tales

By Terence Nunn

The pavement artist who paints a masterpiece ... the plowman who is visited by little green men in a flying saucer ... the bank manager who gets tangled up in events in a parallel universe ... the motorcycle magnate who meets his soulmate. Six short tall stories to entertain and amuse.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Terence Nunn
• Release date: Aug 22, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370366019

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TALL TALES

by Terence Nunn

Copyright © 2016 Terence Nunn

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Table of Contents

All His Own Work

Old George and the Little Green Men

Motor Cycle

Take Two

Timelines

Never Again

All His Own Work

Kneeling at his pavement pitch outside the National Gallery in TrafalgarSquare, Selwyn Smith wiped the smile off the face of the Mona Lisa. It was going-home time and as an experienced screever, or pavement artist, Selwyn knew better than to leave his work unattended for somebody else to sit beside and perhaps make money out of. The Mona Lisa was of course not in the National Gallery but everybody knew of it and it was one of the more popular pictures in his chalked gallery. He rubbed it and the other artworks out with a rag until they were unrecognisable.

On the bus home he counted out the day's takings, something over fifteen pounds. Not bad for a Sunday but not particularly good either. That made his week's earnings a little over fifty pounds, out of which he had to pay for rent, food, fares, chalks and general expenses.

Selwyn climbed the stairs to his attic room and was not surprised to see his landlady, Mrs. Hackett, hovering on the landing.

I haven't had your week's rent yet, Mr. Smith, have I? she said, coming straight to the point. Wearily Selwyn counted out the notes into her eager hand. Upstairs he sat on his only chair and ate a cheese sandwich. Where had his life gone wrong? he wondered moodily.

As a youth, Selwyn had been infatuated with Italian Renaissance art and had spent all his Saturday afternoons at the