‘Trying to Find Van Breukelen’ in Ideas Above Our Station (Route)
I am pleased to announce that my short story ‘Trying to Find Van Breukelen’ has been published in the latest Route anthology ‘Ideas Above Our Station.’ (ISBN 1-901927-28-8 £8.99) This should be available for purchase towards the end of October/November and will involve the usual promo (book signings, readings) at a Leeds bookshop. I will provide details of this as and when I find out. As always I will give the readings a miss and turn up for my free glass of wine. The story basically involves a father and son going to visit the grave of their partner/mother. To help the child come to terms with the grief they play a game, trying to spot the names of former Forest players’ on the gravestones. As always it is my intention to get in Nottingham references as and when I can to put the city back on the map and in a positive manner. Hans Van Breukelen is a former Forest goalkeeper from the eighties. I chose him for the title for two reasons; firstly, he has a great name and secondly, ‘Trying to Find Stevie ‘One Eye’ Sutton’ hasn’t quite got the same ring…