Alex Walters

Author: michaelwalterssolusor

  • Welcome

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    Hello, all, and welcome to the website, which finally brings together all my books in one place. Please have a look around – I’d very much welcome any thoughts or ideas about what people would like to see on here.

  • A Story for Hallowe’en: Putting the Clocks Back

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    ‘That doesn’t look right.’ ‘What doesn’t?’ ‘The junction up ahead. It doesn’t match the SatNav.’ Tess had been concentrating on driving down the narrow single-track road, taking occasional instructions from the mellifluous voice of the woman she referred to as ‘SatNav lady’. She slowed the car and glanced at the screen. It showed only the…

  • A Story for Hallowe’en: The Last Holiday

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    I thought, for a change, I’d publish a short story for Hallowe’en. This story is, as they always say, based on ‘real events’. None of the characters is real and the story didn’t happen in quite the way I’ve told it, but it – or parts of it – did happen. As the great Bob Pegg said…

  • Researching Winterman

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    The original germ of the idea for Winterman goes back a year or two. I’d had the idea of trying to write a book set in the aftermath of the Second War World, when the Attlee government was trying to implement the welfare state in the face of severe austerity and rationing. My second thought…