Raymond G. Taylor
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Author living in Kent, England. Writer of short stories and poems in a wide range of genres, forms and styles. A non-fiction writer for 40+ years. Subjects include art, history, science, business, law, and the human condition.
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Reach for the sky
Swooping low over the runway, the Spitfire throttled back to a roar of highly-tuned Merlin engine, making a perfect landing on the grass strip at Kenley. Flight Sergeant McKinley nodded his approval as the pilot taxied neatly into position by the fuel bowser.
By Raymond G. Taylor3 years ago in Fiction
The inside job
I was nervous as hell that day. It had all been arranged. As one of only three senior executives with access to the strong room combination, I was alone out back with Christmas takings of over $2.5m in used notes awaiting cash-in-transit collection. The heist mob agreed a cut of $250,000 to me as the inside man. The plan was for the heavies to arrive at exactly the moment I opened the walk-in safe. Two men inside the safe and one outside, holding me up with a gun to the head. Just for appearances of course.
By Raymond G. Taylor3 years ago in Fiction
The Night Watch
I had plenty of time to think about it during those long night shifts. In the end, I couldn’t believe how easy it was. As a security guard at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, I had access to all areas. It took less than twenty minutes during the evening lockup. I slipped into the gallery, carefully razoring the painting out of its frame, before replacing it with a beautifully crafted fake. It would not fool anyone taking a closer look, but it gave me time to get away.
By Raymond G. Taylor3 years ago in Fiction
Simply solving sudoku
I began writing this little book on sudoku solutions shortly after the death and funeral of my dear mother. Before she became ill, Mum liked to do puzzles, including jigsaw puzzles and the word searches and simple crossword-type puzzles to be found in that wonderful magazine Take a Break. She hated sudoku though, as many people do, I suspect because they think that the appearance of the nine Arabic numerals (‘1’ to ‘9’) means that sudoku represents a problem in arithmetic, which it most certainly is not.
By Raymond G. Taylor3 years ago in Gamers
