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Good afternoon, snippeteers! I hope you’re all having a lovely weekend. I’m recovering from my latest book launch and a massive attack of tree pollen, and I am head-down over GDPR stuff – which is enough to shrivel your brain to the size of a hazelnut.
Apart from that, all’s fun here. We had a most lovely dinner out at Simpson’s-in-the-Strand, Gareth’s favourite restaurant and just across the road from the (fictitious) mining company, Jack and Gareth work for. I was very tempted to use the restaurant in my First World War Mystery / spy story, Forever England, but I was reliably informed that women were not allowed into Simpson’s dining room until 1982. There were ladies’ dining rooms upstairs, where gentlemen could entertain their guests. Since the MC of Forever England is an indomitable young woman, I can see that NOT working…
Nevermind. I’ll think of something.
For today, though, one final snip from Swings & Roundabouts, before I have to find something else to entertain you with. And here we’re with Nico and Daniel, who have survived their first day of work experience, their first day spent apart from each other and in the company of only strangers.
Jack has collected Nico from his workplace and when they come home, he’s pleased to hear that Daniel seemed to have had an enjoyable first day
From Swings & Roundabouts
“And then he said he wanted baby octopus on his pizza!” Daniel’s voice floated down the hallway, the excitement in it like a bright light.
Nico froze, one shoe still unlaced, and made a face. Octopus pizza, he mouthed soundlessly. Yuk.
“I wouldn’t eat that either,” Jack said quietly and hung up Nico’s jacket. “Come on. Let’s see if he’s poisoned anyone on his first day.”
The first three Jack and Gareth books are on sale over at Dreamspinner Press all this weekend. You can find them here. And if you’d like to add Swings & Roundabouts to your collection, you can do that here.
Ew! *shudders at the very thought of baby octopus pizza*
Nice scene! ❤️
Same here…
Too funny. Thank you for sharing. And Happy Writing!
I got the privacy policies done. “Only” new terms of business to draft now…
Octopus pizza is just wrong!
Agreed.
Lol- I love that snip, and yeah even though I like octopus, hells to the no putting it on pizza.
I’m a pepperoni girl myself, so yeah… no baby octopus for me.
Heh, love that last line. 🙂 I’m wincing right with them at the concept. (wry grin)
Now that’s some strange pizza
Granted. But many delis hereabouts offer “build your own pizza” options and you can never tell what people come up with…
Nope, no octopus on my pizza! 🙂
Not on mine, either.
Octopus and pizza don’t seem like two things that really go together…
In Naples, they might disagree. I didn’t think chips (or fries) belonged on a pizza, but in Naples it seems to be a thing…
If it has suckers, it has no place on a pizza, just sayin’. Nice snippet!
I’m not a great fan of squid in any incarnation, and I’m a bit of a pizza snob… so I agree.
Octopus pizza! :O Yuk indeed! 🙂