Right to Live

As every MP knows Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with ALS in 1963 and was initially given just three years to live, but he survived for 55 years after that diagnosis, living until 2018. 

Will doctors stop making simplistic predictions in response to politicians legislating for the ‘right to die’ for people with ‘only six months to live’?

All Your Stories 2026

https://allyourstoriesandpoems.com/all-your-stories-anthology-magazine/

 

"All your Stories" have had the good taste to include two of my stories in this edition. I am very pleased!

 

Review of Clown Town

If the Secret Service should last for a thousand years, people will still say, this was Jackson Lamb's finest hour. Jackson Lamb is very entertaining on the page but nobody would want to have him as a boss in real life. 

The other stand-out character for me is Roddy Ho. The Rodster is not the doyen of self-awareness.

Amazon are quite peculiar. They have also asked me to review my own book which would look a little odd.

Everyday Fiction

https://everydayfiction.com/?s=derek+mcmillan

Everyday Fiction has not been online since June so I have here my previous contributions.

An interesting fact

This is a good quiz question because anyone who watches the BBC or indeed reads the Daily Mail would refuse to believe the facts.

General election	Labour leader	Labour votes	Vote share
2024		9,708,716	33.7%
2019		10,269,051	32.1%
2017		12,877,918	40.0%
2015		9,347,324	30.4%
2010		8,609,527	29.0%

Story in Drablr

100-word stories are called "drabbles" in America but don't let that put you off.

Here is an example.

https://drablr.com/story/32382-do-not-resuscitate-dnr

E mail from Antipodean Sci Fi

Email from Antipodean Sci Fi

Hello AntiSF authors and narrators,

Just a quick email to let you know that you have a story coming up on an episode of the AntiSF Radio Show soon.

713 Brunsia

Ache - by Charles Sartorius - narrated by John Dee

Gossamer - by John Doriot

Antari Girls Go Hard - by Cameron Scott Kirk

Awkward Customer - by Derek McMillan

30/08/2026

You can grab the audio from here <antisf.libsyn.com>, once the show is published as a podcast (usually around noon on Sunday, a little before the broadcast on 2NVR.

Ooroo for now,

Ion. Antari Girls Go Hard - by Cameron Scott Kirk

Awkward Customer - by Derek McMillan

30/08/2026

You can grab the audio from here <antisf.libsyn.com>, once the show is published as a podcast (usually around noon on Sunday, a little before the broadcast on 2NVR.

Ooroo for now,

Ion.

Audio version of Ragamuffin's Boot

https://youtu.be/b1CkIMuIh9U