Tired of society and its expectations Johnny has walked the streets and hills of Sussex for twenty years, fending for himself and taking nothing that isn’t free. With oysters in his belly and the purest water at his lips, Johnny’s world turns upside-down when Mother Nature plays a trick of the light that stirs Johnny’s heart, and changes everything.

Johnny Frugal

They say you should never start by describing the weather. No dramatic sunsets; no storms battering ancient shutters on deserted moorland farmhouses. The state of the prevailing wind is tedious and distracting – apparently – regardless of how well it sets the scene. As an aged storyteller it’s a rule to which I’d normally adhere, but ye Gods, the sky that greeted me an hour after I awoke this morning chilled my very soul. The sky was green.

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A bitter-sweet love story set in a seaside resort in the post-punk, mod-revival year of 1979. The tale centres around Billy, his sharp suits, observations on life and love for the ever-elusive Dinah.

Summer Breeze

It was the summer of ’79. A glorious heatwave hung over England and lasted for weeks, making us sweat, tanning our skin. I was seventeen; my hair was short and my collars buttoned down. I’d landed a job and I finally felt free.

Everything was changing – Thatcher was in, Sid Vicious was dead. The Yorkshire Ripper was terrifying women everywhere.

In my home town, life was shifting. People were leaving – moving on; even my old school friends were gone. All of them, except Tom Travis. But Tom was changing too. And when he turned up at my house on a scooter one sweltering July afternoon I was jealous enough to pretend Lambrettas weren’t my thing.

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