Jon Collins

Jon Collins

Word weaver, song singer, pattern whisperer, baker and candlestick maker.

Ode to W H Smith

Oh W H Smith, how I miss The rows of sellotape So carefully arranged between staplers And ring reinforcements The magazines on shelves of steel That reached so high and stretched Away, away

On writing Rush-Chemistry, and Egg Nog Gate

“What’s next?” said Sean. “You can’t just leave it there.” Sean was the self-styled big cheese at Helter Skelter, the publishing firm that took a risk on the first edition