The sound of the tolling bell invaded McKenzie’s mind. It was seven a.m. on a sunny Sunday morning and the faithful were making their way to early mass.Historically, France is a predominantly Roman Catholic country with a past that is steeped

Episode 22 - McKenzie in the Light

Aug 20th, 2011 2m 34s

The smell of sulphur and the stench of filth made McKenzie want to retch. It overpowered him; dank, putrid decay, the reek of death. The tortured screaming was at fever-pitch way beyond the capabilities of anything human.Involuntarily, McKenzi

Episode 21 - McKenzie Plunges into Darkness

Aug 13th, 2011 1m 24s

McKenzie was spiralling backwards, falling into empty darkness. He felt helpless; unable to coordinate his movements; unable to think straight. What was happening to him? He had no idea.He reached out desperately trying to catch hold of someth

Episode 20 - McKenzie and the Smell

Aug 7th, 2011 1m 35s

It was the smell that first caught McKenzie’s attention. It transported him back to a time when he lived in Kisumu, Kenya. He was six years old.His family lived in the security of the military compound where his father had been unexpectedly st

Episode 19 - McKenzie Feels Vulnerable

Jul 29th, 2011 2m 23s

To say Sanjid’s house was shabby was a gross misunderstatement. The ancient outer edifice was crumbling and so too were the walls inside. It was highly unlikely that the windows had ever been cleaned. The threadbare linen draped over them, alth

Episode 18 - McKenzie's Edge

Jul 2nd, 2011 1m 42s

McKenzie’s EdgeDuring his time of self-imposed isolation, McKenzie had exercised less and eaten more. He had gained a few extra pounds. Not so much that anyone would notice, anyone that is, except McKenzie.McKenzie felt that he had lost his e

Episode 17 - McKenzie Looks for a Connection

Jun 25th, 2011 2m 57s

McKenzie Looks for a ConnectionMcKenzie found himself at church. It was somewhere in middle England at the beginning of spring. With new life bursting out all around him, it seemed like an excellent time to make a God connection in the hope of

Episode 16 - McKenzie Comes Out of Hibernation

Jun 18th, 2011 1m 33s

McKenzie comes out of HibernationMcKenzie caught his reflection in a shop window. He couldn’t believe what he saw. He looked like someone who had been isolated, hidden high on a mountain or deep in a jungle or lost in a desert. His eyes stared

Episode 15 - McKenzie Finds Hope

Jun 11th, 2011 1m 31s

McKenzie Finds HopeMcKenzie scanned the parched desert landscape expecting to see nothing but, hoping that he would see something or someone, some kind of life, anything. As his trained eyes journeyed slowly through the bleak, arid, inhospitab

Episode 14 - McKenzie Gets Cooked

Jun 3rd, 2011 1m 47s

McKenzie Gets CookedThe wind died away leaving McKenzie sitting in the merciless inferno of airless sunshine. He felt like a piece of meat tossed on a barbeque griddle as he began to cook in the unrelenting heat. He focussed his mind and tried

Episode 13 - McKenzie on the Run

May 20th, 2011 2m

McKenzie on the RunMcKenzie grew increasingly more impatient as he waited for Maria to show. It was now well past their pre-arranged rendezvous time. Maybe their plot had been discovered. If so, it was inevitable that Don Pedro’s henchmen woul

Episode 12 - McKenzie’s Reality Check

May 12th, 2011 1m 36s

McKenzie’s Reality CheckIt started as a tiny speckle in the far, far distance, in the macro-space behind McKenzie’s eyes. Sitting in his recliner easy-chair soaking up the sunshine through the window of his bedroom, he almost purred like a pus

Episode 11 - McKenzie Meets His Past

May 8th, 2011 2m 28s

McKenzie Meets His PastHis mp4 player was out of juice, so McKenzie tuned into the noise that surrounded him. He zoned-into private conversations until he found something that interested him. He was back in Scotland, in Glasgow, in a massive s

Episode 10 - McKenzie and the Mercedes

Apr 29th, 2011 1m 11s

McKenzie waited anxiously for Maria to show. They had meticulously planned this meeting before she helped him to escape from ‘La Dama de la Noche’. Maria had decided to go to her father in Sao Paulo Brazil. Together with McKenzie, they had stag

Episode 9 - McKenzie Gets High

Apr 23rd, 2011 1m 29s

The air at such altitude, in the foothills of the Himalayas, was incredibly thin and dry making it impossible to sweat despite the scorching heat. McKenzie’s blood pressure was far too high causing his face to flush like a beetroot. His pulse w

Episode 8 - McKenzie is Amazed

Mar 19th, 2011 3m 1s

McKenzie is AmazedAs quickly as she had entered, Maria left the room, having caused relatively little damage. McKenzie was confused and wondered what was going on. Was this part of a physiological ploy to intimidate him?Before McKenzie had a

Episode 7 - McKenzie and the Digital Age

Mar 10th, 2011 1m 52s

McKenzie and the Digital AgeMcKenzie was taken aback when the preacher walked up to the pulpit and said, “Please do not turn off your mobile phones. Leave them on and start texting and posting messages of what happens here to your friends on F

Episode 6 - McKenzie is Spared

Feb 26th, 2011 2m 11s

McKenzie is SparedCondensation stuck to the window like mist on a Scottish mountain. However, McKenzie was not in Scotland, The Land of his Fathers, he was in South East Asia, Myanmar to be precise, Mandalay City to be very precise.A drop of

Episode 5: McKenzie Sub-Plot

Feb 22nd, 2011 2m 20s

Miguel radioed ahead informing the Coastguard and the Guardia Civil of his surprise catch. Before he reached the beautiful La Carihuela beach, he could see that is was packed with emergency service vehicles and, of course, the press. Miguel or

Episode 4 - McKenzie Gets the Point

Feb 17th, 2011 2m 30s

By the time McKenzie heard the key unlock the cabin door, he had manoeuvred himself into a sitting position on the floor with his back against the wall. At least that way he would see what was coming.To his surprise, it was Maria who entered u

Episode 3 - McKenzie is Captured

Feb 7th, 2011 2m 43s

Bubbles broke the surface then drifted away on the ebb tide as the weighted body sank silently out of sight to the Mediterranean Sea bed forty metres below. Back on the shore in La Carihuela, Miguel and his crew prepared their nets for a full n

Episode 2 - McKenzie Visits the Fourth Dimension

Jan 28th, 2011 2m 13s

McKenzie found himself caught-up in worship. He had begun to pray in a spontaneous way, but before long, joy and excitement began to well up inside him. All at once it spilled out his mouth in a cascade of words that were not his own.McKenzie

Episode 1 - McKenzie Listens Hard

Jan 20th, 2011 3m 24s

McKenzie sat sipping his piping-hot mint tea. There wasn’t too much tea in the small chunky tumbler on account of it being crammed full of fresh mint leaves and far too much sugar. He sat at a wobbly table surrounded by a variety of leathery fa

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