Am I the only person who found this story pretty rubbish?
I though this story was rather weak on several points:
1. Obviously place was not established well, as like most people i only suspected it might be set here in the UK about 1/4 of the way in. Even then there was no obvious city suggested. It was outside Scotland, but where? Where in the UK was it so quiet and peaceful in the streets during the 70s but also has enough local press to worry about being ambushed by reporters?
2. There were too many police cliches -- am I the only one who cringes at the phrase "I'm getting too old for this shit"?
3. Some of the references -- pubic hair? buttocks? scissors -- scissors from my office. It just seemed silly.
4. The neat wrap-up ending -- somehow they explained away the aftermath and retired and lived happily ever after? Please!
Overall this reminded of me this
"horror gem", but read inexplicably by and American.
Sorry to be the negative nancy, but I just don't think this was up to Pseudopod's usual standards.