Ina Disguise: 34 books

A short story from 2005 from Ina Disguise. The tale of a young artist, trying not to be. Ina gets into trouble at work in the course of failing to seduce an ugly pathologist. Ina makes a film and narrowly escapes losing her income.

The fictional story of a genuine emotional experience, the Best Scandal Ever weaves fiction and fact together into a gargantuan epic fable. Kira, an uptight, foul-tempered and lonely academic, accidentally falls in love with everything she hates, an American Free Love practicing hippy businessman...

Ina discusses the real problem with the NHS, which she has special insight into not only because of her years investigating from the perspective of witnessing various events as an administrator, but due to her contact with experienced professionals and events in her personal life. The story tells...

Unpopular blogging is an homage to Unpopular Essays by Bertrand Russell. Although by no means as weighty, Ina uses her filter of rationality and logic to expose the bones behind the flesh of modern life. Ina will be continuing her unpopular blogging for some time to come, but here is a selection of...

The history of public speaking in America is long and chequered. Ina has had a lifelong interest in the world of the motivational speaker, and many years of reading self help books as comedy relief from a varied and often difficult life. Motivational Nonsense is a selection of blog posts from her...

A selection of stories written whilst musing on a very beautiful but distressed man that Ina briefly worked with. He had her fired for trying to give him a book.

A dark romantic short story in which Ina reproaches a passing stranger via a series of fictional anecdotes from her life.

The people holding the economy together work with no rights in jobs with no security of tenure, and are hired for a variety of spurious reasons. This is the story of one such project, and the people who suffer so that you can pay your mortgage.

The story of Kate, a chef who goes to work for a respected name, only to find that respect is a one way street, and she is at the opposite end. A tale of personality disorder, overwork and the value of developing self-worth.

The story of Kira and Leon, a long-term friendship with some subtle and unusual twists and turns.

Oliver has it all, fame, wealth, a wife, a family, adoring fans and an unknown capacity for hard work, so why does he find a grumpy, sarcastic and slightly deranged thumbnail photograph so compelling?

Pippa is very kind, but often forgets about herself. Unusually, she has some time off work, and decides to explore the fabulous world of online dating, whereupon she discovers that she is an utter failure at life.

Petra has worked long and hard for her mother, and deserves a day off. A motivational speaker she admires holds an event, and she decides to take decisive action to confront him about the work she has for him, with unexpected results

Roger is an investment banker, who enjoys, women, cocaine and besting his workmates. He does not usually bother with domestic politics, which means that it comes as something of a surprise when he goes to work one day and finds half of his colleagues missing. Roger finds that his masculinity is further...