Over on Google Plus, I’ve tripped and fallen into heading a wonderful writing project called Nightmare Fuel. Every year for the last several years running, nightmares have been a significant issue for me at this time of year. From September … Continue reading
A handful of 1 foot long black cotton strings. I don’t remember what they came from, or why I saved them. They feel odd, too – as if the cotton has been lightly waxed. I’m not sure what I meant … Continue reading
This cigar box is the first candidate because it is different from the other five. While the others are the classic cigar box shape – long, broad, and very flat, with a lid that nestles down in between the front … Continue reading
I am a hoarder. I’m not a hoarder to the extreme; I don’t need interventions¹, I don’t need to clean out rooms with a shovel. My living space is only a health hazard if you’re not careful of the books … Continue reading
Don’t you hate when you’re going along, having a perfectly good conversation, and say something flippantly extravagant that suddenly makes your brain click over and reveal a previously hidden pile of plotbunnies? Do you have a phone I can text … Continue reading
Huzzah! This is a happy day, and not just because I am double posting. Vinnie Tesla – author of the fantastically awesome victorian-era sex comedy The Ontological Engine, or, The Modern Leda has written a sequel, and it is now available! It’s up at … Continue reading
In the interest of not being up all night, he texted to me, I shall only text you five times. This amused and delighted me; a bondage of sorts, self-imposed and unrequested, unexpected even – and like any really good … Continue reading
A currently-exploding story is of a New York Times review of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” – specifically, the brou-ha-ha is focused upon the fifth and sixth paragraphs of the piece, which I copy out here (emph. mine): The show has … Continue reading
On the one hand, I am somewhat irked that WordPress had the temerity to go and create a first post for me without so much as a by-your-leave… on they other hand, it was titled “hello world”, which appeals to … Continue reading