Heart of darkness?

I’m afraid to go to Africa. Flies that burrow and rot, worms that come out your eyeball metres long, fish …

This October, be a man!

…like Miss Appleby. In Emily Larkin’s amusing romance Unmasking Miss Appleby, downtrodden Charlotte Appleby receives a visit from her malicious …

Morning thought bubbles

For a person who’s always talking to herself (in her head), it’s weird that when I sit down to write …

Original, fun, literate…and probably NOT available at a bookstore near you

Are you TIRED of trawling through the latest ‘FREE and 99 cents’ collection of utterly banal and appallingly edited indie …

What would you do with your 15 minutes?

Andy Warhol was supposed to have said that that in the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes (apparently, …

Ten reasons to look forward to old age…

1. Age is power. You only have to look at all the old bastards lining board room tables and elbowing …

Rose is sad…

I often think of myself, smugly, as a cork. You can push a cork under water but once you let …

What is it about you and death, mate?

Ever since I turned 30, I’ve had this fascination with death. I’m the kind of person who’s always running around …

Game of Souls

At the beginning of the Game…. All players receive a quota of souls with which to play. The total number …

Apocalypse…later

======================================================================================================= The end really is nigh. It began as a dim light in the winter sky.  And now, scientists have …