I’m afraid to go to Africa. Flies that burrow and rot, worms that come out your eyeball metres long, fish … More
Tag: free books
This and that and you know…share houses at fifty nine?
I’ve recently acquired two housemates. This after living in splendid isolation for three years or so (I can’t recall exactly) … More
Snow church, a poem
And yet I choose to live here. There are pillars in the great cathedral of Seville, each the width of … More
I wanna go hooooome!!
Being sick, alone, abroad, is shit. Sometimes literally (my daughter got fearfully sick when we arrived in Thessaloniki on a … More
Old love letters
I’m just a little bit sad You’re just a little bit gone But then, you weren’t here for long. When … More
November’s outstanding indies!
Rose’s brilliant author brother Peter is writing up this month’s selection of indie goodies, as Rose has absconded with the … More
A poem for the future
In the future Few of us remain. Summer never ends, for some Far beneath the sea hides a better world. … More
What can you do without?
A question for you. When is a library not a library? When you take away one book? When you take … More
The Sorcerer’s Tampon and other mysteries
____________________________________________________________________________________________ Lady Ermenegilda stood alone in the Chamber of Eternal Night, the light of an elaborately carved chandelier catching her … More
Unfamiliar
_________________________________________________________________________________________________ I hang in the air above the burning of her. I feel..responsible. But hungry. Because, you know, that’s crows … More