Bit of a rant today, so apologies in advance here. This kind of shit is going into my scene writing for my novel, so, if anything, it makes for good material I suppose. Anyway, something that my aunt and I were talking about just the other day reminded me of a posting a friend of … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2017
Habits (flash fiction)
The first thing that struck Jillian when she woke was the gnawing scrape of a chill all over her body. The second, the fact she was naked in a bathtub filled with nuggets of melting ice. She gripped the edge of the tub with a slick, shaky hand. The other was trapped flat behind her … Continue reading
Show some publishing love (poll)
My publisher has put up a poll on Twitter about the next novels on their 2017 publishing agenda. Show some love to a wonderful small press (they’ve put out some amazing work from some immensely talented folk) and take part in the poll. Keep in mind it’s only up for a little while longer. You … Continue reading
Jesus Phillip K. Dick Christ, It’s Finally Here!
I was twelve when I first watched Blade Runner, unfortunately, on Betamax. We’d a big, boxy TV, the kind without a remote where you had to punch the channels actually on the side of the screen, and you had to do it really hard. It was also a TV that held no cable (never mind … Continue reading
13 Reasons Why…You Should Be Watching Sense8
Warning: Slight spoilers ahead for Netflix’s Sense8 Leave it to the Wachowski sisters and the creator of the underrated Babylon 5, J. Michael Straczynski, to develop a superhero series that will never advertise itself as a superhero series probably because there’s no saving-the-world-saving-the-universe grandiosity in play. These superheroes are, above all, incredibly human. You should … Continue reading
Colossal (aka We Need More Anne Hathaway Movies Like This One)
(MAJOR SPOILER ALERT: Colossal is the kind of movie where some things have been already spoiled in the previews, but the motives behind them haven’t, really, so go away if you intend to see this one. I am going to spoil bits of it simply because I can. It’s my blog, see?) Allow me to … Continue reading