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November 10, 2017
Falling from the World
She was there to save me when I fell out of this world. They are memories like the fragments of some dream or nightmare. I remember stumbling through the woods, falling breathless against trees, looking down at the blood on me, dark in the moonlight. I remember stumbling across the meadow as the dawns
November 8, 2017
The City of Her Dreams
Kerena dreamt a river that bought the melting snow down from the mountains to the warmer flat plain, turning the bare world green along its edges. It was here that she dreamt a city for her people, her family, her tribe, her silo. She built them a strong city, rising tall by the riverside withs
November 7, 2017
November 3, 2017
Interesting Things 03/11/2017
A miscellany of links I found interesting recently: (As this is the first post in a (possible) new weekly series, there are quite a few of them this time.) On the idiocy of ‘banning’ one of the greatest books of the 20th Century. ‘What’s really ‘disturbing’ of course, are the implications of suppressing a masterpiece…
November 1, 2017
No Sun or Stars
That winter was cold and dark, colder and darker than any winter I remember. It did not snow that much, so it was not a proper cold winter. It rained, and the mornings were dull and misty. Everything felt damp, with a coldness that wearied rather than chilled. I remember longing for one of those…
October 31, 2017
October 27, 2017
The New Celebrity World
These days Stopgap Madeupname is probably the world’s leading celebrity fencepost. In the past, it was usually only humans who achieved celebrity status, or had that celebrity status thrust upon them. However, such is the unpredictable nature of humans, especially when it comes to the various bad habits and other commercially unwelcome traits of humanity,…
October 25, 2017
A Reader Responds
‘Hold it.’ ‘What?’ ‘I don’t think very much of this, so far.’ ‘Who are you? And why should I care what you think?’ ‘I’m the reader.’ ‘Oh. Hello there.’ ‘I hope you don’t mind me interrupting like this.’ ‘Well, it is not usually the way we do things. The writer usually does the writing and…
October 20, 2017
The New Literary Sensation
Pennib Trustfund is probably the leading figure in today’s literary scene. Her works have all the literary critics in academia and the media raving about them. Some have said she is the most significant literary figure to appear in the 21st century and that her name will live on into the next century, as long…
October 19, 2017
Free Kindle Comedy Novel – The Dirty Book
The Dirty Book Available here free on Kindle for the next 5 days only: Amazon UK Amazon US Universal link When his novel becomes a surprise bestseller, author Robert Block thinks all his problems are over… but they have only just begun. Robert Block wants to be a famous and successful published author more…
