Category: Fiction
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Nice Weather for Fish
In the last year, thanks to lockdown, I have started playing Dungeons and Dragons again, for the first time in over 30 years. Now, I have also written and published my first role-playing adventure, for D&D or any OSR-type game. Ladies and Gentlemen, please enjoy Nice Weather for Fish. Many thanks to Martin F Bedford […]
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He Died with his Eyes Open, by Derek Raymond
He Died with His Eyes Open (Factory 1) is a stunning, shocking novel which manages to transcend the genre of crime fiction in a similar way that, for example, James Ellroy and Raymond Chandler do. I rate Raymond above either Ellroy or Chandler though: his books, like the very best of literature, hold the reader’s […]
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What a Revelation
06/06/06 is coming in a few days (for Europeans and Americans). Given George W Bush’s possible antecedent, this could be something to get worried about.
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Wooden Heart
I’m sure I’ve already mentioned here various bits of writing I’m working on. Well, I reached a major landmark last week courtesy of a few hours in Ed’s studio. I blocked out the screech of his lathe by writing mindlessly. Managed to get down pretty all the elements for my first short story. It’s a […]
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Katherine Mansfield, American Splendour and Hats
I finally got around to reading some Katherine Mansfield, after reading glowing praise from M John Harrison and others, and spotting Harvey Pekar reading one of her books in a scene from American Splendour. I picked up a pleasingly 1950s-looking hardback “Collected Stories” from the book stall on the South Bank, under Waterloo Bridge. Last […]
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No one comes here sober
Quote of the night from Gordon’s novel: No one comes here sober and everyone leaves in a worse state than they arrived.