A Clusterbomb Of Christmas Excrement

Added on 21 December 2011

It's Christmastime, there's no need to be afraid. Apparently. And, just as every year we have to listen to the same damn songs over and over and over and over again, once again it's December and I get to complain about all those bloody songs, much in the way as I do every other year. Thi...

the graveyard shift

Added on 15 December 2011

My wife’s gran, Dorothy, died last week. Sitting in bed, drinking a cup of tea, at the age of 91. On a list of ways to go, it beats getting burned to death in a blazing inferno caused by a volcanic eruption, being inadvertently strangled during a butt-naked sex game, plummeting to your death ...

LOST IN JUAREZ Amazon Promotion

Added on 11 December 2011

LOST IN JUAREZ, the Bob Dylan-influenced political conspiracy thriller that redefined Bob Dylan-influenced political conspiracy thrillers for the new millennium, is currently available for free on Amazon Kindle. This is the inside story of how it happened. Just last week Amazon introduced a variety...

This Blasted Life #5

Added on 08 December 2011

The fifth exciting instalment of This Blasted life is now available. Entitled The Slartibartfast Paradigm, it features a panel of experts discussing the very nature of creation. And, obviously, when I say a panel of experts I mean me and a bloke that I made up. Sometimes you’re watching a natu...

The Night Santa Got The Blues

Added on 06 December 2011

Every December I remember to dust off my Christmas story - THE NIGHT SANTA GOT THE BLUES - and put it up on this site, a piece of seasonal magic for the many millions of visitors. Every year when I do this I think, I really must be a bit more proactive with this, start looking at it earlier in the ...