Testicle-Grabbing New Cover for The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson

Added on 18 June 2011

Regular visitors to the odd world of this website will notice the spanking new, shiny book cover for The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson on the wallpaper. There it is there, to the left. And the right. Above and below us. I've been searching for the ideal cover for the Barney Thomson series for qui...

The Disingenuousness Of The Limited Edition Chocolate Bar

Added on 16 June 2011

Was passing through the Co-Op today on the way to collect my morning pain au raisin, when I noticed a new display for Cadbury's Flake Allure. Normally I would pass a new chocolate bar without a second glance, but then I noticed that the display indicated the Allure was a Limited Edition chocolate ba...

Cats: 21st Century Narcissistic Killing Machines

Added on 13 June 2011

We don't have cats, but the local cats use our garden like it's Oxford Street. Most times of the day it's a busy feline thoroughfare. Occasionally there's a bit of a Mexican standoff, and then they go about their business, divvying up the frogs, birds and mice on offer. [The term Mexican standoff i...

A Cod Supper, Prime Minister

Added on 10 June 2011

Finishing off Current Crime Novel (CCN) with view to getting it to agent by the end of the first week in July. He'll have a read, hopefully doesn't make too many suggestions, but might do, you never know, I get them done, and then he's in the position to take it out into the publishing world at the ...

A Cockroach Moment

Added on 08 June 2011

Inspired by Sabrina Ogden's great cockroach tale from yesterday, here's a short five second story of a singular instance of a cockroach. By five second, I mean that the action took place in about five seconds, rather than the fact that it'll take five seconds to read. Being a writer 'n all, I'll spi...