Redensive Epiphanies – A New Anthology

I’m happy and proud to announce the birth of my second* publication/editing project – The Redensive Epiphanies of Pouty McNavel. Epiphanies is an archetypal slim volume. It’s not made of genre, but it’s spiced and seasoned by it. One story … Continue reading

Working from Home; Walking to Work

Last week I decided to start walking to work. It’s already done me a lot of good. Let me explain – I work from home. Up until last week my commute was nothing more than the distance between the bedroom … Continue reading

Review – The Last Flight of the Brobdingnag

Here’s a strange one. I first came across the opening chapters of this oddly charming and compelling tale anonymously posted on Tumblr a couple of years ago. Since then I’d been wondering, off and on,  if the full story would … Continue reading

A Fairy Birdcage?

I found this in the greenhouse today. Some people might say it is the fruit case of a Physalis, or cape gooseberry. I would like to think something of such fragile intricacy might have a less mundane origin. What, I … Continue reading

Secret Pleasures

My slippers are muddy.  I’ve just been down to the bottom of the garden, built a bonfire, and watched it burn.  In my slippers. Nothing’s changed, I used to do the same sort of thing when I was a child.  … Continue reading