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This is the last page of an issue of the comic Fell (Warren Ellis/Ben Templesmith). After a night shift as a detective in the horrid burg of Snowtown, our hero Richard Fell stands, Batman-style on the roof of an apartment building, watching the sun rise. After a day of dealing with incompetence, perversity and needless cruelty, he writes in his ( Read more... )

Ah, well. I submitted a story to Ellen Datlow's new anthology and was rejected. Not exactly surprised, but rejection's rejection.

So I woke this morning, and something felt wonky. My ear seemed clogged, and my hand came away bloody. There was blood on the outer ear and I could hardly hear anything (the other ear was ok though). It didn't hurt, but had clearly bled a decent amount. I figure my eardrum has burst ( Read more... )

Do you think that creativity is a finite resource for the individual?

There's another AWESOME Subnormality out. Reading the comments is recommended too.

I tried to make stuffed leek tonight. Tried baking them instead of pan-frying them. The low-fat way. Well, I've done my bit to pave to road to hell. Of course they came out dry. Luckily I'd made plenty of sauce. Next time I'm gonna do it the way my ancestors did it!

I don't have a winter depression, but I do seem to have seasonal switched-offness. These days I'm shockingly uncreative, and spend much time sleeping, looking at google maps, and wondering what I'd do if I had lots of money (there'd be no biddy-biddy-bum, believe me). Oh, and eat toasted cheese sandwiches. Lazy, even in matters culinary ( Read more... )

I've just been to Copenhagen, where Sand ran a game of Warhammer Fantasy rpg (3rd ed.) for us this weekend. That was great fun. It's a bit daunting with all the weird colored dice, but once we got into the swing of it, it ran pretty smoothly. My character was an Altdorf student turned itinerant river boatman. Much fun was had. Beastmen had ( Read more... )

Aahh! Behind!


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So, the 12th of April will be the day where I start in the café. As much as I've talked it up, I feel full of loathing now. Just had the phone call y'see.