There are, in fact, guidelines in place for Watchers faced with this situation. These can be summarised as, “Avoid this situation at almost all costs but, if unable to take avoiding action, do not wish for any form of vengeance, do not wish for the return of anyone known or suspected to be deceased, and do not assume that the demon, genii or other ( Read more... )

I don’t think that I had a safe place as a child; not in the sense that the questioner may mean. Perhaps I rarely felt threatened. Certainly I had my own room from a very young age. Nobody interfered there - at least, that was how I perceived it. My books were undisturbed and it was some years before I realised that dust very rarely removes itself ( Read more... )

Churchill had an enviable gift for summarising motivating speeches into a few words. My father remarked on it many times, and I sometimes think that I can remember the speeches themselves from my childhood. That is not really very likely, of course; the man was at his best during the Second World War ( Read more... )

What a fascinating question! I wonder what it would have been like to have been reared in a family, and to come from a background, in which that question could be asked in all seriousness ( Read more... )

Unfortunately, it is not unusual to lose a Slayer. It is always regrettable, but not unusual. Nobody expects a Slayer to die of natural causes but I think the younger Watchers tend to assume that the accounts of their lives always end with the announcement that they have been killed by vampires or, more rarely, demons. ( Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing;161 words )

What is my comfort food ( Read more... )

It happened quite recently. I was undertaking some research in the Alternative British Library. (Nothing really esoteric. It was a matter of the reproductive techniques of Drayfang demons - not, I hasten to add, for any prurient reason but because there is evidence that they, like several other “traditional demons”, are dangerously allergic to ( Read more... )

"Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. Samuel Butler" Discuss ( Read more... )

How strange; these tags hurt, even after all these years. Even the map and compass reminded me of one of my uncles. I could almost smell his tobacco. ( The aliens amongst us. )

Hmmm, I suspected at first that it might be the Great Menhir on the Dark Island. It looks very like it, but it is difficult to ascertain, with that lightning.

( Field trip. )