Archive for March, 2008
Spring cleaning, I found this old oddity that never really went anywhere.
The grey, square table was as smooth as taut testicle skin ready for the tattooist’s needle, polished with window cleaner and lined with smeary arcs near the edges. Angel was curled foetal with his eyes shut on the splitting red bench, leant into the […]
Posted on March 31st, 2008 in Short Stories with no comments
Heather Jansch makes beautiful, life-sized sculptures of horses using driftwood.
I’ve always loved the worn quality of driftwood and it’s one of those things in the beach that I pick up to keep but then don’t know what to do with. I came across these sculptures a few years ago and I’m very happy to see […]
Posted on March 27th, 2008 in Research with no comments
Palahniuk likes to repeat himself - churn around his ideas and kick at them from new angles. There’s threads of Fight Club and Invisible Monsters wandering around Lullaby, and it’s like getting all the in-jokes in a film. It’s a satisfying icing on a sweet, sweet cake.
The book’s about an old Zulu culling […]
Posted on March 26th, 2008 in Book Reviews with no comments
I see photoshop as a kind of black magic. I’m useless at it and far too in love with the traditional mediums to work at it, so I just sit back and say ‘wow’ at these sorts of things. If I were any good at it though, I think this is the sort of thing […]
Posted on March 26th, 2008 in Blog with no comments
Mark Jenkins is doing fun things with street installations.
Posted on March 26th, 2008 in Research with no comments
How to disappear in America
This is a remarkably comprehensive how-to guide for people needing to get away without a trace from abusive partners. It doesn’t advocate dodging child support, criminal prosecution or dragging children around with you, which pulls it out of the fuzzy grey area.
It covers everything from how to make sure you […]
Posted on March 26th, 2008 in Research with no comments
Posted on March 26th, 2008 in Blog with no comments
The start of something else.
Steamed
Her thigh piston wheezed, coughing out a trickle of grey smoke and dripping lubricant onto the tiled floor. She was pressing an oil rag to the hole, roughly stuffing the damp cloth into italicised chasm with a long finger, cursing in short, hard breaths. Frank wandered over from behind the counter […]
Posted on March 25th, 2008 in Short Stories with no comments
This is the beginning of something bigger.
Cut Off
When I’m inspired and raging about it like the passion is this great beast barrelling around the corridors in my head, I talk to Chloe. She is my idol. We started out just talking online all the time, but then I moved to be closer […]
Posted on March 25th, 2008 in Short Stories with no comments
These are the sort of wedding photos I want.
Stacey Kane, Maine
Christobal Perez, North Carolina
Ron Storer, Washington
Posted on March 24th, 2008 in Blog with no comments