From The Archive, Again

(I’m moving house, so we’re trying to reduce, recycle and throw away as much as we can, and the pile Continue reading →

A Happy Video-Message-Free Birthday to you

Facebook told me that a friend had a birthday today. It was an old friend from a few iterations of Continue reading →

On the Extranious Word In the Phrase ‘Tuna Fish’ – a Ditty.

(a Noel Cowardy kind of affair, may be a bit of ‘Why Can’t A Woman Be More Like a Man’ Continue reading →

A Tiny Poolsode rebellion

So, I was swimming, an activity not too hindered by my lack of natural grace and lack of lack of Continue reading →

Of Gnomes and Magic Gophers

Toppknott the Gnome put his wheelbarrow to the ground and said to his friend Kindling, “Caught anything?” “No, there’s nothing Continue reading →

Big Fingers. Pale Throat. Little Smoking Gun

His big fingers wrapped around her throat. His look was not of evil or cruelty, but of fear and panic. Continue reading →

The Short Reign of the Bug King

One day, under the great green stalks of the grasslands, two bugs bumped into each other quite accidentally. Under the Continue reading →

A small story about flinty rocks, soft voices and red fruit.

There was a girl. She had thin black hair and large sad eyes which often shadowed darkly. She lived near Continue reading →