And we're eating prawns, baked cheesecake, roli-poli cakes, ice-cream, etc. Apart from the prawns, all the stuff that's left over (there are never any prawns left after lunch on 26 December) will be sent to one of the compost bins. Including the chocolates. Which we don't (generally) eat, and despite constant reminders that we don't … Continue reading The Day After Christmas
Month: December 2021
Priscilla Bettis – Author Interview and Review
The story in the Among the Headstones anthology is Lucretia's Hum by Priscilla Bettis, someone we all know and follow, right? Well, I do. The interview is by Rayne Hall, and I'll do a review at the end. What are cemeteries like in the country where you live? I live in Virginia in the United … Continue reading Priscilla Bettis – Author Interview and Review
Cameron Trost – Author Interview and Story Review
The story in the Among the Headstones anthology is Short Cut by Cameron Trost, an Australian-born author. The interview is from Rayne Hall, and I'll do a short review at the end. Enjoy! Do you ever wander around cemeteries, read the inscriptions on strangers’ headstones, and wonder what their lives were like, how they died, … Continue reading Cameron Trost – Author Interview and Story Review
NDE
Fiction, short. The Fall Two days ago, I went into the bloody hospital. Hate those places. People go there to die. Doctors who don't look you in the eye, nurses who talk so fast the words don't make sense until they've been gone ten minutes. All those machines, all those things to fill out, all … Continue reading NDE
December, 2021
And what awaits us in the next year? As an ever-hopeful soul (put that scowl away!), I'm hoping 2022 is calmer, shorter, less fretful than the last two years. I want people to care about others, to take care in how they interact with the world, to enjoy something in each moment of every day. … Continue reading December, 2021
Cage Dunn - Fibber, Fabricator, Teller-of-Tall-Tales 