Happy Birthday

by | Nov 10, 2010 | Reading, Video

The other Neil is fifty today. Happy Birthday Neil, thanks for all the stories, the blog and generally being a the kind of writer who encourages others to make stuff. This is Neil reading one of my favourite of his poems, Crazy Hair:...

Dresden Dolls (They live again…)

by | Nov 10, 2010 | Music, Video

Long time readers will know I am a big admirer of Amanda Palmer’s work. To my delight, The Dresden Dolls are touring again following a significant hiatus and Bitter Ruin (who I am going to see perform again on Friday at the The Spice of Life, off the Charing...

Bristolcon

by | Nov 8, 2010 | Comment, Conventions

I spent Saturday legging it down to Bristol and back again. No, I haven’t gone mad. I was attending the second annual Bristolcon but with a somewhat tighter schedule this year I decided to opt for the train reasoning this would allow me to not worry about...

Stone Out Now

by | Nov 3, 2010 | Fantasy, Horror, Personal, Shameless self promotion, Writing

Murky Depths 14 featuring my short story Stone is shipping now. Murky depths is a great publication that long time readers will know I have been a big fan of since its launch and recently won the British Fantasy award for best periodical. Writers like Jon Courtney...

8-bit

by | Nov 1, 2010 | Cool stuff, Video

Via a friend (who I’m not sure wants to go by name on a public site). I love this: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLpkjtWuPs8]