2013 | Neil Beynon

Defiance

by Neil | Dec 31, 2013 | Diary, Personal, Writing

Today I submitted a short story. It probably won’t get accepted, these things generally don’t first time, but that wasn’t really the point. As 2013 draws to a close, it was one of the ways I have of flipping this awful, dreadful, f***ing furnace of a year the bird....

Christmas 2013

by Neil | Dec 25, 2013 | childhood, Family, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place

This is not the Christmas I wished for. Wishes are rubbish like that. They are ephemeral, flighty, tricksters that hover around the back of your head, flying into view as you sit stuck in traffic or on the train, they’re bit like their cousin, the idea, in that way....

50

by Neil | Nov 23, 2013 | BBC, childhood, Family

Today, a modest 60s SF show is 50. It’s also seven months since my son was born. Doctor Who is still running. My son is dead. I am a lifelong fan of Who. Along with Star Wars, C S Lewis, Tolkien, Dahl, Blyton and Trek. It is a firm vibrant link back to my...

Wish you were here…

by Neil | Oct 23, 2013 | Diary, Personal

Six months. Miss you...

The Run

by Neil | Jul 3, 2013 | poetry

I did it again. Sorry. This is an attempt at a form from my native Wales called Englyn penfyr, one of the eight forms of the Englyn.* Here it is [This version actually breaks a rule, though I still like it, a corrected form follows in the second half of the post]: The...