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Review: The Owl by J. J. Egosi

In this supernatural horror, a strange man finds himself in an even stranger predicament. When a student of the occult embarks on a mission to find corporeal proof of a rumoured supernatural presence in a dark forest, he is put to a gruesome test. He must cast aside his squeamishness, and his human compassion, in … Continue reading Review: The Owl by J. J. Egosi →

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So I haven't been very active recently. What with moving across the country for the new job, and then contracting Covid on week 4 of that job...but as an offer of appeasement here is a painting. I definitely need practice. But not too shabby for my first landscape in a long long time...and certainly the … Continue reading Today’s offerings… →

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And still we resist

Something like despair had settled over me, muffled everything like a cold snow blanket reduced my flames to ember, taken up residence in my chest, thorny roots dug in and spread in this heart that once had beat with the rhythm of the picket line drum. But tonight, tonight those drums! tonight through the horror … Continue reading And still we resist →

For a narcissist keeping tabs…

You are not a milestone in my life, not a blot on a reel that I replay. You are not important. Not a scratch on my lens but a smudge, dirt that I have wiped away, and the pictures taken with you never made the final cut. The life I built has no space for … Continue reading For a narcissist keeping tabs… →

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Too Much Terminology

They saidthere's too much terminology these daystoo muchexpressionyour identityis too wordytooExclusive,they said. Our words should be their wordsor not exist at all. They offer understandingon conditionthat they can definethey offer inclusion through subsumptionconsumptioncome, climb into my mawwhere words do not matterin the darkbring a rainbow flag. I'll wear it for you,what more could you want?They … Continue reading Too Much Terminology →

Teach First, the Happening

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So first of all, I need to apologise to everyone who has been kind enough to follow this blog, for having produced next to no content for a while. Next up comes a confessional which attempts to excuse my reticence. Yes, I pledged to keep writing, even when I thought that writing might be drivel. … Continue reading Teach First, the Happening →

Newquay (1/2): Bootlegger’s Voyage

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We arrived in Newquay as the sun emerged from the clouds. Our mission: to find a skipper to take us out fishing. After contacting several, we finally found one who was willing to work that day. His boat: The Bootlegger. With the tide out we were able to take the short cut across the harbour. … Continue reading Newquay (1/2): Bootlegger’s Voyage →

About Sex

I came across a call for submissions to a writing competition recently. The subject, sex. Any kind of sex, they said, any form, any genre. Go wild. The deadline for entry is two days from now. I've had a week to mull it over. I don't enter competitions much anymore. Mostly because they either cost … Continue reading About Sex →

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The Cursed Book Release Trailer

When I first wrote my debut novel, I was still in school a sixth-former being pressured into undertaking extra-curricular activities, one of which was the arts award. Here follows the saga of not one, but three failures of technology that thwarted my attempts to achieve the silver award, in a feat which frankly, I begin … Continue reading The Cursed Book Release Trailer →

In the Dunes

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Each morning in the dunes began in a fine sea-salt mist, with the waves down at the beach calling me to the water's edge, and out... The walks atop the sand and grass were scratchy. Pointed blades nipped through fabric. But the sun shone through the morning haze, the wind filled my city-lungs with clean … Continue reading In the Dunes →