March 2009
7 posts
Hirsh Sawhney: How independents will save... →
woo. good to know.
“Her hand moved faster. I wondered, when she eventually got home, how she might...”
– ishouldbeworking
“Pet food conspiracy theorists used to witter on about Whiskas containing heroin....”
– A Free Man In Preston
“So might Twitter be a pathetic cry of comfort for those who truly feel the need...”
– Is Twitter making you feel less lonely? | Technically Incorrect - CNET News
“the teller of fictions is likely to be a liar”
– Writing for a living: a joy or a chore?: nine authors give their views | Books | The Guardian
“Along the way, there are the pitfalls of self-disgust, boredom, disorientation...”
– Writing for a living: a joy or a chore?: nine authors give their views | Books | The Guardian
February 2009
2 posts
“Valentine’s Day. A day for romance. And a good day for a massacre, too”
– ‘Do You Write Under Your Own Name?’
June 2008
1 post
“f I use a computer to look at pictures of penises that can be seen by anyone who...”
– the.effing.librarian
May 2008
3 posts
“People are avoiding us, I tell W. He agrees. They can smell failure, he says.”
– Spurious: Nuns and Dogs
“Librarians are an odd bunch (I believe we’ve established that time and again in...”
– “Art (like food) begins in imitation and ends in innovation…” « LiberryDwarf
“This morning I stopped at the bank to make a deposit before work. I put the card...”
– Mazie Louise Montgomery
March 2008
2 posts
“move in with me. i am lonely. we can watch television together. we’ll...”
– Move in With Me by Sam Pink - featured in: This Zine Will Change Your Life Like this. It’s only new but I will go back and read some more of it when it is not so new.
“i think i would feel better about life if every day, the headlines of major...”
– bye earth: i want to say some things by Brandon Scott Gorrell After I read this I wanted to do some clapping. So I did, but only quietly. I didn’t use the whole of my hands to clap, just a little bit of them. That’s because it’s almost night and my friend is asleep.
February 2008
1 post
a collection of miscellaneous items →
I don’t know if I like this picture or not. But I looked at it for a really long time. And I like collections of miscellaneous things. I used to use that word a lot and then I noticed and it started annoying me so I decided I wouldn’t say ‘miscellaneous’ any more. I didn’t, but I sort of miss it now. I might start saying it again. But moderately.
January 2008
7 posts
“Last night, I found where all the lost things go.”
– Found and Lost by Richard Rippon - at Mannequin Envy This is a good story. It made me feel excited, then happy, then really sad, then I giggled and rolled my eyes, but in a friendly, pleased and approving kind of way.
“Sometimes I will flush the toilet before I am finished peeing so that by the...”
– organic pipe tobacco: I pee Sometimes I do this too and I am a girl. I’m quite flexible though. Twisting round to flush the toilet while sitting on it isn’t a problem for me. I consider it a great time saver.
“I wonder how many others are in the books on the shelves.”
– emma j. lannie: Tales from the Library: blind I don’t think there are enough short stories about libraries. I really like this post, but the rest of the blog is good too.
“If the boozer in question happened to have a couple in a glass display cabinet...”
– Frank Morgan: Private Diary: Things I like about Denmark I like this blog. Everyone who reads this should go and have a look at this blog.
“I peep into the oven and notice in delight that the pie looks nearly ready. I...”
– Chicken and Pies: Mistake This is a short story plug for a short story by Socrates. I liked it. Did everyone say ‘Soh-crates’ (two syllables) when they were younger? Sometimes when I’m reading in my head I still say it like that. I hope I never make a mistake and say it out loud in...
December 2007
7 posts
“Santa crashed.
Santa crashed into a mountain.
Santa crashed into a mountain...”
– The Last Noel by Josh Fischel - at monkeybicycle.net which is also very good.
“Justin knows that if he doesn’t say something to this girl that he will...”
– all art everywhere is free: ACTORS by Ken Baumann I like this story.
“Eve said to him once, she said, “I sometimes get this feeling that...”
– Vanja Kovacic: Rotten Like the Gutter (from the Showcase at Laura Hird’s website)
“Tiredness bears you in the direction of a particular kind of writing, which...”
– Spurious: Tired
“This time last year, I thought I’d have at least three girls to juggle, like so...”
– I’m Trying To Tell You by Nathan Logan From the first issue of Robot Melon: Hostile Mechanical Take-Over. I liked this poem. The stories (Noah Cicero and Robert Baumann) and photography (Kevin Russ) are well worth a look too. Will be keeping an eye on this one.