The Angry Avatar 29 May 2012 | 11:01 am

I can be made to wait during something important -like, say, in the middle of being on fire? Good example. That actually happened. We had entered the burning dirigible to rescue the Petty Officer's pa...

The Purple Swan 30 Dec 2010 | 04:36 am

The Blame Game 13 Dec 2010 | 03:52 am

No good times, no bad times, there's no times at all, just the New York Times -Simon and Garfunkel

Elves Like Us 21 Nov 2010 | 09:00 am

Me-Yo and GR!O got into the best parties, ongame or off, dressed to dazzle and always sporting the latest grooves, but after they crossed the line at Becky Bermuda's and went too far, they would never...

Alimentary Fragment 28 Oct 2010 | 02:26 am

Gastronomy: astronomy with a capital G. Related to God. The divine science. The depth of hunger but the height of taste. If there is one link twining through human history it is the stomach, the shape...

Minute for What (conclusion) 17 Oct 2010 | 03:10 am

Sally waited in the car, his angel, and soon, if things went as expected, his executioner. For five minutes they drove without speaking. Water splashed under the wheels. It was half past one and she ...

Minute for What (continued) 13 Oct 2010 | 07:42 am

The boy repeated what he said at the pub, that he was trying to help, shadows from the cell striping his dredlock mane. So much like Rob at that age. Philosophy of invulnerable youth took many shapes ...

Minute for What (continued) 13 Oct 2010 | 01:20 am

"What," Rob said, "did I do, precisely?" "Taking the gun from him?" The agent laughed. "You must have known we would find it." "I didn't think we'd be caught." "No deed unpunished, that's the law o...

Minute for What (continued) 10 Oct 2010 | 02:05 am

Saughton Gaol was out of a dark faerie story, prisoners locked inside like children in an oven. The hot reek of the holding area tested even the staunchest of the men packed there, and when Rob's turn...

Minute for What (continued) 9 Oct 2010 | 02:19 am

"Where was it? Where did you go?" He wanted a cigarette and said so. "I'm trying to help you, father." "By sticking your nose in? No thanks." "Have to talk about it sometime." "But not to you." ...