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  • Careless Talk. It’s not what I wanted.

    Careless Talk. It’s not what I wanted.

    Posted on June 19, 2010 | No Comments
    Here’s a strange thing. I have a manuscript, some 40,000 words, that I was working on until early last year. It started out as rather a nice short story – very sinister, very nasty. Due to an approaching shitstorm in my life, it started to...

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  • Twelve

    Twelve

    Posted on April 26, 2010 | No Comments
    Here, at the end of everything, the sun never sets. The ocean meets the land with perpetual violence. Her constant assault increases her territory, inch by inch, century by century. Etude stood on the very brink of the world, two hundred feet above the raging...

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  • Sticky Bits

    Sticky Bits

    Posted on April 14, 2010 | No Comments
    There’s nothing more alarming than walking down the street minding ones own business only to find oneself caught in the middle of a hole-storm. I huddled in the doorway of a dingy looking greengrocer and shivered as millions of tiny holes hurtled earthward, making little...

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  • The Survivors’ Club

    The Survivors’ Club

    Posted on March 25, 2010 | No Comments
    I’ve had a few requests for this in an offline readable format, so here you are. Typeset in LaTeX and provided in lovely printable PDF. This will also display fine in most ebook readers. Download The Survivors’ Club The Survivors’ Club by John Dow is...

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  • The Survivors Club

    The Survivors Club

    Posted on August 17, 2009 | No Comments
    So, this pneumatic blonde practically leaps at me as I walk into the hotel function suite. She’s waving her arms and squealing an introduction in a high-pitched nasal whine. I have to stifle a snigger as she tells me her name is Candy. She’s like...

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  • Triad

    Triad

    Posted on August 11, 2009 | No Comments
    Triad i. Chrissy Dances And the waves lap gently at the sand, pushing it up and pulling it back, undecided on whether they should stay or go but nevertheless forced into constant motion by the irresistible pull of the moon. Chrissy sits and waits on...

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  • More on Writing

    More on Writing

    Posted on July 13, 2009 | No Comments
    So, I’m writing again, which is good. I’m in the right kind of mental position to do a half decent job of it, so I’m happy with that. But it really is slow-going. Careless Talk is real-world dark fantasy – which is to say that...

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  • Shit

    Shit

    Posted on June 23, 2009 | 1 Comment
    “Gardez l’eau!” the leathery little man bellowed, and promptly ejected the unpleasant contents of a small blue bucket from the first floor window. Standing, as I was, directly underneath, I was shocked, stunned, and not a little bemused to find myself suddenley decorated in what...

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  • Chrissy Dances in the Sun

    Chrissy Dances in the Sun

    Posted on April 20, 2009 | No Comments
    And the waves lap gently at the sand, pushing it up and pulling it back, undecided on whether they should stay or go but nevertheless forced into constant motion by the irresistible pull of the moon. Chrissy sits and waits on the shoreline for the...

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  • The Book of Fail. Chapter 1.

    The Book of Fail. Chapter 1.

    Posted on April 16, 2009 | No Comments
    The Book of Fail Being an account of the End of Days Chapter 1 1. And it came to pass that The Great Orange Stupid looked upon the face of The Company and was displeased. 2. He spoke unto the sky and unto the firmament...

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