I’ll be honest, I wasn’t expecting to like this eerie novella by Irish writer, Rab Swannock Fulton. Published by Dark Continents and edited by Nerine Dorman, Transformation tells the tale of a young man named Donnacha, a young dishwasher in Galway who meets an enchanting young woman named Eimir. Much of the first half of the […]
Making Resolutions That Stick
We’re a week into the New Year, and if you’re a writer, you’ve no doubt composed a raft of New Year’s resolutions related to your craft – resolutions that you might find that you’re struggling to stick to now that you’re back into a routine at work and away from your ‘holiday bubble’. While others […]
#FridayFlash – The Supplicant
The shrine to Beseda lay deep in the bowels of the Underground City. It could only be reached by a twisting staircase that cut its way through layers of black and grey rock, a staircase frequently blocked by the sheer number of supplicants trying to enter or leave the shrine. Its lack of natural light […]
[Book Review] Outlaw
Anyone who knows me will know that I have a fondness for Westerns, and those written by Matthew Pizzolato are no exception. I welcomed him over to the Cabinet back in October for an interview in which Matt discusses the challenges of marketing Westerns, so to help with that marketing, I want to put up my […]
So, 2013, we meet at last…
I asked the question on Twitter a few days ago about whether or not I should restrict myself to talking about writing, design and so on, or whether people would like to see more posts that express me as a person. I’m not very good at talking about myself on my blog, but I can’t […]
#FridayFlash – Lost Child
They do say that a picture is worth a thousand words, and if Hemingway could get away with writing a story that’s just six words long, then why not tell a flash using a picture and a single line of dialogue?
