Monthly Archives: February 2012
“The Harvesting of Jackson Cade” by Robert Davies
This story from Black Static #23 was the first appearance in the magazine of American writer Robert Davies, who was previously published in Interzone back in 2006. The story was the winner of a competition Black Static ran in conjunction … Continue reading
Song for a Sunday #1
Instead of posting the occasional music video in an attempt to spread a little ‘culture’ and joy, I’ve decided to spring one on you each and every Sunday, mainly because this enables me to set up a post the day … Continue reading
Your Love is King
So, Valentine’s Day, and not only did The Imaginary Girlfriend not send me a card for the first time in umpteen years but she didn’t reply to my text either (admittedly this was a slight improvement on the year I … Continue reading
Dead Message Drop
It’s one of those occasions when I feel the need to keep my hand in at this blogging lark, but don’t have the time to do it properly, and so that means Pete fiction… This little ditty appeared in an … Continue reading
Thoughts on a Thursday Evening #3
ITEM: Double standards are not a male prerogative, as witness the lady friend of mine who pointed out that her jeans were so loose they were in danger of falling down because she had lost so much weight, and after … Continue reading
Talkin’ Bout A Revolution
I should have blogged earlier in the day, but I spent most of the afternoon watching in gleeful wonder as the PR disaster that is workfare went down on the Tesco facebook page. I don’t think we’re quite ready for … Continue reading
Queen/Soldier
I’m running late due to circumstances beyond my control (technology), and so instead of the written blog post I’d planned a rare moment of beauty courtesy of Suzanne Vega. He said I want to live as an honest man To … Continue reading
Love Is A Battlefield
It’s Valentine’s Day, and so I thought that I’d mark the occasion with a short piece of fiction with a somewhat romantic bent, emphasis on bent. (And my sincere apologies to anyone who read the post’s title and thought they’d … Continue reading
Wastelands, Teenage and Otherwise
I decided to do nothing today, and succeeded beyond my wildest dreams. This is Bethnal:-
Thoughts for the Weekend #16
ITEM: I think I need to reboot the year. All those New Year Reso(vo)lutions I made at the start of 2012 – well so far the only one I haven’t broken/have succeeded in, is the whole not going out with … Continue reading
