Monthly Archives: April 2012
Song for a Sunday #10
On this wet and cold Sunday, Mr Plant has the mic, because every now and then we need a song of hope, and they don’t come much better than this:-
Friday Night: Short and Sweet #3
ITEM: I’m sure you’ll all be mightily relieved to know that the healing thoughts you have been beaming in my direction have proved effective, and that this morning the nurse lady officially pronounced my abscess healed. Yay! I was somewhat … Continue reading
The Lair of the White Worm
Staying with Monday’s dragon theme and collating it with last Friday’s Stoker centenary, I recently read dear old Bram’s last novel The Lair of the White Worm, published in 1911, a year before his death. I have fond memories of this … Continue reading
Fiction for St George
This story was published somewhere or other back in the day. I’m posting it now, because on St George’s Day it seems appropriate that we should spare a thought for dragons and all the other endangered species. Enjoy! THE DRAGON’S … Continue reading
Song for a Sunday #9
Yes, I know that this isn’t Sunday, but there are compelling reasons to post a tune or two today. Just as yesterday was the centenary of Bram Stoker’s death, today is the actual, real, honest to God birthday of HM … Continue reading
Stoker’s Progeny
Today is the centenary of Bram Stoker’s death, and I thought I’d mark the occasion in two ways – by reading his novel The Lair of the White Worm and by listing my top thirteen vampire novels. Unfortunately the former … Continue reading
Thoughts for a Thursday Evening #4
ITEM: It’s been a crap week so far, for a whole variety of reasons, but mainly owing to an unlooked for and unwelcome development in the matter of Pete’s health. Last weekend I got bitten by an insect, or so I … Continue reading
Song for a Sunday #8
I don’t know anything much about Rufus Wainwright, though on the basis of this song he seems like a personable young man, albeit perhaps prone to feeling sorry for himself. I do however like Helena Bonham Carter very much indeed. And … Continue reading
Friday Night: Short and Sweet #2
ITEM: Late last night I lay abed thinking deep, dark thoughts about the day’s events, in particular a conversation I’d had with a guy who got rather agitated on the subject of benefit fraud, while I’d been equally belligerent about tax … Continue reading
Pete’s Favourite Horror Stories of 2012 – Part One
It occurred to me that it might be fun to compile an ongoing Top Twenty of my favourite horror stories of 2012, along similar lines to yesterday’s favourite books selection. Unfortunately although I’ve read something like 150-200 short stories so … Continue reading
