The Intruder: Charles Beaumont’s brilliant book
I’ve taken to writing answers on Quora lately, a good option for a frustrated writer — and the question ‘what…
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The Bee Tree of Parramatta
Earlier this year, I drove up to the local charity store to get rid of some stuff I’d had in…
In Search of Cat Island: a feline adventure story
All the world’s milk has soured, laps have disappeared, the dogs of war — unleashed. Foretold in the ancient Chronicles…
H. P. Lovecraft and women
I discovered many things as a kid from listening to the English band Iron Maiden: Coleridge’s poem Rime of the…
The Darkness of Middle Age
Lately, as I have been going to sleep, I suddenly feel overwhelmed by the darkness. I feel myself walking down…
The Attack on Sydney Harbour in Newsreels
I have been doing research for a pilot podcast that partly recounts the Japanese attack on Sydney during WW2. This…
That Time Tangerine Dream almost moved to Australia
I was listening to an interview with Tangerine Dream recorded during their 1982 tour — and I was shocked to…
Revolutionary Road – A good call on a good book
My friend Clint gave me a book to read, Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. He told me that I would…
It’s Worth it to Stay Positive: a new audio story
It’s Worth it to Stay Positive is my latest audio story, the first in a projected horror series called Out…
Defragged marginalia: Two bits from my hard drive
I often think about how much stuff I write that doesn’t see the light of day — and it’s probably…