A ‘Verse Full of Scum, Episode 7 and publishing schedule

Sticking to my promised schedule of an episode every Monday, you’ll now find Episode 7 of A ‘Verse Full of Scum at the Serial Novella page. There has been a fair amount feedback about the series and, I’m pleased to say, it’s been overwhelmingly...

We have “crabs”!

It’s been a while since we had a funny sign post here at The Word, so here’s one shamelessly stolen from The Blog of Unnecessary Quotation Marks. Apart from the comedic irony of the “Friends Restaurant” proudly declaring that they have crabs,...

Neil Gaiman and I are more alike than you think

All right. I’m going to admit right off the bat that this is a terribly poorly veiled attempt to put myself and Neil Gaiman on the same page. Let’s start at the beginning. As a teenager I was a huge fan of comics and graphic novels. Among my favourites...

A ‘Verse Full of Scum Episodes 5 & 6

I hope everyone had an enjoyable few days off. In honour of the general celebratory nature of the recent long weekend I decided to give you all an Easter holiday special double bill and post up the next two episodes of A ‘Verse Full of Scum on the Serial Novella...

Author Arthur C. Clarke dies at 90

Man, this blog seems to be the harbinger of bad news lately. This is a terribly sad day, with the passing of the legendary author Arthur C Clarke. He made it to 90 years old, which is not bad by mortal standards, but it’s awful to be reminded that giants like...