Bloody Waters by Jason Franks – review

Here’s my latest review posted at Thirteen O’Clock: Bloody Waters by Jason Franks Possible Press, 2012 ISBN: 978-0980813531 Bloody Waters is the debut novel from Jason Franks, maybe better known for his comics work. I reviewed The Sixsmiths here a while...

Tuesday Toot – The Fildenstar

Tuesday Toot is a semi-regular feature here. An invite-only series of short posts where writers, editors, booksellers and other creatives have been asked to share their stuff and toot their own horn. It’s hard to be seen in the digital morass and hopefully this...

Eighty-Nine: spec fic from Literary Mix Tapes – review

Literary Mix Tapes is an imprint of eMergent Publishing. They have a pretty cool concept: Anthologies of speculative fiction, based around music, all edited by the incomparable Jodi Cleghorn. If you recognise that name, it’s because I talked about her recently...

Dark, dark day – Rick Wright dies

This is completely unrelated to the usual stuff that I write about here, but I can’t let it pass without mention. As far as I’m concerned Pink Floyd is the best band in the world. Nothing else comes close to the quality, inovation and longevity of Pink...

Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog

I know, it sounds truly ridiculous. And it is. But in a good way. I’m a big fan of Joss Whedon. Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel were top-notch television and Firefly was a notch above them, and a series that should never have been cancelled. It got us...

Whimsy words and music

I’ve recently discovered a truly bizarre collaboration that actually works really well. Melbournian whimsy wordsmith Michael Leunig has long been a favourite of mine due to his ability to stamp his unique mark on anything from the truly surreal to the politically...