If you ever turn to stone, you have only yourself to blame When I was a kid I loved this movie, ‘The Clash of the Titans’, the one from 1980s. I watched it again recently and I was like, wtf? Who’s this movie...
Read MoreLet’s revive the goddess who takes care of shit! Here’s something I’ve learned this week: that there was a goddess of the sewers. Her name was Cloacina, and she presided over the main sewer in Rome. I...
Read MoreStay safe! Wear a mask! When I was a child I poked around through my parents’ stuff. Somewhere, buried deep behind hammers, wrenches, stuff my father had to fix things, I found this gigantic mask. Never seen anything like...
Read MoreHow much do you flinch? Last night I wanted to watch a nature show, and I found this one: ‘Galapagos: Realm of Giant Sharks’ It starts like this (see Photo One): A remote island in the Pacific Ocean. This is planet...
Read MoreImagine a world with no titles, it’s easy if you can I’m working on a new story – high fantasy – and it’s giving me a problem. The problem is RESPECT. Let me explain: titles are used to show...
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