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“It's a dark, cool, quiet place. A basement in your soul. And that place can sometimes be dangerous to the human mind. I can open the doo...

“Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.” - Mary Shelley Quarantine. It’s been a strange few months. The wo...

“Sobriety was the greatest gift I ever gave myself." - Rob Lowe Sober. I usually like to keep my blogs (or flogs – fictional blogs, or in...

“Suplex City, bitch." - Brock Lesnar Rumble. Those of you who have known me for many years will know that I harbour a dark secret. In som...

“Winter is Coming” - Jon Snow Winter. Winter in Houston is a strange animal. I know I’ve talked about the weather already in this blog, b...

“Now I have a machine gun. HO HO HO” - John McClane Christmas. Christmas is here. Not only is it here, but it’s been here since Thanksgiv...

“I have measured out my life in coffee spoons.” - T.S.Eliot Coffee. Everyone needs a vice. Mine used to be alcohol. I was always a big dr...

“Pain and pleasure, indivisible.” - Elliott Spencer Halloween Special. They really go all out for Halloween in the US. Everything you’ve ...

“It is the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) that those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have pre...

“News events are like Texas weather. If you don't like it, wait a minute.” - Jessica Savich Storms. I’m hunched over the laptop at my des...

"Houston is a cruel, crazy town on a filthy river in East Texas with no zoning laws and a culture of sex, money and violence. It's a shab...

Good question… Seriously, what the hell is weird fiction? Following the sudden announcement that I was releasing a weird fiction novella,...

Where to begin… Why have I chosen writing you may wonder? I am a reader; I devour books, sometimes two at a time. I'd go so far as to say...