As the first batch of badges make their way to their (un)lucky owners (and the mixtape continues to grow & mutate satisfactorily), Sinéad has announced details of the tale up for discussion …

Hewn from the molten plasticks of hell flame it has come. The dread mark that speaks of pain, of pestilence and of putridity. Long hath man (and woman) sought the avoidance of its vile company…its …

Evenin' all.

Given that one of very short stories up for discussion tonight ("Sredni Vashtar") concerns …

Though our last meeting provided much to feast on and chew over - alien abduction; the joys/frustrations of narrative ambiguity; the merits of sharing one's tent with a burly Swede (etc) - it …

Welcome, once more, dear friends to the second meeting of our most dreadful story club. Though tomorrow may be (for some) a good Friday, this evening we hope to enjoy a most wicked Thursday.

After the …

Well, I hope you're all suitably recovered from the frights, delights and alcohol (or caffeine) poisoning of Monday evening. The pace was fast and furious - the vibe (I thought) fun and friendly. In …

I say:

Come, dear friends. Come and pull …

The Dreadful Thoughts project begins (like a cauldron of hot blood) to bubble and fizz most satisfactorily - with my comrade Sinéad rallying the troops over at The Sigla Blog.

For the first of …

Right. Time to spit on the hands (my own and those of others), roll up the sleeves and slap the dozy Dreadful Thoughts project back into something approaching life. Necromancy, Ho!

After speaking to (hat-trick …

2) "Casting The Ruins (pdf), (html)

The path by which I came to know and (greatly) enjoy M. …

Like most sensible people I loathe and abhor Mondays. Mondays take my weekend jauntiness and kick it in the face - before setting fire to it and throwing it down …

1) "What Was it?" (pdf) (html) (Google Books)

Despite being described variously as "a lion of literary New York", "a Poe in the minor mode", …

While the fústar/Tuppenceworth crossover FIZZOO!A girl's comic by boys…and maybe some girls. slowly gathers momentum (quietly bubbling and fizzing away) I thought I'd fill an idle hour by launching another partially baked …