Category: News

  • New announcement from the Third Vatican Council

    Oh, funny! New announcement from the Third Vatican Council. via New announcement from the Third Vatican Council.

  • I’ve been Massacred

    The first issue of new horror publication MASSACRE MAGAZINE is out, and I’m not only in it but IN it. Open the pages of this first issue of Massacre Magazine and release a plague of darkness. Nearly thirty thousand carefully crafted words from some of today’s most promising horror writers. Bestselling author Rupert Smith talks…

  • The Horror of Living in a Box

    So the UK government is finally waking up to the fact that new homes which have been built in recent decades are too small for comfort (see the news item at BBC). This is good news, but much overdue. There are minimum standards for social housing, but not for the private sector. What does this…

  • From Russia with Love

    So the Americans and the Russians are falling out again. The Kremlin is “disappointed” the US cancelled bilateral talks due in September, since Russia granted temporary asylum to Edward Snowden. Vladimir Putin’s foreign affairs adviser said the move showed the US could not deal with Russia on an “equal basis”. A White House spokesman said…

  • JK Rowling’s Birthday Earworm

    Well. If JKR can go from JK Rowling via JK Galbraith to Robert Galbraith I’m sure I can go from Voldemort to Woldemar Bargiel, especially for music like this…