Someone who saved me once when I needed it
As an adult, I have always been afraid of relating too much to a horror writer who I had admired…
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One story at a time: the importance of sticking at a project
On Quora, I saw a user ask, how will they ever cope, having a million story ideas to write, and…
Darkness and the shadow self
People often conflate ideas of darkness, shadows and horror, with ‘evil’. But something that is ‘dark and shadowy’ is not…
A backlog of bad memories
The problem of getting older, but also of having a good memory, is that you wind up with an incredible…
The Intruder: Charles Beaumont’s brilliant book
I’ve taken to writing answers on Quora lately, a good option for a frustrated writer — and the question ‘what…
The Bee Tree of Parramatta
Earlier this year, I drove up to the local charity store to get rid of some stuff I’d had in…
In Search of Cat Island: a feline adventure story
All the world’s milk has soured, laps have disappeared, the dogs of war — unleashed. Foretold in the ancient Chronicles…
H. P. Lovecraft and women
I discovered many things as a kid from listening to the English band Iron Maiden: Coleridge’s poem Rime of the…
The Darkness of Middle Age
Lately, as I have been going to sleep, I suddenly feel overwhelmed by the darkness. I feel myself walking down…
The Attack on Sydney Harbour in Newsreels
I have been doing research for a pilot podcast that partly recounts the Japanese attack on Sydney during WW2. This…