Inevitable

“Our Sacred Bodies II” by MICHAEL CULHANE Run. The next thought is an inevitable one: if you show affection, you will be rejected. Unleashing, releasing that stupid wave of attention. She’ll figure it out. What’s the worst that could happen, though? Besides an embarrassing end to your avuncular show. (Sometimes uncles are really bad guys […]

National Poetry Month 2014

You know the week is going to be bad when Monday feels like Friday. So fuck it, I’m writing a free form entry about this month’s writing goals. April is National Poetry Month. Determined never to waste another one of these again, I will submit three poems for publication. It’s so weird that my first ever attempt landed me […]

No Ice Cream-Maker Honey Whiskey Ice Cream

It’s the easiest thing ever, requiring only four basic ingredients (none of which are sugar or milk) and no specialized ice-cream-making gadget. But an electric beater does help. A winning entry from BBC’s “MasterChef” series in 1995, I assume it was created by that year’s winner, Marion Macfarlane. I can’t be sure as I found […]

Licorice Tea: The Virgin Green Fairy

This week I’m catching up with the tea side of this category. It’s been kind of a throwaway aspect of the feature and I’m considering making it a separate thing, but we’ll see how it goes. And yes, I have posted this before. I’m plotting and scheming a less filler-type post for next week, honest. (I […]

Return to Fallen London

“London’s falling underground, underground, underground…” The cheery urchin sings as he walks down a side of the shadow-black street. Not trusting the children of Veilgarden as it is, the loud display pushes everyone further on edge. Though we know that such confusion is the aim of marauders, some of us are unable to resist. Some […]