2015 Reading Challenge, Book 17: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (based on an original idea by Siobhan Dowd)

It’s my four year anniversary on WordPress today! Weird. And quite cool. Wanted to say WELCOME to all my new followers and I hope you’re enjoying the content here. Please feel free to comment, as I do enjoy reading and answering comments! Now on to the business at hand. A Monster Calls was written by […]

Behind The Lonely Dark: Part 2

Apparently, we’re supposed to let themes bubble away beneath story and character, carrying through in a strong yet subtle tide that does not interfere with the narrative thrust. I don’t think it’s part of my particular skill set, as my themes always tend to end up fairly high in the mix. In other words, thanks […]

Renfield Reviews…Gravity Possible Spoilers – read with care!

Gravity is not a film about space. You may be forgiven for thinking it is, after all it’s set in space, with beautiful scenes of space and glorious sequences that frankly ensnare the eyes and wonder alike, and seems to be about a thing that could only happen in space. Well that’s right, but you’d […]

Poetic Interlude: Buried in Thunder

I Hear distant whispers and sighs. Black lies. Black skies of high cloud cradle ambient thunder. The distant throb of electric anger. The sky is calling, is falling. Drifts down past my wind-numbed ears, my burning eyes. These lies assemble like soldiers, shoot to kill. But I am knee deep in cumuli drift, and buried […]

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2015 Reading Challenge, Book 17: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (based on an original idea by Siobhan Dowd)

Behind The Lonely Dark: Part 2

Renfield Reviews…Gravity Possible Spoilers – read with care!

Poetic Interlude: Buried in Thunder