May 2, 2024 | Blogroll, Returning Luggage
A few years ago Gaynor and I visited Prague in the Czech Republic and fell in love with the city – its buildings, especially Kafka’s house and the still-working, centuries old Astronomical Clock. The latter is fascinating. Huge, accurate and clockwork. Then I...
Nov 19, 2017 | Blogroll, Genre: Science Fiction, The Aria Trilogy, Writing
I did a reading today at the launch of the Chester Writers’ Anthology 2017 in which is a surreal short of mine called View From… Our chairperson, Stanley, called my story Kafka-esque, which is a huge compliment. The launch was at Storyhouse, a new theatre...
Apr 17, 2016 | Blogroll, Genre: Science Fiction, The Aria Trilogy, Writing
One of the aspects of being a writer of science fiction is that you are obliged to create worlds. By which I mean settings although often that can mean actual planets. So why do I find myself writing stories that involve the destruction of towns? Perhaps because I can...