I bought 3 lbs of litchi nuts today.

Great God, but I am weary ( Read more... )

AFTER much thoughtful deliberation on this painful subject, I have now firmly decided that I do believe in ghosts, faeries, fauns, satyrs, nymphs, muses, miasmas, moira, angels, diaboli, witches, kabbalists, the Olympians, and the Great God Pan, if only because the world seems such a depressing place without them.

Those of my readers who sport the name "Nada" will recognise this story. If anybody else does bother to read it, well, good on 'em.

I just put this up because I'm not sure where else it is actually available. The same goes for at least five other of my stories, but this one works best because it's short, literate, and grotesque. Please do enjoy. 
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THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS ( Read more... )

A Coup in a Small Country
by Addison Hart

It was upon a heavy, muggy eve that they launched the coup d’etat in Alharaca. The oppressive discomfort suffered by those unfortunate enough to live in simple compounds without benefit of air conditioning was so extreme that few citizens managed to get to sleep in any comfortable fashion that evening. ( Read more... )

Oh-ho-ho-ho-yes, this is an update. Possibly you weren't expecting this sort of thing from me: I know I wasn't. But if you were, well, what's it doing here? I didn't ask for it.

Still, have a pheasant.

Just who is Melissa? And why, pray tell, have several people left messages for her on my answering machine? Am I really Melissa? And if so - why?

The anxious quality of the day cannot be denied. Firstly, I'm suffering from an increasingly nasty fever, finding myself mostly unable to cope with much of anything. Secondly, I've got to write up another Survivor episode over the course of the evening - blimey. Thirdly, musical instruments are exploding all around me. You doubt my word? It is true ( Read more... )

I thought I might just update for the sake of updating. Hello!