The (unbelievable?) true story of Chuck Tingle the internet-famous erotica writer who may or may not exist in some way:


http://www.vox.com/culture/2016/10/18/12775742/who-is-chuck-tingle-fake-explained

Happy birthday to gonzo21 who is one of the most intelligent, thoughtful, compassionate, kind and sensitive men I know - I'm very glad to have met you, and honoured to count you as one of my friends. Happy birthday, I wish you all the best, and may mermaids* visit you in your dreams tonight xxx

*...mermaids with teeth.

Happy birthday ricevermicelli may you have a lovely year X X

Saladin Ahmed (@saladinahmed)

15/03/2016, 12:35

a manuscript of a Houdini-Lovecraft collaboration has been discovered in an old magic shop See More

Check out this cool new fantasy series Ren on YouTube

I have just finished watching the Twilight Zone series from the 80s - three seasons, I picked up the boxset a while ago and have been slowly working my way through them - and really enjoyed them for the most part. Even when they have been outdated, it's almost always been not down to the special effects - most are pretty good - but because of ( Read more... )

One photo. That's all it took. One photo of a dead three year old washed up on a beach. It's changed the entire rhetoric around refugees, at least here in the UK. I can almost hear the tabloids screeching on the brakes as they frantically try and reverse their public stance on refuges ( Read more... )

Who wants a handy guide to the returning and new tv shows that are just about to come out?

Here you go! From the excellent TV.COM

I just read a really good book. Now, this is not in itself surprising - I do read about a book a week (more if I have time) and quite a lot of the books I read I end up enjoying immensely, whether that’s down to my excellent taste *smirk* or because I’m good at choosing books I think I will like. But every so often, I read something that is not ( Read more... )

Cory Doctorow used to like living in the UK, and London in particular. Unsurprisingly, once the Tories got in this year, he took a long hard look at his life and did some thinking. And he and his wife decided they couldn't really face living here anymore with their kids. So they left for LA ( Read more... )