My goodness, I've seen an awful lot of new faces in the marketplace today. A new caravan in the city, perhaps? How exciting!

Well, dear friends, I am Alice, a lady-in-waiting to our kind and munificent Queen. I am always delighted to accept guests, or bold travellers returning to our fair city after their adventures, and can offer the hospitality of ( Read more... )

In my time, in my world, there's a theory. Dark matter - invisible, intangible, noticeable only in its effect on visible matter - is drawn by gravity to the centre of the planets and stars it encounters. Particles of dark matter meet one another there and are annihilated on contact, generating heat.

Not enough to be noticeable on Earth, mind you ( Read more... )

( Is it because you shine so bright? )