My first encounter with Guillermo del Toro was a tale of dark enchantment that was “Pan’s Labyrinth” – I saw that in the cinema, completely “cold”, without any pre-known ideas…Continue readingNightmare Alley
There is definitely a school of thought among writers along the lines of “ban my book, PLEASE!” because of the focus of interest that banning a work of literature –…Continue readingClimbing on the “banned”wagon…
If I may front-load with a metaphor, life is sort of like a train journey. It’s a funny little train, if you like, and your “car” is often just attached…Continue readingUselessness
Some time ago I became aware of a movie called “The Last Duel”. I saw the trailer. It looked intriguing. It also had Adam Driver doing his usual villainous brooding…Continue readingGod’s gory justice
I don’t really read mysteries – that was Deck’s thing, not mine. He earnestly tried to get me into it for a while – he had a complete collection of…Continue readingThe January read…
… it was from a conversation with a character who is yet to make an appearance in any story. An audition, if you like. A character interview. She had quite…Continue readingWhen I woke up…
It is a very matrix-like feeling that I cannot quite remember when I saw the original “Matrix” movie – I do recall that I was living in New Zealand at…Continue readingMatrix Resurrections: BELIEVE
’tis the season. Or was. It’s 365 days to the next one, now. Someone mentioned this book somewhere and dear lord this christmas was a tough one for me anyway.…Continue readingChristmas Stories… kind of…
It’s that time of the year again… and it’s ALMOST too late to do anything about it… but here’s a last minute Christma gifts suggestion list. If you purchase ANY…Continue readingMaking a list and checking it twice
You guys might remember my having written about my wolf encounters on this blog – twice – here and here – and now they are in trouble, this place which…Continue readingThe wolves of my heart