The other side of the riverThe other side of the riverMishaps, musings, more mishaps, writing, comedy sprinkled with a dash of opinion. Oh and free original fiction every Friday. Articles
Friday Flash Fiction
2007-10-19 16:55:00 I’ve been a little short on time and energy this week but this is one of those little ditties I scribbled last week as my house fell apart around my ears. An experiment in optimism. Anniversary By Neil Beynon The room fell silent as he rose to his feet to speak. He was still striking, six feet tall ... More About: Flash , Fiction , Friday
Farewell DC, it?s been fun
2007-10-17 23:24:00 My time in Washington is coming to an end; all that is left now is for me to skidaddle over to the airport to abuse the duty free and overpriced coffee. If I’m feeling flush I may purchase Joe Hill’s new collection a few days earlier than its release in the UK; if you’re wise ... More About: Farewell , Fare , Well
Columbo Villian of the Week
2007-10-17 13:30:00 This week’s Columbo villian of the week is the unsung star of Knight Rider, the voice of Kitt: William Daniels. Knight Rider along with the A-Team, Street Hawk and Airwolf was part of the 80s explosion of all action, all Americana television. It also gave us The Hoff who on the face of it looks like ... More About: David Hasselhoff , Week
A Hobbit in the Land of Giants
2007-10-17 01:32:00 I always remembered the US as being big, I put this down to me being 14 the last time I was here but what I hadn’t factored in was that I haven’t actually grown since i was 14. I was 5′6 then and I’m 5′6 now. I am the shortest person here. I have to climb ... More About: Travel , Hobbit , Thoughts , Land , Giants
By way of explanation
2007-10-16 01:32:00 So for the interested the above is the incident I have been referring to. Our toilet became completely blocked as Thursday and due to us having had recently had work carried out on the drain we got the same company out to sort it. The emergency plumber didn’t quite grasp the situation and did not ...
Washington DC
2007-10-14 23:50:00 I’m back - online that is - I’m nowhere near back as in London. As some of you will know and many will not life kind of got away from me from around Thursday last week until around an hour and a half ago when I flumped on to a bed in a hotel in ... More About: Washington , Washing
Friday Flash Fiction
2007-10-12 21:18:00 Regular readers: Sorry this is so late but I’m having a bit of a shocker. It’s also a bit raw as a result. I’ll post the pretty graphic image that illustrates my Bad Day later. You know to frame it: My Bad Day. Hope you enjoy, sorry if it sucks. A Caller By Neil Beynon He sat staring ... More About: Flash , Fiction , Friday
Pan?s Labyrinth
2007-10-11 22:07:00 I finally got round to watching this after it sitting in a box in my house for months. It was well worth the wait. Mark Kermode called it the best film of 2006, I rarely agree with Mark but on this one he was dead right - it wasn’t just the best film of 2006 but ... More About: Movies , Entertainment , Film , Review , Guillermo del Toro
Columbo Villian of the Week
2007-10-10 22:08:00 This week’s villian is the often imitated and never forgotten Liza Minnelli: star of stage, screen and enough car crash weddings to form a film in its own right. The singer/actress was born to the stage. The daughter of cinematic legend Judy Garland she made her first film appearance at age three and let’s face it ... More About: Humour , Week , Columbo
Monday Musings
2007-10-08 23:36:00 Last week I tried to be organised and to write my Friday Flash Fiction before Friday. And I did. I also then forgot it, having been none to impressed with it in the first place, and so I had to write a brand new one that became “A Bit of a Pickle”. Anyway I couldn’t really ... More About: Musings , Neil Gaiman , Monday , Sings
NaNoWriMo
2007-10-07 19:48:00 After a week or so of deliberation I have decided to participate in National Novel Writing Month in November. Inspired by StrugglingWriter who is also participating and swung in no small way by the involvement of a certain fantasy writer I occasionally blog about. The idea is simple, the best ones usually are, you have one ... More About: Fiction
Ever feel like you?re in a sci-fi novel?
2007-10-07 11:15:00 I came across this link on an expected announcement by Craig Venter yesterday: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/oc t/06/genetics.climatechange As he prepares to bring artificially designed life into the world, without any wider philisophical debate as to the ethics or wisdom of such an act other than his own ethial review, I can’t help but thinking that a) We are stuck in ... More About: Science , News , Science Fiction , Feel , Like You
New feature: Saturday Kitchen
2007-10-06 12:27:00 Ok it’s another new feature. I have been asked a few times for some of my recipes and most recently by my brother; now he has his own place he likes having folks over for food. Anyway, I’ve decided to share a recipe a week. Hopefully this will also motivate me to finish the kitchen ... More About: Food , Kitchen , Recipe , Feature , Saturday
Friday Flash Fiction
2007-10-05 19:07:00 Really not sure about this one, hope it entertains, feedback - as always - is appreciated: A Bit of a Pickle By Neil Beynon The Warrior?s biceps strained and writhed under his skin like fighting puppies, his fingers strained white against the hilt of his blade. ?Not too bright are you?? said the Mage leaning on his staff, an ... More About: Flash , Fiction , Fantasy , Friday
Celebrity Views?Kind of
2007-10-04 15:12:00 So yesterday’s commute home was interesting. My walk to Charing Cross station did take a small diversion via Leicester Square, this in no way had anything to do with the premiere of Stardust, oh no *shakes head in vigorous denial* So I was expecting to see celebrities. I wasn’t expecting to see Peter Davison walking up the ... More About: Life , Views , Celebrity , Film , Michelle Pfeiffer
New Feature: Columbo Villian of the Week
2007-10-03 23:13:00 Well that’s quite enough moping about. It seems to me that a while back I promised some new regular features. Well I finally pulled my finger out and thought of one. So welcome one and all to the Columbo Villian of the Week . What’s it all about then? For many it’s Poirot, for some it’s Marple, for others ... More About: Humour , Feature , Amanda Holden
Don?t look at me: I?m shy
2007-10-02 23:42:00 No not him, me. The other Neil. Tonight was the much anticipated second Neil Gaiman event. This one ? run by the hay festival ? was at the Criterion Theatre in Piccadilly and once again the heavens opened. I arrived bedraggled but due to a slightly wiser wardrobe choice not smelling of damp velvet. The event was ...
Rambling along the digital highway with no particular place to be
2007-10-01 22:28:00 So I’ve been trawling the web for something interesting to say, something other than the obvious gloating that I’m-going-to-see-Neil-Gaiman-tomorr ow-and- wouldn’t-it-be-a-giggle-if-I-went-i n-my-casual-gear (he’s not the only Neil with a penchant for black and an aversion to brushing his hair). First I went over to Joey Moggie for inspiration but alas my digital friend has been strangely quiet of ... More About: Internet , Katie Price , Kelly Brook , Blogging , Random
Stig of the Dump and Queen of the Night
2007-09-30 17:53:00 So I’m back from Staffordshire. I didn’t get to Lichfield in the end, after a six hour journey through some of the worst traffic known to man we just about had enough energy to drag ourselves to a guest house in Stafford and then to the curry house before flumping into bed. The next day I had ... More About: Personal , Life , Travel , Thoughts , Night
Lichfield
2007-09-29 20:00:00 I’m convinced it is pretty much possible to link any post on any subject back to Neil Gaiman. This post was not meant to have anything to do with him whatsoever and was meant to be about the place I’m visiting right now. Not sure where I’m going with this? Stick with me, we’ll get there ...
Good Luck S
2007-09-29 13:00:00 Today I am demonstrating the power of the mind and blogging by telepathy from Staffordshire. Not really, I am writing/wrote this yesterday in order to provide you with content whilst I am bereft of an Internet connection for the weekend. Anyway this is a short one to say Good Luck to S who is on her way ... More About: Family , Life , Good Luck
Friday Flash Fiction
2007-09-28 10:54:00 I wanted to do something with voice this week after reading some ace pieces by fellow Friday Flash Fiction eers Shaun C Green and Paul Raven at the same time as reading some very cool stuff by Ramsey Campbell, Ray Bradbury, Neil Gaiman and Susanna Clarke. As with all these things the results are not quite ...
Happy Birthday Bro
2007-09-27 15:16:00 Today is my brother’s birthday. It is twenty-seven years since he bounded onto the scene and it’s fair to say that life has never been quite the same since…in a good way obviously. Whether it’s the two of us attempting to walk back home from East Africa, cracking up as we farted through floor boards (yes we ... More About: Family , Happy , Birthday , Happy Birthday
Neil Gaiman Interview
2007-09-27 14:48:00 There’s a good Neil Gaiman interview over at The Guardian. For those who are interested. I reckon there’ll be a lot more of these in the run up to the release of Stardust in the UK but I quite liked this one so I thought I’d share. More About: Books , Interview , Neil Gaiman
Cobalt Apes
2007-09-26 23:52:00 Ok just checked out my sources and found that Ape will be playing a gig on October 21st at: 21 Oct 2007, 19:15 289 Kilburn High Road, London , NW6 7JR A fun way to spend a Sunday and will feature art from my friend Z. More About: Music , Apes , Cobalt
Susanna Clarke PT 2
2007-09-26 00:58:00 I’m back in the house now after quite an unsuccessful attempt to liveblog; it did turn out in the end that the event was a phone no go zone which I was, truth be told, expecting. I think I knew it was going to be an interesting evening when I, smelling of wet velvet courtesy of ... More About: Clarke , Susanna Clarke , Susa , Clar
Susanna Clarke
2007-09-25 18:48:00 Ok. At the theatre a bit early. Handset playing up so bear with me. Tickets just going out. ******** No phones allowed so this is it until i get in. Sorry. Really must go-being glared at. ******** Well i?m out now. Still in central london. The evening was not without mishap: a fire alarm nearly ended the whle thing. ... More About: Neil Gaiman , Clarke , Susanna Clarke , Susa , Clar
Basking in the warmth
2007-09-24 22:10:00 I realise I promised not to talk about the house anymore but I have finally got heating! Yes if my life gets anymore exciting I may pass out. - It’s taken eight days (it’s meant to take five tops). - We’ve gone through two boilers, two fans and two gas meters - We’ve had a gas leak - We’ve had ... More About: House , Neil Gaiman , Warmth , Bask
New Traffic Rules
2007-09-24 00:41:00 Well I’m back in London town after quite a lengthy, wet, foggy drive along the M4. A couple of observations: a) Apparently indicating is no longer part of British road rules and instead a new system has been employed called telepathy. It uses less electricity and is thus greener but does have unfortunate side effects that may ... More About: Traffic , Rules , Rule
Ursula K Le Guin
More articles from this author:2007-09-23 01:18:00 Ursula has a review of Jeanette Winterson’s book Stone Gods up at the Guardian. It’s an interesting, well balanced review that has a cheeky jab at generalist fiction writers who decide to use SF in their stories to get their point across then deny - in the face of all reason - that they have written ... More About: Fiction , Fantasy , Guin 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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