I’m a water baby, I’ve known that forever. I grew up by the North Sea; I swam in it quite regularly even though it’s bastard cold and murky grey and you’d be well advised not to swallow even a drop of it. The worst part of wearing hearing aids for me is having to take
Originally published in 2015 under the title ‘Landfall’, cli-fi novella ‘Where We Land’ by Tim Jones is quick to read but slow to leave you. Focusing on two very different characters — Bengali refugee Nasimul Rahman and young New Zealander Donna, a shop assistant and volunteer for the Shore Patrol — ‘Where We Land’ is set in
Something incredibly exciting is coming to Wellington in 2020. The international science fiction and fantasy convention, Worldcon, will take place in the capital city of New Zealand under the name of CoNZealand. Taking place over five days, from the 29th July to the 2nd August, it promises to be a veritable cornucopia of science fiction
It would appear that when I’ve had a drink or three I can get a bit ranty. It is at these times that I tend to stay away from social media to avoid getting myself into trouble, but this morning, contemplating what I’d felt so cross about the night before, I realised a blog post
Wellington’s premier annual food festival ‘Welly On A Plate‘ (WoaP) begins today for the whole of August. Dine Wellington runs for the first two weeks from the 1st to the 16th. Burger Wellington runs for the second two weeks of August from the 17th to the 31st. I highly recommend checking it out if you
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Do you ever revisit things you’ve written in the past and turn them into something new? Snippets and thoughts that started life as something else, only to be repurposed. I do. Especially with my poetry. In fact, most of my poems are curious little Frankenstein’s Monsters of lines and ideas I’ve pasted together — stealing
It is my absolute greatest pleasure to announce that I am an official member of the Kendall Reviews #promotehorror team as a reviewer/contributor. Kendall Reviews is a UK-based horror and dark fiction blog dedicated to the darker genres. From reviews and interviews, to accepting guest posts and book excerpts, the blog is a trusted source for
Listen to “Heat Pump” read by Tabatha Wood. Taken from “Dark Winds Over Wellington: Chilling Tales of the Weird & the Strange” (2019). One of the best parts of being an English teacher, I always felt, was reading aloud to the class. Even the most rowdy of students could be lulled into quiet concentration with
You get a story! And you get a story! And you get a story! I’m not exactly the Oprah of submissions, but it’s felt a little like it recently. Mostly, I’ve been inspired, and inspired means writing! So I tipped my head over to one side and let the words fall out. And it’s been