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Author Archives: morgado
Blood
The car stopped and the driver got out. She hurried to the pavement where spots of blood were staining the concrete. “I didn’t see. He ran out so fast that I didn’t see,” she said to someone who had been … Continue reading
National Flash-Fiction Day
Wednesday 16th May is National Flash-Fiction Day, which I suppose means I had better get my writing fingers to make some kind of effort and create something semi-readable. I have written flash-fiction before (basically a short, short story) some of … Continue reading
A Christmas Carol at Blue Orange Theatre
For someone who appears to have a rather cynical exterior and doesn’t care much for the structure of custom, I’m rather fond of the Christmas period. As you can tell by my rather incoherent rambling on audioboo, I find this … Continue reading
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Joseph Heller
I am currently reading Joseph Heller’s Now and Then. An autobiography that feels like an extremely interesting older gentleman is regaling you with anecdotes over a long and satisfying dinner. Heller is of course best known for his novel Catch-22, … Continue reading
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If You Go Down in the Woods
I consider myself extremely fortunate living in Birmingham as there are two pretty sizeable wildlife parks, Lickey Hills in the South and Sutton Park in the North. This means that I get to be an urbanite and still enjoy flashes … Continue reading
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The Casebook of Eddie Brewer
I’m sure that every film-maker will have tales to tell regarding the amount of work creating a film entails. Birmingham resident Andy Spencer could probably regale you with stories regarding the making of his film, The Casebook of Eddie Brewer. … Continue reading
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Tom Waits is the Cookie Monster
This video has probably been shown many times and in many places. I don’t want to feel left out, so I’m showing it here too. An individual has made the connection that the Cookie Monster and Tom Waits sound alike. … Continue reading
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Pow-Wow Literary Festival
I’ve had this in my inbox for a little while. It’s organised by Andy Killeen who runs the Prince of Wales Writers’ Group. The information is copied directly from blurb. Pow-Wow Litfest Saturday 17th September 2011 An afternoon and evening … Continue reading
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Dirty Bristow: Bristow-lympics
This blog may be in danger of becoming PR for Dirty Bristow magazine but this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. I also need to disclose a personal interest in the success of the magazine as I have a short story … Continue reading
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Pier Review: A Word Trip
“To see what is front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.” - George Orwell The good people at Dirty Bristow magazine (Jon Bounds & Danny Smith) are embarking on a writing adventure that resurrects the heady days of writer as … Continue reading
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Reboot
Changes. They are inevitable. One can’t escape those quotidian differences even if in isolation inside a four by four cell. Things alter, move, transmogrify and there is nothing we can do about it. From the imperceptible shedding of skin to … Continue reading
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