Monthly Archives: January 2012

[Back when I was younger, around sixteen or so, I wrote a short book about a teenager who, through accelerated evolution, grew a pair of wings. There were government conspiracies, genetically engineered super-soldiers and all that exciting stuff. I had a whole series of books planned, but as I grew older the idea grew more … Continue reading →

[I love me a good bit of steampunk. Bizarre contraptions and fantastic fashion are pretty much staples in my fantasy diet. So one day I sat down and tried to combine a steampunk setting with one of my favourite movie genres: the Noir thriller. Get out'cha grinders!] As the thug’s cold, steel fist slams into … Continue reading →

[My generation has had to put up with some of the most cock-teasing viruses in history. SARS, Avian Flu, Swine Flu... They've all threatened to bring about the end of the world as we know it and then, well, they've just kinda burned out. A lot of articles I've read claim this means we're due … Continue reading →

[I hate hospitals. They have this oppressive atmosphere to them, a Damoclean sense of impending doom that might drop on you at any moment. The last time I was forced to sit around in a hospital for any extended length of time, my mind began giving this atmosphere a personality, and a rather familiar occupation. … Continue reading →

[Author's Preface: My mother and I had a debate in a restaurant one evening on the merits of the internet. Being a naive lad in the dawn of his twenties, I was more optimistic about the culture its been developing over the past few years (Anonymous and memes and Youtube, oh my!). My mother's perception … Continue reading →