Once upon a time a woman with a death sentence sat on a bench in Battersea Park. She was about 32, well padded without being fat, in her favourite top and jeans. The top was Spanish Gray from which a…
When I was young and dumb, before AIDS was invented – or rather before we knew about it – I wrote this very stupid poem: (To be recited in a posh Chelsea Sloane-Ranger voice) “Eau! For a terminal…
Lucky me! Invited by Sasori to spend 10 days in Japan! Here are my initial thoughts… A Bullshit Interpretation of Japanese History Theory: the Japanese are pan-galactic superior beings who settled on their tiny islands and embarked on a centuries-long…
My JKA/KUGB Licence from Enoeda Sensei’s famous Marshall St Dojo 1977 The book “Karate Stupid” by Scott Langley is a salutary read for a Western karate-ka, or “Gaijin” as the Japanese call us. “Gaijin” basically means Foreigner, the implication being…
Another story in the Nasty Little Things Collection. I remember my first victim so well. They say you always remember your first time and since I’ve never had proper sex, my first murder took my virginity. He was my…
God watches every sparrow fall And every bomb fly by Then why does slow sweet cancer call Those innocent of nearly all To torment until they die? All religions lie my friend, all religions lie Was it God who…
This train-wreck civilisation broken, Its scraps disseminated and the dogs Seek their master’s throats Singing I lurk under a thorn tree which makes a cave around my bruised head. The cries of pursuer and pursued punctuate the horizon like…
I sat in stunned silence as the salesman ranted. “Donkeys!” He sputtered. “Can you believe those donkeys!” He savagely hit the disconnect button on his mobile. “Watch!” He said “They’re on their way! Watch how I deal with them!” “What’d…
To what extent do I manufacture my world? Are you a figment of me? How and why can I be reading the paper and listening to the radio and the second my eye lights on a word, say “manipulative” someone…
Hey stranger! Been much too busy to keep up this dairy, got a greatry to make cunt! Had so much to do. Got all the horribles to deal with. Eyeran Musselmen and all that. I will ALWAYS be on their…