Maybe (a poem)

It’s six o’clock which is not early but it is not late and I am awake The rooster down the street who still might be a hen anyway no one has turned them in it’s crowing again Dawn has already arrived the sky is already quite bright in the distance I can hear work trucks … Continue reading Maybe (a poem) →

Random scribbles for Canada Day

Yes, it's Canada Day again. No, I'm not doing anything particularly special. The neat thing about living in a tourist destination is that you don't have to do the tourist things on tourist days - you can just wait for the crowd to leave and do them later. Yes, there are days that I have … Continue reading Random scribbles for Canada Day →

Kitty kitty kitty

Greetings again from the darker side - I have another short horror story out. You can now find Puss in the UK-based Roads Less Travelled Magazine: Issue One as published through Midnight Street Press. In a way, it is a companion piece to Grimalkins, a short speculative fiction of mine published in 2018 which also … Continue reading Kitty kitty kitty →

“Precious Day” in Allegory

Don't know what's going on in my town but I'm hearing a lot of sirens this morning. A page from the Lindisfarne Gospels - 8th century art I wrote another story which began as a poem not that long ago, and rather quickly, it has been picked up and is now available for all to … Continue reading “Precious Day” in Allegory →

Red Eyes and Tired Lungs – An Anthology of Wild Fire – Update

A photograph of a hardcover book edition of "Red Eyes and Tired Lungs - an anthology of wildfire"- edited by Asha Jade Goodwin against a background of lawn grass and a small saskatoon berry bush in bloom. Also I think I see some comfrey plant in there too. It was a bit of a chilly … Continue reading Red Eyes and Tired Lungs – An Anthology of Wild Fire – Update →