Reginald's revelations were followed by a long silence, interrupted only by the officiousness of the waiter. The spell once broken, they exchanged a number of more or less irrelevant observations. Ethel's mind returned, again and again, to the word he had not spoken. He had said nothing of the immediate bearing of his monstrous power upon her own life and that of Ernest Fielding.

come to me
dirty
wounded
black and blue all over
let me lick
dry blood off your face
i need your lips - not your smile
enter me and
don't leave me
breathless
don't leave me
at all

nadja
Feb 15, 2002

March 14, 2007 (metro.co.uk) - The American Secret Service have launched an investigation into one of the candidates for the presidency in 2008 - after he pledged that as President, one of his first acts would be to impale President George W. Bush.

Most writers can remember the moment they started to compose their first story. For some, it started with an exercise book on the train. Others penned their first words in front of a blank computer screen. Successful children’s author Ann Jungman’s first attempt at literary creativity was slightly more public -- it happened in front of a class of unruly primary school children.

All around, the mourners gather
My dread grows as the stroke of midnight
Falls against my stained soul
It severs me, and in darkness
My essence drips to the thirsty earth
In abject fear,
I beg for forgiveness
Now alone
My fervent plea falls upon blind eyes
This is my salvation

Fantasm
August 26, 2001