dragons fly free
over a blood red sea
unicorns run abundant
on plains of green land
wizards and goblins
there are quite a few
in the land of my mind
anything's true
I make up the worlds
I give them their names
I name all the seas and mountains and plains
I make up the species
like froggins and gloons
I give them the days, the nights, and the moon
with out much a thought
I give them all homes
I make up the stories
I make up their lives
the world is my own
I am the creator

April 15, 2007 (The Independent / Ruth Elkins) -- A Malaysian state has closed down an exhibition on ghosts, ghouls and supernatural beings after Islamic clerics declared it detrimental to Muslims' faith.

January 9, 2007 (Paris / AFP) -- An intriguing source of gamma rays linked to the high-energy collision of fundamental particles in the centre of our galaxy has been traced to vampire-like binary stars, a study says.

November 26, 2007 (The Independent / Phil Davison) -- Ottomar Berbig, baker and antiques dealer: born Berlin 10 October 1940; adopted 1990 as Ottomar Rodolphe Vlad Dracula, Prince Kretzulesco of Transylvania and Wallachia; married (one son); died Schenkendorf, Germany 19 November 2007.

"Budapest seems a wonderful place... The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East." So begins Bram Stoker's Dracula, written in a time when the city was seen as Europe's final frontier. Today, Budapest is rather more familiar (it joined the EU in 2004) - although it has lost none of its original appeal.