I sat in a bar last night
Drinking, yet sober.
All around me the nightlife swirled;
People spoke to me,
But I didn't really hear them,
Girls flirted,
But I didn't really respond,
Music played,
But I didn't move to its rythmns.
Why?
Prey was there for me,
But I didn't take it.
Why?
Perhaps because what I really missed
Was you:
The Dark Angel,
The cup-companion I always needed,
Partner in adventure and restless search
For amusement.
Now I sit in a big empty room

January 4, 2008 (Belfast Newsletter) -- Kylie Minogue, the Australian singer and soap actor whose brave battle with cancer inspired millions, is said to be "deeply touched" to get an OBE in the Queen's New Year Honours, as, presumably, is Richard Griffiths, who starred as a crime-solving chef in Pie In The Sky.

A conversation with P.N. Elrod, author of the cult-smash series, The Vampire Files. Get the inside story behind her new novel, A Chill in the Blood.

A kind of stupefaction came over Henry Bannerworth, and he sat for about a quarter of an hour scarcely conscious of where he was, and almost incapable of anything in the shape of rational thought. It was his brother, George, who roused him by saying, as he laid his hand upon his shoulder, --

"Henry, are you asleep?"

-Lane-