There’s a passage from the Bible which I’ve been pondering lately – the one that runs something like “when I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.” I’m not in the best position [...]
Lettres
Wherein the Author reflects upon certain topical & personal issues of the Day.
The archive for “Lettres”
The following lettres were filed in this category:
BEYOND YOUR MEANS?
Posted upon the 10th of January, 2012
Has your bookmaker stopped returning your calls, and your bank started returning your cheques? Do the tradesmen who once fixed your Daimler now only fix you with a steely glare? Is the bulk of your ancestral estate entailed to an elderly Scottish Fold from Ipswich? Have you, in essence, not got a bean to call [...]
The Entire Assemblaged and Compilated Kingdom of Life
Posted upon the 31st of December, 2011
Parts one through five of six of the Reports from the Kingdom of Life first appeared on Po’Boy around the turn of 2011. Po’Boy’s editor has since flit and quit this hemisphere, leaving part six unpublished. With the hope of plucking readers from the lurch and carrying you safely to a sense of completion, FrillyShirt [...]
Fictional Feasts and Genuine Journeys
Posted upon the 30th of December, 2011
Hullo hullo hullo – hope those Christmas-celebrators among you had a splendid Christmas, and non-Christmas same had a splendid non-same! Ours was a joyous if slightly manic inter-familial gathering, up until our little slice of the world was battered by freak storms – put a bit of a literal dampener on things. Still, an overall [...]
The Infelicitous Incident of the Cretinous Corpse
Posted upon the 22nd of November, 2011
The scene of the crime. A suburban drawing-room. The victim sprawled against a low coffee-table. Blood soaking into the too-bold carpet. Two police officers standing vigil; the one in sergeant’s strips had sternly charged the shocked family to remain in the rear parlour until called upon. A knock at the open door, and the constable [...]
Neathy Mysteries
Posted upon the 10th of November, 2011
For a few years now, I’ve been playing Failbetter Games’ browser-based Victorian fantasy role-playing game, Echo Bazaar (you might have seen it discussed in Parlour Gamer, the last time I had the sand and nous to update the blessed thing.) Failbetter most certainly know what they’re doing – in terms of game concept, theory and [...]
In Medias Res
Posted upon the 14th of October, 2011
FrillyShirt is now social media compatible! We have integrated the functionality of all the major social formats, accessible through any FrillyPost or FrillyPage. Just look out for these icons: This lowercase L means that you can send a Letter about this article. For instance, after reading a post, you might write “Dear Mama, thank you [...]
CHAPFEST Musical Festival!
Posted upon the 22nd of September, 2011
I bet you did not know that the Three Swell Chaps were the driving force behind a travelling festival featuring the era’s “hottest”, or most fashionable, performers! You can’t have known, but that’s alright – I’m only just telling you now – so there’s no hurry to pay me my winnings. CHAPFEST (as it has [...]