So often has it been said, and with such wisdom, that where there’s a will, there’s relations. In this case, the relation was Damien Samuel Calgary, medical student, delayed by an upset luggage cart at the station and hurrying through the slush on the solicitor’s lawn.
“Germaine!” – his cousin, the sister of the deceased. “Germaine, [...]
Lettres
Wherein the Author reflects upon certain topical & personal issues of the Day.
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The Reading of The Will
Posted upon the 20th of August, 2010
So, Politics
Posted upon the 8th of August, 2010
We’re having a federal election in two weeks! I’m following as much electoral news as I can stand – which isn’t terribly much; the rhetoric’s hard to stomach this year – but I don’t have a great deal to say about the whole business. The bulk of the campaign seems to be the two major [...]
The Public’s Peacocks, Part Two
Posted upon the 23rd of July, 2010
Today’s Public Peacock is the Presidential Model – a fop who rose so high, his rank had to rush to keep up with him. He changed the face of American politics like no head of state since Lincoln, and he did it his way, from his pince-nez to his riding-boots. He was a man of [...]
MORE RECOLLECTIONS OF DR JOHN H. WATSON
Posted upon the 13th of July, 2010
(With further apologies to the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.)
I will now lay before the reader the facts connected with Miss Violet Smith, the solitary cyclist of Charlington, and the curious sequel of our investigation, which culminated in unexpected tragedy. On referring to my note-book for the year 1895 I find that it was [...]
Make Yourself A Perfect Past
Posted upon the 8th of July, 2010
Last month saw the first anniversary of my and Ms Merah’s wedding, and I’ve been pulling together my thoughts and figuring out what to write about it. Actually, it’s not so much what to write as how to write it. My feelings on the matter are entirely unambiguous – it’s simply a matter of expressing [...]
As Above, So Below
Posted upon the 29th of June, 2010
They said he was so evil, he killed his mother in conception, and that he practiced live sacrifice and blood rituals – but it was all puff and abstraction, and those esoteric texts were never meant to be taken literally. They said she had taken a vow of eternal silence, but it was only a [...]
Etch Out A Future Of Your Own Design (Well Tailored To Your Needs)
Posted upon the 20th of June, 2010
As I write this, Katherine Wilson’s article “Steampunk”, included as part of the Meanjin of Winter ‘10 (as I eagerly anticipated here) is published and available – and is, and the rest of the journal with it, a cracking good read and certainly recommended.
Wilson offers a critical look at the Australian steampunk scene and its [...]
Two Oilmen in Charing Cross Hotel
Posted upon the 8th of June, 2010
AMERICAN OILMAN: (seated on a large wicker chair) Say now, are you here for the Exhibition of Drilling?
ENGLISH OILMAN: (seated at table) Oh, yes, I am. I’m here representing Northern Morgenthaum. And yourself..?
AMERICAN: Lanyard Caine; Caine Oil, New York. I’ve come here to recruit – I need a damn good tutor to teach elocution to [...]