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On makers and monsters
I remember a copy of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein we once had in the shop. I opened it and found a single line underlined in pencil: “I am malicious because I am miserable.”I shelved...
On makers and monsters
I remember a copy of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein we once had in the shop. I opened it and found a single line underlined in pencil: “I am malicious because I am miserable.”I shelved...
Reports confirm: Boney M is warming up and real...
November’s that strange in-between month when the air starts to hum with sunscreen, braai smoke, and possibility. The light lingers. Time speeds up and slows at the same time. Everyone...
Reports confirm: Boney M is warming up and real...
November’s that strange in-between month when the air starts to hum with sunscreen, braai smoke, and possibility. The light lingers. Time speeds up and slows at the same time. Everyone...
Whatever you do, don't blink first.
The book and I have been in a Mexican standoff for eleven minutes. I haven’t turned the final page.It hasn’t revealed its ending.We’re both pretending not to care, but honestly,...
Whatever you do, don't blink first.
The book and I have been in a Mexican standoff for eleven minutes. I haven’t turned the final page.It hasn’t revealed its ending.We’re both pretending not to care, but honestly,...
The cat is back. And it brought Dostoevsky.
Last week’s newsletter about opening lines in literature sparked some of the most thoughtful replies I’ve received so far. Thank you. If you missed it, you can read it here. You...
The cat is back. And it brought Dostoevsky.
Last week’s newsletter about opening lines in literature sparked some of the most thoughtful replies I’ve received so far. Thank you. If you missed it, you can read it here. You...
Mortal, come closer… I Am Count Dracula and I c...
Greetings, mortal reader…It is I, Count Dracula. While the boss was otherwise occupied - muttering poetry, quoting Leipoldt, and rearranging stock with theatrical flair - I slipped silently into the...
Mortal, come closer… I Am Count Dracula and I c...
Greetings, mortal reader…It is I, Count Dracula. While the boss was otherwise occupied - muttering poetry, quoting Leipoldt, and rearranging stock with theatrical flair - I slipped silently into the...
Once upon a time there was a cat, but that's no...
I have a bit of an obsession with opening lines. Always have. I collect the ones that I love and I read them over and over, trying to understand why...
Once upon a time there was a cat, but that's no...
I have a bit of an obsession with opening lines. Always have. I collect the ones that I love and I read them over and over, trying to understand why...