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Posts from April 2003

Dog Piss and Anger

So my dog pissed on the floor again, tonight, and I am surprised to find myself nearly incandesent with rage, flailing and screaming and spluttering like I’ve just grabbed the bare end of a live powerline. Like someone threw a switch in the darkest part of my mind and suddenly the whole mechanism lights up [...]


Rejection

I got my first rejection letter today. From Asimov’s. I sent in a story about four months ago, and forgot about it, until recently. For some reason, I’ve had this mania about its fate for the last couple of weeks: running out to the mailbox every single day, rifling through Shoppers Food circulars and utility [...]


Cow Dreams and Marriage

Last night I had a dream. I was watching Tony Blair give a speech in the alley across from my house, when he broke off and looked behind him at an emaciated cow that had appeared in the street. The cow was looking at me, and all at once I felt the full force of [...]