She can’t remember the last time she felt so utterly spent. Not enough food, perhaps, or water. Too many late nights, over-stimulation, processing information she’d taken over the weekend of readings and debates at Hart House, walking the city’s interminable, multi-odoured, multi-coloured, multi-peopled conglomeration of mismatched streets, unable to keep a pace and frame of …
Category Archives: fiction
Get Out of Your Own Way
I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others. – Molière When I finally bought Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love, it was more because of a strange feeling that I had to buy it than anything else. I very rarely buy non-fiction. But I actually couldn’t leave the store without …
writing life
I’ve just finished watching Stardust, based on Neil Gaiman’s book. It’s probably the first occasion I’ve ever had to say I enjoyed the film much more than I did the novel, which was far less…magical, among other things. And I normally like Gaiman. I loved the movie for several reasons but mostly because I have …
LW open for business
For convenience, and because they actually comprise one story, I’ve created a home for the five Lusty Weevil posts you might have read. Check out the new tab at the top of this blog. To my genuine surprise and delight, people would like me to write more of these stories. I’ll do my best, so …
Disclaimer
Not that I’m being a coward. But I have to say that while the Lusty Weevil story I’ve posted on this blog doesn’t necessarily reflect the characters’ real opinions and personalities (for instance, though Nick was sort of the bad guy in the story, in real life I really like him and his inventions and …
Fiction. Episode V: An Unexpected Turn of Events
Finally, here is episode V. This is a story that should be read beginning to end, and with that in mind I’ll post a link to somewhere you can read it all in one place. In the meantime, however, part one is here, two here, three here, four here, four b here. Hope I’ve got …
Fiction. Return of the Canadians: Part Deux
This is the second portion of yesterday’s post, Return of the Canadians, because I ran out of time and the post was rather long to start with. I’m sorry to be such a tease, and I can’t wait to compile the pieces into one complete story so you may read it uninterrupted and without having …
Fiction. Episode IV: Return of the Canadians (for real)
Hi all! This is part four of the story you may be reading. Since it would make more sense if you read it in order, see part one here, part two here, part three here. When it’s finished I’ll just put it somewhere as one document you can link to, because that’s sure to get …
Fiction. Episode III: The Americans Strike Back
Yesterday I posted the second instalment of the Lusty Weevil chronicles. Since it would make more sense to read them in order, the first can be read here, and the second here. Let me say I can hardly take credit for everything in these stories. The characters are real, after all — though I’ve taken …
Fiction: A New Hope at the Lusty Weevil
There might still be a meme going around called Once Upon a Bloggy Night. The idea was to write a short piece of fiction incorporating the titles of blogs you enjoyed. A little link love here, a lot of fiction there. Or vice versa. It was great to read the couple other stories I saw …