I’m currently recovering from some dental surgery. Nothing major, but I did come home with some pills and potions and a page full of instructions for what I should and should not do – including not blowing my nose for the next three months!
I’m pretty sure if I do, all my teeth will explode out of my face.
I’ve never been particularly active on social media. I have a Facebook page somewhere that I never use, and I had a Twitter account back before it became overrun by Nazis, bots, and Nazi bots.
It’s been a while (Spoiler: I didn’t complete the Hooptober 11 challenge). Last year was dominated by my day job developing video games. I was the Design Director and writer on a new game called Earth vs Mars.
Today marks the 7th anniversary of the first book in my serial killer vs zombies series, Serial Killer Z.
It’s also Clive Barker’s birthday. I hadn’t noticed that before but Barker is one of my favourite authors so it’s pretty cool.
I’ve known you since you were a little girl, Rachel, and I’ve trained you to become one of us. You’re like a daughter to me. Fuck this up and I will gut you like a fish and feast on your entrails. Good luck!
“When you jump off a cliff, is it better to land on jagged rocks or burning lava? I know this one. The answer is obvious: It doesn’t matter where you land. You just jumped off a cliff.” from Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey
“We gather in huge cities of concrete and steel, belching exhaust fumes into the sky and filling our nights with so much light that even the stars can’t compete. We’ve forgotten fear.”
I occasionally post short films on a Friday, but this week, I’m going for something different – a documentary on “AI” image generators.
I still haven’t written my post about my thoughts on AI (mostly because I’m trying to work out how to express all those in less than 10,000 words). But if you follow me on social media (mostly Bluesky) you’ll know that I’m not a fan.
“By and large people try to do the right thing. We just don’t always have the same idea of what’s right.”