As a change of pace I thought I would share a little of something I am working on. Please free to comment and add constructive criticism Not A Very Secret Secret Service Scene 1. EXT. The Bop Shop Record Store. (Day, it is raining) It is a fairly basic shop front, with a few records … Continue reading Not A Very Secret Secret Service (teaser)
I have caught up on my reading of Death of an Airman, which has more twists and turns then a French loaf and is quite a good mystery. I thought I had stumbled upon a massive plot hole when more is discovered about the titular death which seemingly contradicted why the case was reopened as … Continue reading Earnshaw Strikes Again
The Edge of Destruction A while back I started to muse on the first season of Doctor Who, but for some reason it slipped my mind and this prompt reminded me. So story number three, which like the previous two stories has been referred to by multiple titles, in this case Inside the Spaceship and The Edge of Destruction. This … Continue reading Inside the Spaceship
As part of Throwback Thursday here is a Livejournal entry from 10th February 2010. I don't remember who Kate was and that was a surreal experience at the Harp. Don't You Open That Trap Door...... ...because there's something down there. Oh joy to be a pretend your a child again. Which is what I … Continue reading Don’t You Open That Trap Door (retro)
A Small Test of Nerve That was the title of a surprisingly still relevant episode of quirky 60's spy series Department S, which was the show that introducday the world to the character of Jason King played by Peter Wyngarde. The episode is about chemical weapons being used in warfare and terrorism and the inventor of … Continue reading The Silence of the Jason Kings
These are some of the young ladies I frequently mention in my various posts. Hover over the pictures to get names
Sorry about the lack of entry last week, it has been a busy (well sort of) week in the world of your favourite sentimental Sandman. The great white leader in his (perceived) wisdom has taken on a new pub, a former Marston's pub in Codsall Wood called the Crown and its recent history is akin … Continue reading Still Waiting for Godot
Good Lord! There are sooo many things wrong with this bookcover. Clearly it is a cheap novelette of the sort The Third Man's Holly Martens would write, but even so.. First up, we appear to have a guy in a hideous shirt who appears to attempting to drink a yard of ale through a Clarinet, as it … Continue reading Penny Dreadful
1. Grab the nearest book. 2. Open the book to page 123. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post the text of the sentence along with these instructions. 5. Don't search around and look for the coolest book you can find. Do what's actually next to you. Reegan produced his black box. "One like this?"
Are you currently in love? At what moment was it that you knew you were in love? Good Lord! How long has it been since there was a writer's block question? Am I in love? Nope, because being in love is a two way street and there needs to be another, unless of cause you … Continue reading Them There Eyes
