Not A Very Secret Secret Service (teaser)

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 …

Earnshaw Strikes Again

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 …

Inside the Spaceship

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 …

Don’t You Open That Trap Door (retro)

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 …

The Silence of the Jason Kings

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 …

But Not For Me

These are some of the young ladies I frequently mention in my various posts. Hover over the pictures to get names

Still Waiting for Godot

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 …

Penny Dreadful

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 …

No I’m not bored

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?"

Them There Eyes

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 …