Today I have been blogging on here ten years. My first ever post wasn’t today, it was sometime in November, but Halloween always felt like a good day for a birthday. I’ve thought about writing something long and heartfelt, or doing a big old retrospective where I comb through old posts ripping the shit out […]
Tag: Halloween
There’s Snot in My Hair, and You Really Needed to Know That.
My body’s 21st birthday present to itself was to catch a cold, so I’m interspersing work with those violent sneezes where you projectile snot over your hair/clothes/arm/phone. I watched that Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs programme yesterday, which was also the first time I’ve taken more than one paracetamol at a time for months, so I’m […]
Behind the Scenes, Friday 13th Edition
So it was on this very day, sort of, that I released my Ghost Stories zines last year. If you haven’t read them – and you should – they’re full of short stories, advice columns, quirky advertisements and art all pertaining to death, the afterlife and magic. And I hadn’t even heard of Maggie Stiefvater then. […]
New Spooky Story Shack Piece!
I’ve got a Christmas present for you guys! It’s a superduper Halloween story that I wrote in September! It’s illustrated by Daniele Murtas and I think they did an excellent job. If you liked it (or even if you didn’t) please leave a comment either on The Story Shack or here. I was tempted when […]
Goats in the Road…
I can see tourists looking at goats. Goats are good, they are very relaxed and like to walk down the road with you. Quietly reflecting today about how a) I am never running a contest again, lazy sods and b) it’s almost Halloween, and there is no evidence of it except for an olive tree […]
Merry Christmas Snowflakes, Here’s a Delightful Story to Warm Your Bones
I wrote it and everything. Big thank yous to Lakshmy Mathur for the artwork and Martin who runs Story Shack for sorting out my weird formatting. Season’s greetings snowflakes! If you could tell me what you think it would be like receiving a gift from you. As opposed to for you, and let’s face it […]
Popcorn Versus Pumpkins
So it’s November, and we’ve got men growing creepy moustaches and writers attempting to put together an entire novel together in thirty days and I’m pretty sure the Stoptober failures victims not-quit-people have bought their weight in tobacco in the last few days. The last of the Hallowe’en sweets are being eaten/discarded and Strictly‘s getting sparklier. […]
Blog Years/Dog Years: Fun Indifferent Ignorance-Based Activities for Your Half Term
Tomorrow is four years to the day that I started Indifferent Ignorance, which makes her a decade older than me in dog (and, I think, Internet) years. Yes, she is a “she”. Halloween isn’t traditionally a time for reflection, but we’re at the point now where this site is A Part of My Life. As […]
