Gothic Romance Covers

The actual photo taken by Nick Frost during Shaun of the Dead

I control the narrative, I whisper to myself like a lunatic while the characters in the story I'm writing are not following my orders.

I found a new type of animal

“I engineered you to be a villain. Lack of empathy, lack of morals, deriving pleasure from the pain and suffering of others, I even gave you power and ability for you to abuse. So how could it be that not only you are not a villain, but also a hero in the eyes of others?”

Ann Demeulemeester Fall 2018

Alai Ganuza, Pink Bathroom Oil on canvas, 30 x 30cm

07.06.21 Morning in the South Park before the lab - some reading with a lovely view of Oxford. Starting The Fifth Season for a book club this Sunday - I'm very much in two minds about what I expect, there is such an unbelievable amount of hype around this series that I'm almost sure to be disappointed; but also I'm hesitant because I've tried reading The City We Became, thinking that I'd be sure to love it based on the reviews, but ended up DNFing it with a shrug. (I know a lot of people love it, but it just wasn't for me.) Well, I'll try to set all that aside and just see what I think of this one!