Hey! I somehow managed to get a lot done during my daughter's last week of school holidays. Even with a public holiday thrown into the middle of it. Actually, I wrote a 3,431-word short story on that day. We got the chance to sleep in on Wednesday and while checking my Twitter ti…

Horror Story by Carmen Maria Machado My rating: 5 of 5 stars This morning, I spotted a link for this story on my Twitter feed and decided to check it out. It's not long, just over 1,000 words, but it packs quite a punch. Essentially, it's the story of a haunted hous…

Juliette loves Nate. She will follow him anywhere. She's even become a flight attendant for his airline, so she can keep a closer eye on him.   They are meant to be. T he fact that Nate broke up with her six months ago means nothing. Because Juliette has a plan to win hi…

It's been a while since I popped in, right? April is turning out to be quite a busy month. Between school holidays, a strata meeting (glad it's done for another year), Loki's vaccine & checkup (everything's cool), plus a hundred other real life things, I forgot …

Gerald's Game by Stephen King My rating: 5 of 5 stars I'm a huge Stephen King fan, and although I've read heaps of his books, I have a lot yet to read. So this year I've decided to add a new SK book to my TBR pile every time I finish one. When Gerald and Jessie…