The Geecologist

My Name Is Red

My Name Is Red

Jun 24, 2023 | Fiction | 0 comments

I am nothing but a corpse now, a body at the bottom of a well. Although I drew my last breath long ago and my heart has stopped beating, no one, apart from that vile murderer, knows what’s happened to me. As for that wretch, he felt for my pulse and listened for...
Waterlog

Waterlog

Feb 11, 2023 | Essays, Non-Fiction, Travel | 0 comments

There is no anti-depressant quite like sea-swimming, and Holkham is where I usually go when I’m feeling sad. Striking out into the enormous expanse of cold sea, over the vast sands, I immerse myself like the fox ridding himself of his fleas. I leave my devils on the...
Eva Luna

Eva Luna

Aug 14, 2021 | Fiction

The patron showed very little interest in domestic affairs; he lived for his horse races, studying bloodlines, calculating the law of probabilities, and drinking to console himself when he lost his bets. There were times his nose turned the color of an eggplant, and...
Heroes of the Frontier

Heroes of the Frontier

Jul 16, 2017 | Featured, Fiction | 0 comments

“My kids should eat,” Josie said, hoping to focus herself and Sam on practical matters. “Doug’s on it,” Sam said, nodding toward a bonfire, which Josie realized was also the barbecue. This was a barbarian arrangement — a vast open fire being fed with giant logs, and...
Bill Callahan

Bill Callahan

Aug 14, 2012 | 2012, Featured, Toons, Unfamous | 0 comments

Bill Callahan who originally recorded as Smog, as with many of these ‘Unfamous’ things will be familiar to some, but hopefully just off the beaten track for some others. Some facts about Bill Callahan: Recurring themes in his work include horses, bodies of...