by Ivory Web | Jan 21, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
Sluglow-born land molluschigh-impact intrudereasy oozer, slime exuderfree-loader, sprout-spoilermeandering marauderdisrespecterof my broad-beans’ borderyou’ve a one-track mindin a one-track bodydiligent pillagersoft-horned invisigothslow silver scribblerparadoxically...
by Ivory Web | Jan 20, 2011 | Reviews
Short, Sharp ShocksUnthology 1, Unthank Books 2010. £12 +p&pThis first in a planned series of short story collections from Unthank Books begins with an introduction bemoaning the fate of the short story in English fiction in recent decades. This is a...
by Ivory Web | Jan 19, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
There was something I was supposed to doStunted growth, the tar I breathe,I watch busy bodies starting off their mornings.I was special once.There was something I was going to do.This little engine that could.With fantasies in place of daydreams, in place of...
by Ivory Web | Jan 18, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
Let’s do Lunch …Oh, where is it heading and where will it end?Liaison of lovers or food with a friend?I answered yes, please but my heart said no, thanksAs I suddenly saw myself swelling the ranksOf the ladies who lunch with their Afternoon MenAgain and again and...
by Ivory Web | Jan 17, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
Two lines from the Rubaiyat.On our one free day we went to Naishapurin Ahmed’s black Mercedes, with his pridean inbuilt record player, which only took one disc.The date is forgotten, more than forty years ago,but I remember that day on the Old Silk Road.I hadn’t read...
