Diff'rent Strokes |
Matthew's party, on Saturday, went very well and the dude was in his element, with all the attention and people to speak to. He did quite well on the present haul too - Alison & I got him a trike ...
Posted by Mark / Strange Tales on Tue, 29 May 2007 04:06:00 PST |
More "Dead Man's Shoes" and some writing stuff |
Last night I got home from work to discover that my DVD of "Dead Man's Shoes" had arrived - woo hoo! We watched the Jackie Chan film (good, but overlong) and then, once Alison had gone to bed, I re-wa...
Posted by Mark / Strange Tales on Thu, 10 May 2007 03:59:00 PST |
A new review for "In The Rain With The Dead" |
I just got an email from Chris Teague, concerning a new review that's appeared for In The Rain With The Dead. It's from the venerable Peter Tennant, from the newly revamped TTA Press site and - even i...
Posted by Mark / Strange Tales on Wed, 02 May 2007 03:34:00 PST |
Dead Man's Shoes |
I finally got to see "Dead Man's Shoes" last night on Film Four (yes, I realise it's two years old, but there are reasons) and I really wish I'd made the effort to see it earlier. We haven't been to t...
Posted by Mark / Strange Tales on Tue, 01 May 2007 02:13:00 PST |
Masters Of Horror? Bah! |
Ooookay, I've had it with "Masters Of Horror."
Last night, it was Mick Garris' "Chocolate" and, seriously, that deserved 75 minutes of my time? I've been wary of this series from the sta...
Posted by Mark / Strange Tales on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:48:00 PST |
Writing News! |
Regular readers of this journal might remember my story "The Mill", which I wrote at the back end of last year. The editor who'd asked for it - the wonderful Gary McMahon - liked it and accepted it, a...
Posted by Mark / Strange Tales on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 02:53:00 PST |
An interview with yours truly |
My friend Gregg 9fingers has just carried out an interview with me, that I really enjoyed responding to. It's quite wide ranging, quite funny in parts (I think) and if you decide to check it out, let ...
Posted by Mark / Strange Tales on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:21:00 PST |
Amusing news story (for a change) |
A woman and her £96,000 Mercedes landed in deep water after her satellite navigation system guided her into a river.I don't have Sat-Nav in my car, I tend to either use my memory, a map or - shock hor...
Posted by Mark / Strange Tales on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 05:20:00 PST |
Our weekend and a film |
Had a nice quiet weekend, in preparation for the week ahead - my American colleagues arrive on Wednesday, so I'll be escorting them around until a week on Wednesday.On Saturday, we dropped the dude of...
Posted by Mark / Strange Tales on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 04:18:00 PST |
Finally, Masters Of Horror |
I've been reading and hearing a lot about the "Masters Of Horror" (in Fango and on American chums LJ's) and finally got to see one last night - since I refused to buy the DVD (full price, for a 40 min...
Posted by Mark / Strange Tales on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 04:06:00 PST |
