Masterclass In Darkness and De Non Profundis
By Devika Brendon
I was struck by the almost concurrent deaths in January 2025, both physical and metaphorical, of two giants of fantasy, goth, horror and surrealism: David Lynch, a master of film, and Neil Gaiman, a master of words.
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The latest poetry, fiction, essays, art and reviews from Verity La.
What Once Was (David Adès)
As the years turn, I think more about departures and disappearances, that growing crowd of who and what has…
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A new broom sweeps leaves into a tidy pile. It’s a playground for pups, then a home for hedgehogs, then…
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My ex-wife and I, and our first baby, had a memorable stay in Fiji on our way over to visit…
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