Fiction & essays

Dreams of Girls and Dust

Near-future SF, 4800 words. Hope you like it.

A Boy and His Radio

A 1000-word essay piece I did for a bookshop competition with the theme ‘Discovery’.

Basin Blues

A 2000-word short story written for a local newspaper competition in 2007. The theme was ‘Norfolk 2057′. Is this the first ever Norfolk cyberpunk story?

Music

Song & sample: Herbie Hancock vs. Us 3

Modern jazz masterpiece becomes the chassis for smooth early-90s hip hop

Blog

Things not to say to your girlfriend

Try to crack a joke, realise FAIL immediately

Technology & the Web

Web politicos: conclusions

Apart from a few notable exceptions, politicians are largely failing to use the web and social media to engage with their electorate.

alt.living

Who needs a house anyway?

Are there radical alternatives to home ownership? Introduction to a series of articles.