...and hear me cry But that’s alright because I love the way you lie, I love the way you lie I can’t tell you what it really is I can only tell you what it feels like And right now it’s a still night in my wind pipe I can’t breathe but I still fight while I can fight As long as the wrong feels right it’s like I’m in flight High off the law, drunk from my hate, It’s like I’m huffing paint...

...stuff at Booklife, not excepting the rugose side of things. * Breaking things up, Andrew Girdwood of Geek Native interviews simonjrogers about my upcoming Vampire Spy Thriller game Night's Black Agents . I need to make sure I put everything in there that he says I will. * Tired of interviews? How about taking a break from the storm in The Black Chateau ? This is a blog of a...

Did you sleep well last night? If the answer is “No”, you are in good company. Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder in the UK, with up to a third of the population affected at some stage of the lives. Insomnia doesn’t just mean inability to drop off to sleep. Other symptoms are : waking early and not getting back to sleep, constantly interrupted short periods of sleep, or hours of wakefulness...

...101 were both nominated for Origins Awards -- in Best Roleplaying Supplement and Best Game-Related Book, respectively. So go, me. * I don't want to give anything away, but the players in my Night's Black Agents playtest campaign would know exactly what this means. "Christian dignitary." Sure. Because you always bury a deacon in a THOUSAND POUNDS OF LEAD SHEATHING. "“There are only a...

Although it hasn't been officially announced, I can hint broadly that my Vampire Spy Thriller game (called Night's Black Agents ) now has legs. Legs that wear the kinds of shoes that private eyes wear. So the premise of the Vampire Spy Thriller game, in a nutshell, is this: "Imagine the movie Ronin. All the shadowy figures you never see, the ones running the whole show, are vampires. Your characters...

...and afraid three feet away from her. The feeling increased as the distance decreased. So Now I feel like the break never happened. But meh. Anyway, Helena's cousin Lianne had her 21st party Saturday Night. It was 'aight, Kinda awkward in the beginning.Then Lena and I retreated to the sitting room with all the younger ones and the drink got flowing and magically everything became so much more interesting...

John Atkinson Grimshaw Scarborough from Seats near the Grand Hotel

Second call... There are a few ARC paperback copies still available of Night's Master by Tanith Lee , and I will be happy to send to interested reviewers who promise to review -- simply email me with your snail mail address and let me know where the review will appear.

For years, I've had the Night's Dawn Trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton standing in my bookshelf after getting them at the used bookstore - a decision chiefly taken after seeing it was 3 x 1000+ pages of story. When I first got them, I started reading but couldn't get into the story, mostly because it has a huge host of points of view as well as what I now know to be 350 pages of worldbuilding to slog through...

Title: Night’s Belle Summary: AU. Spike comes to town. After a chance meeting, his life changes forever. And history was changed forever. Disclaimer: I own nothing. Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Taylor Swift’s “Love Song”. No money will be made off of this (if you actually think this is good enough to make ANY money off of it, you are need to have an evaluation.) So please don’t sue me. Fandom...