The dead have been with us for almost a year now. Crowley says there are big plans to celebrate the anniversary. The rebirth of New Britain. But I won’t be celebrating. I will be fighting. And I’m not alone. There are others like me. We post this stuff on what’s left of the internet. Just…
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#RISE EP3: The Disease of the Dead
The skies have been black all summer. Only the rain is the same. Since the dead have been back, I’ve been feeling tired. I do less than before although Dad says it’s difficult to do less than nothing. It’s like the dead have bought back a disease. And it’s catching. I’m sure I have the…
Brain Feeding: Stranger Things
There’s conspiracy theories, monsters and magic, geeks galore, teenage angst and Winona Ryder acting like her life depended on it! Genius Casting! Tom Harris, November 2016 Netflix – I’ve heard strange things about it; some bad, mostly good – and so when someone told me that there was this epic new series called ‘Stranger Things’ excusive to…
#RISE Ep 2: The Necromancer
In the shadow of Halloween, here’s Episode 2 of my new blog series #RISE
30.10.16 – Day of the Dead IV – SHHHH!
Once every year around Halloween, a group of unruly reprobates gather at The Square Tower in Old Portsmouth to frighten, taunt and petrify an audience of unsuspecting Pomepy punters. This year is no different, so if you want to step out of your skin, bring along your bones and tap into your dark side, we’ll do our…
Brain Feeding: Batman VOL 7: Endgame
Roll up, roll up, shake loose that frown, read this epic showdown ‘tween bat & clown Tom Harris, October 2016 BATMAN VOLUME 7: ENDGAME As pulsating a graphic novel as I have encountered, as Synder and Capullo’s New52 series from the world of DC, reaches a brave, new tipping point in their brilliant evolutionary take on the darkest of…
#RISE: Ep 1: The Marigold Proclamation
#RISE EPISODE 1: THE MARIGOLD PROCLAMATION Friday on the 14th day of October in the year 2016… I don’t have long. Don’t have time to tell it all now. You see, they’re watching. Always watching. It started with Marigolds in the window. It started a year ago when #Marigolds went viral. ‘The flowers will connect you with…
Brain Feeding: True Detective
I must be as mad as Reggie Ledoux for not watching this again sooner… Tom Harris – October 2016 TRUE DETECTIVE SEASON ONE: Insanely brilliant writing by Nic Pizzolatto, with the two leads McConaughey & Harrelson acting their proverbial socks off against the eerie, scene-stealing Bayou backdrop. With a setting as dark and brooding as…
#RISE – My new Blog Series
She followed me for some time down dark alleys and through derelict building sites, her breathing ragged and heavy at my back.
I’m not being funny, but you have to…
The world is full of criticism. The world is full of euphoria. To find a balanced view in a world now ruled by the 5-star-review, is tough, so all we can ever expect, at best, is honesty. And it’s all you hope for when you receive reviews of your own work from critique partners &…