"I hesitate to comment Teresa! Too cut a long story short (and it is a long story) I am setting up the small, independent publishing house, SKINSTORM BOOKS. As a matter of courtesy I have sent an email to Rob Mc, but there so many writers here who…"
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Rob Marshall commented on Rob Marshall's blog post THE LAST BOOK LEFT IN THE HOUSE"Thanks for all your kind comments. It was a longer piece compressed into 6 sentences - compressed literature is the way to go lol My girlfriend is a fluent welsh speaker and she gob smacked I even know one Welsh word. I gonna surprise her and write…"
Sandra Davies commented on Rob Marshall's blog post THE LAST BOOK LEFT IN THE HOUSE"Original voice, poetic, amusing and I'm waiting for more."
bolton carley commented on Rob Marshall's blog post THE LAST BOOK LEFT IN THE HOUSE"the beginning completely drew me in with nan looking for the sign."
Paul de Denus commented on Rob Marshall's blog post THE LAST BOOK LEFT IN THE HOUSE"Lots of gems here and a great voice -look forward to more R"
Edward Dean commented on Rob Marshall's blog post THE LAST BOOK LEFT IN THE HOUSE"Luv the phrasing Rob. Jam packed 6 with so much to absorb, I had to read it again and well worth the effort.
Looking 4 more!
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"I enjoyed this. I've learned two new words, too. Nice story and I appreciate the fact of tossing those two equally useless books in the Cut."
Rob Marshall commented on Sandra Davies's blog post HoW I shall pack"my ex-wife was an expert in origami-esque packing. unfortunately, she would try to place the entire contents of our flat into one standard suitacase. did i really need 22 pairs of socks in the algarve for 10 days? i was surprised to be candid, not…"
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During that hot summer of 1976 - where troops of invading ladybirds clung to the stinging sweat on our skin - Nan spent her final days looking for images of Christ in the woodwork. She finally found him in the bookshelf; neighbours came from doors around to view the apparition, but they all agreed with callous candour that it looked more like the mark left by a fly that had been swatted. Nan was devastated, but out of awkward reverence, she removed the dusty copy of Lady Chatterley's Lover and…See More
Rob Marshall commented on Paul de Denus's blog post The Attraction 2-3"I love dark stuff like this; ambigious but sinister"
Rob Marshall commented on Sandra Davies's blog post HoW I shall pack"i blame sex and the city - and i only half-joking! i come from a wonderful working class town where gucci is a popular (but exotic) kebab and ralph lauren is the name of one of the local pimps. the home counties have culturally decimated my country…"
Rob Marshall commented on Diana E. Backhouse's blog post I Worry About Him"when my folks went abroad for the first time, me dad had a UK A-Z in his hand luggage. he never did say why? and we never asked...."
Rob Marshall commented on Diana E. Backhouse's blog post I Worry About Him"Pure Alan Bennett territory! Love it"
Rob Marshall commented on Teresa's blog post News"Teresa you really are a serious writer - that's my British way of saying you should be on the bookshelves of the world. Literature should entertain and delve into the existential angst of the twenty first century - and you never fail to…"
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THE LAST BOOK LEFT IN THE HOUSE
Posted on June 30, 2011 at 8:15pm 6 Comments 0 Favorites
During that hot summer of 1976 - where troops of invading ladybirds clung to the stinging sweat on our skin - Nan spent her final days looking for images of Christ in the woodwork. She finally found him in the bookshelf; neighbours came from doors around to view the apparition, but they all agreed with callous candour that it looked more like the mark left by a fly that had been swatted. Nan was devastated, but out of awkward reverence, she removed the dusty copy of Lady Chatterley's Lover…
Continue SELF HARM IN THE WINTERTIME
Posted on May 23, 2011 at 5:35pm 4 Comments 0 Favorites
Ballerinas of flesh curl up the blade as it trawls through skin. Shirt sleeves hide guitly pleasure: a secret affair with the knife. Press the wound against faceless secretaries, to inhale pain and cheap perfume. I once built a hospital from Lego - and imagined myself, dying, in there. From what blocks built this bedsit? I shall not die in here - from my window I can see the River Thames.
A Bourgeios Beauty And Me Under A Tree
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 1:52pm 4 Comments 2 Favorites
A thick arrow through an A-Z of Hampstead -> WE ARE HERE. Sheets of mist swathe the Heath, wind rattles through emphysemic copses, there's bones in them ponds and I am here -> lost on your page somewhere. I will not nibble your canopies, laugh at your husband's farts, drink claret on the patio where your children will one day play or lust after that curvaceous body which has been mine for seven months. In the Spaniard's Inn now, the invitation to your Autumn soiree crushed on the floor,… Continue
"EVERYONE HAS A NOVEL IN THEM"
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 12:35pm 9 Comments 5 Favorites
An incision is made from hip to hip just above the pubic area; another incision is made to free the novel from the surrounding skin. My surgeon was delighted with his handiwork, almost smug, as my novel was the first he had extracted in pristine condition and I sat in my favourite chaise lounge, trembling, ready to devour the life time work at the heart of my imagination; oh the horror, the bloody horror! I was expecting a Faustian fireball of suburban subversion, a bildungsroman of…
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