Paul: 2291 books

A collection of whimsical poetry, which have been performed at the Mackay Writers Poets in the Pub functions each year.

There is this Mr Lizard And he never goes away He’s always there beside you Regardless of the day He’s a funny little thing He’s your friend and then he’s not You’ve got to keep your eye on him Or he’ll just run amok! Do you ever think about thinking? Life’s a bit easier...

'Blood and art. Honestly Elliot, what more natural occupation for a vampire could there be?' Elliot pays a visit to his favourite tattooist, for some new ink and a few unexpected truths... 'Blood Work' is the 10th instalment of 'Harlem's Deck', a serial Noir about cute boys with big swords...

Plans to make friends with church-going kids shatter the minute Conor enters the new school. The hunger to fit in drives him to those that his eighth-grade teacher warned against. He discovers that each new friend carries a unique brand of trouble and that not fitting in is what they have in common. He...

Do you ever feel like you're doing the same things over and over, repeating the drudgery of daily life? Washing the clothes, washing the dishes, mowing the lawn, shopping for groceries, going to work, going to school, and on and on. Does it seem repetitive? Tiring? Does it seem productive? What...

A Capacity Girl Short Story... Emily Miller, aka Capacity Girl, has come a long way since her stint in the Baltimore State Psychiatric Facility. She's had plastic surgery. She's started over. And thanks to the Guardian, aka Isaiah Bane of Bane Enterprises, she spends most of her time these...

An old man ponders his former life as god of the sky. But can he redress his greatest wrong? Or is it too late? A short tale of thoughtform and redemption. (Short Story)

Isaiah Bane is the last in a long line of ex-Shaolin monks, heir to the darkest, and most important, secret the world has ever known. It is a secret that was gleaned from the Necronomicon 900 years ago. It is a secret that has given Isaiah Bane superhuman powers. Now he is the midnight vigilante known...

A dying god regrets his evil deeds. Four college drop outs encounter a strange cryptid in the woods. A kleptomaniac gets more than she bargained for. A child's weird encounter with the world's first humanzee turns tragic. And a Lovecraftian Western forces the world's only protector to save the world...

Roland is a general in the armies of King George with a stunning record of successes. In fact he has only been defeated once and that was the one and only time he ever faced a wizard on the field. Now on the open plains to the west of Emeraldome, the kingdom's capital city, he finds himself...

Emily Miller is a girl with powers, special powers, the power to move objects with her mind. And the whole world knows about them. Well, at least now it does. Because everyone in the house is dead, she has no memory of what happened and the cops don't believe a word she says. Now she's been...

Daniel is captain of the guard in charge of the city's defenses and he has been at war with orcs his entire life. Now his lifelong experience as the city's greatest archer is about to be put to the test. The city of Northgate, the great capital of the West and home to the world's first experiement...

In the tradition of "Moby Dick," "The Old Man and the Sea" and the great Ali-Foreman bout of 1974 comes a man vs fish story for the 21st century. It's survival of the fittest for George Miller, a down-and-out working stiff who has to beat the odds (and a really big fish) to reclaim his dignity. Short story, humor, around 2000 words.

The Pit of Raeben is a tale told in turn by three enlightened trees. This is the first of three parts describing how the oldest of them was laid to rest. The Pit itself was dug by the Clan Destined being known as Raeben; an entity with a penchant for naming things. Drawn by the beauty of a quietly...