Hot sun; dust in your mouth; the tang of blood in the air, the streets, the rivers, running through every crack and crevice in the land. There is no escaping it, not here, not now. ~ Flies blanket the streets in dark waves; their noise is a constant companion, even from this high up. The […]

AS 91475 The most effective villain is one who both attracts and repels. “If you look at satellite photos of the Far East by night, you’ll see a large splotch curiously lacking in light. This is the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea.” So begins the semi-fictionalised novel Nothing to Envy: Love, Life and Death […]

AS 91475   For a text to be successful, elements of the setting must be recognisable.   “If you look at satellite photographs of the Far East by night, you’ll see a large splotch curiously lacking in light. This is the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.” So begins the semi-fictionalised novel Nothing to Envy: Love, […]