They met in the Dinosaur Hall of the Natural History Museum. She stood in front of the most perfectly preserved Diplodocus carnegii skeleton ever discovered and covered it with her thumb, her thick-rimmed glasses perched on the top of her head as she screwed one eye shut for focus and sketched what she saw. He [...]
Welcome to another installment of Schlock’s Blogs! This week’s topics include academic revamps, new blog formats and plenty of comic book madness. Remember to subscribe to your favourite blogs and expect Schlock Magazine’s latest quarterly issue – out soon. Teodor begins to cannibalise his own research, in a new blog series. Exploring the Bad Science [...]
Click here for more tales of Dr. Millie and her undead raven: Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V (1) Part V (continued 2) Part V (continued 3) Part VI Part VII Part VIII Part IX Part X Part XI *** In which our heroine unwraps a most unwelcome and oppressive offering. [...]
The Making of the Kingmaker As the day of the Imperial Council’s arrival drew near, the town came alive. Simon had never seen so much activity. He wondered if it had been that way in the past when the king was alive. Dinner was no longer gruel but larges pieces of cooked meat, fresh vegetables, [...]
There were worse, and better, things happening in the world at that moment: Taylor knew that much. When the inexplicable words began to form on her tongue like poisonous lozenges, she realised that this was probably the case most of the time, and that that was the reason why so many people out there were [...]
“You know what I really want? A bowl of Axolotl’ monkey stew.” The two were sharing a bowl of sweet tobacco. She’d been talking about her times and trials as a professional adventurer, before announcing her desire for a dish of the exotic variety. “You’re joking,” he exclaimed. “I don’t joke on such matters, boy.” [...]
When the flood came Jeremy watched all his friends and relatives hole up in the upper floors of their homes. He did the same, and, with all the phone lines down, he soon lost contact with everyone he knew. Days went by – he soon lost count of exactly how many – and the voices [...]
Villains are just as, if not more, attractive than heroes. This week’s bloggers indulge that impulse with gusto. Annette takes a wide sweep, taking a look at the different kind of villains out there. Teodor (finally) plunges into Werner Herzog’s heart of darkness… …while Noel keeps it light with a review of Dreamworks’ latest reverse-superhero [...]
Prelude The plane slowly neared its destination. The two young men on the plane were excited and nervous. They had been waiting for months for this day to arrive and finally it was here. The plane descended, from heaven to dirt. The young man looked at his friend and smiled. “We’re finally here, man! Isn’t [...]
Minister B adjusted his tie; he was worried his mouth smelt of shit, then he rolled his tongue around and thought it was more like aspirin and he relaxed, slightly. He put his hands in the pockets of his jacket then took them out again – ‘what are you doing?’ he said to himself. The [...]
