SHIP’S LOG 6: NAVEL-GAZING AND A TIPPLE
F.K. Marlowe, Ship’s Belle
Psst! Don’t let on, but it’s all gone a bit tonto on board the Good Pirate Ship Resilience lately. Between sock-stealing demon infestations, grumpy dwarf pest control and strange shiny balls, the whole bang-shoot’s descending into merry chaos.
But buck up, me hearties! I’ve found the Quartermaster’s spare keys to the rum store, so I’m feeling philosophical about it all – hic! I’ve just been hiding away at the aft, thinking deep thoughts about writing and stuff. Here, take a swig of the grog and pull up a barrel. Let’s get comfy and shoot the breeze…
In This Week’s Ship’s Log
MUSINGS IN MAY
I’ve been chewing over this poem of Auden’s a lot lately, and what he was saying about how believable art, art that touches us, places the epic, the history-making stuff, slap-bang in the middle of the humdrum. It’s just the latest lesson I’m trying to learn as I branch out from horror into YA fantasy and have to juggle creating real, breathing characters and legendary, titanic events.
MARLOWE’S TINY TERRORS
Tiny terrifying tale of the month and silly horror stories F.K. Marlowe wants to write anyway – the May 2023 edition. These micro tales are a recurring feature in the Ship’s Belle’s Logs and can be seen as complements to the monthly Fear Bites on her website. Must reads for the spook readers out there.
TIME FOR A TIPPLE
Since we have unfettered access to the Quartermaster’s rum stash, this month’s cocktail is my all-time fave. When I lived in Beijing I could easily get my hands on as many passionfruit as my greedy little heart desired, but since we’ve been in Vancouver, they’re a rare treasure. So when I stumbled upon some on a jaunt to Commercial Road the other day, I loaded up the hold.
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And Finally…
Next week’s newsletter comes courtesy of the esteemed Quartermaster, Leto Armitage. Don’t ask him about socks or demons, if you know what’s good for you. And let’s keep those spare keys to the rum store our little secret eh?
Cheers me hearties!
ABOUT F.K. MARLOWE
F.K. Marlowe is a Shropshire lass who lived in London and Beijing before settling down with her husband, three daughters and rescue pup in Vancouver. She writes horror stories with a tendency to the paranormal, and Young Adult fiction with fangs and sass.
Marlowe doesn’t worry overly much about the placement of semi-colons and the like, having spent far too long pootling about in academia to take them seriously. (She has an Oxford first in English Lit, plus a Master’s and PhD from Leeds). She has, however, discovered that life is the best education for a writer, and plans to continue her studies there as long as possible.
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