The International Writer's Magazine: Our 12th Year - August 2011 - Welcome

Destinations: Travel stories & guides

Opinion: Politics & Issues

Lifestyles: Ways of living

Egypt: A Revolutionary Welcome Romina de Oliveira It was my first visit to an Arab country so I was a touch apprehensive, especially as I was a female travelling alone. Capital culture in Bangkok Jules Kay The Bangkok International Festival of Dance & Music offers the capital's biggest and most comprehensive showcase of international performing arts. Beach, Blanket, Gringo! John M. Edwards in Roatan In the Bay Islands of Honduras, John M. Edwards Snorkels on the Belize Barrier Reef Only 100 Meters from “Shore”— “Hey, Watch Out With That Machete!” Morning Rain in Alberta Mia Efantis The rain keeps on falling up here in north-western Alberta, filling up the prairie sloughs for thirsty cows and free-range antelopes to drink. An unusual summer indeed for this part of Canada 1000 Islands Indrani Bhattacharyya The lovely sun had brought back the laughter of the sky in Montreal. Time to explore the Islands The perfumes of Madras Marianne de Nazareth We took the Brindavan Express which left Bangalore at 2:30 in the afternoon The Abominable Sumatran John M. Edwards Two hominids on holiday, we had arrived in the remote jungles of Sumatra

Titans Out James Campion We're out of the oughts and into the money game now. Moahmmar Gadhafi and his kind no longer rate. We Suck (Apparently) James Campion The stock market is crashing! My house is worthless! The Middle East is a tinderbox! Whose fault is this? Wasted Dean Borok Now that I’m older and miser, I’m not as indulgent as I used to be toward my contemporaries. ETA, the Pope and Spain James Skinner August has been a rather hectic month with all kinds of horrors occurring in the world. Libya and Syria have contributed with the never-ending saga of citizens’ revolts that nobody really knows how it’s all going to end Superstitions, Myths, Folklore and Gold Mike Levy From the beginning of time gold has been embroiled in myths, superstition, folklore and fairy tales about gods, goddesses, wizards and heroes. Thrown Wendell R. Mangibin I never made it to San Diego. It was somewhere two hundred miles northwest of New York City where the old Subaru broke down, in a place called Endicott.

Adventure Racing returns to Koh Samui - Jules Kay Adventure Racing has been growing in popularity worldwide over the last few years. A dynamic team sport that also draws large crowds of spectators, this multi-disciplinary contest pushes competitors to their limits. 'Big Macs' in Tokyo Benjamin Lawson Can culture permeate established global corporate identity? (Or - is McDonalds always a McDonalds?) How to walk up a hill in Ireland Marcel Krueger I’m panting. My heart is racing, and feels like it will burst my chest any second. “Come on! It’s only 150 metres or so to the summit!” I motivate myself A Two Year Old's First Words Gordon Ray Bourgon Children eighteen to twenty four months old are supposed to have a vocabulary of around two hundred words. Two hundred. Dancing in Amman Marwan Asmar Music sent shockwaves, the songs kept coming, people dancing on the floor, hands in the air, shoes thumping to the beat. An engagement party has begun. How to Become Unemployed in 10 Easy Steps - Claire Hopple 1. First, you should graduate from college with a major like Western European Architecture, or Postcolonial Literature, or Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies in Humanity Besancon: Victor Hugo Saleem Ayoub Quna The surprising pleasantness of Hugo's birthplace was a delight

Dreamscapes FICTION plus

Reviews Books

REVIEWS Film & Teen Fiction

Boxes James L Carey I am standing in the center of my apartment surrounded by a Stonehenge of brown cardboard boxes. I have been living in the boxes for a while now. Months, really. It wasn’t that I had plans to move, I was just ready. And so I began to pack the boxes. Sacramento Winter   Martin Green On the way back to my office from the so-called oral exam, which I knew I’d flunked brilliantly, I stopped at the State Building Number 8 cafeteria for a cup of coffee.   It was, I thought, the least I could do for myself Red Abigail George We bleed the same in each line as if we have only felt love now for the first time. Summer is here no more. Once my father had a girl called June. He watched her turn to stone Here Comes Goodbye Jaime Muckinhaupt It was the afternoon, and my 15-year-old yellow lab was lying at my side, her head resting on my thigh with my hand stroking her head gently. Newsworthy Travis Claeys When Pat Drewer saw old Roger Turner come out from behind the long polished bar, walk past the pool tables in the northeastern corner and disappear into his office, he drained the final sip from his glass of grapefruit juice and got up. Ripples Chris Castle today was different... It was as if Laurie wanted to speak and he wanted to listen but something was holding it all back Franks's Funnel Jay Marvin The old pickup rattled and squeaked. The tail gate rattled like a prison sentence. Frank tossed a crumpled beer can through the driver's window. His mind was like a flap jack flipped over and over inside his head. The Fawn Oswaldo Jimenez The best thing during summer for Danny O’brian was to drive with his mother to visit his cousins and play cowboys and indians in their farm. The House Claire Hopple “I know, okay? I know,” I reply to the box, rubbing my blotchy eyes. I slump down on the hardwood and tap my sneaker against it to the beat of “Another One Bites the Dust.”

The Fixer by Steve Bunce Daniel Cann After reading ‘The Fixer’ we may, in Bunce, have finally found a writer who can do the sport justice. The Identity Factor By James Houston Turner Daniel Cann This thriller comes from an author with a past as colourful as the characters and events he creates. Ford County Stories By John Grisham Daniel Cann What John Grisham attempts with ‘Ford County Stories’ is to take the reader into the world of the rural small town of Clanton, Mississippi in America’s Deep South. Blood Red Road by Moira Young Sam Hawksmoor There is something quite calculating about Blood Red Road and the story of Saba from the Dustlands. Carte Blanche By Jeffery Deaver Daniel Cann The problem facing every author tackling James Bond is they will always be compared to creator Ian Fleming’s version. Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness Walker Books Paperback Sam North review The third part of Chaos Walking is sheer brilliance - a battle against the Spackle for 600 blood soaked pages. Gripping and relentless, Todd and Viola go through hell and beyond, each day could be their last.

B1137-NH3 The Fantastical Ascent Of Jason Sanford - Dan Schneider While I think Sanford is a high quality writer, even more so than his quality being of the essence and cogence here, this essay will descry why Sanford is an Important writer Captain America: The First Avenger Daniel Cann The final big summer superhero film has hit our screens and it looks as if they have saved the best till last. Super 8             Director/Writer J.J. Abrams Must have been the perfect pitch session. ‘Stand by Me with Aliens’. There, you have it.  Sign the cheque, make the movie, form an orderly queue. Better yet, it works! The Droughtlanders by Carrie Mac Sam Hawksmoor review The Droughtlanders gets to grips with climate change, revolutionary politics, regime change, circuses, cowardice and the terrible price of jealousy and revenge. A Crystal Horseman Bad Tuesdays Book. 5 by Benjamin J. Myers Published 04/08/2011 Saving the best for last. Ben Myers has delivered an action packed page-turner that makes compelling reading.

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