The International Writer's Magazine June- 2008 - Welcome

Destinations: Travel stories & guides

Opinion: Politics & Issues

Lifestyles: Ways of living

Cueva Pintada Patrick Radford Changing Lives: I joined the Leonardo da Vinci project to Gran Canaria. A Long Walk Down a Short Pier Steven Tothill in Phuket Rawai Pier - Function over Form Stutter, Shudder and Jeepneys Dr Steven Collins in Manila Like most Europeans, we knew little of the Philippines but keen to discover more To Turkey from Oz Sean Hastings I realize that no fantasy I could have conjured, would prepare me for the sights I’m seeing The Moabites Michaela Abrera in Berlin Complacency tends to sneak up on you. What was once a place of awe and wonder becomes a banal aspect of your everyday life.

18 IN '08 - Part I James Campion Young Voices In The Wilderness They told us they would turn the electorate upside-down in '72. They didn't. They told us they'd flood the gates after Nixon went nuts. They didn't. The Law and Oil Speculation Michael Levy High oil prices that are governed by the commodity markets are in dire need of common sense law and order. Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie Plus Readers Letters James Campion 'This is our time. Our time to turn the page on the policies of the past.' - Senator Obama Big Brown Dean Borok An unfortunate omen for Barack Obama that he was awarded the Democratic nomination the same week Big Brown crapped out at Belmont

Climbing Mount LeConte Jeff Doran -Smoky Mountains The first two times we hiked to Alum Cave we were forced to dodge frozen missiles. Muay Thai Kawila Training in Chiang Mai Antonio Graceffo “Ten in a row on each side.” Said the coach. If he had been talking about punches I might have been OK. But he was talking about kicks. The Other Baños Tyrel Nelson We finally pulled into a small, dusty lot in front of a giant, light-blue church, which sat atop a small hill a few miles southwest of Cuenca. Health and Safety in New York Dean Borok You’re never safe in New York.  A Crossroads in Serbia Brian Rogers In downtown Belgrade all eyes are on an orator who’s words I do not understand ... but who’s meaning I perceive innately.

Tales of Turi Tyrel Nelson I was fresh off the plane and going to visit the Mirador Turi, the lionized lookout that I’d only read about in my guide book. Life in Lueneburg, Germany Lois Tietzel An American adapts to life in Europe To Windsor to visit the Queen Marianne de Nazareth "Come on over to London and see Windsor Castle A Walk in El Cajas Tyrel Nelson in Ecuador With some free time at last, I felt relieved as the monstrous bus roared westward through the green hills of Cuenca

After the storm on Wisteria Lane Gabriela Davies I guess it can only mean a few things. The cast has fallen out. The budget has dried up. The creator has a mental block. Basically 'How to Kill a TV series.' Sit Down and Start Editing Marwan Asmar All I knew was the ability to speak and write English and use the computer when I started Who wants to Retire? Not me James Skinner Retirement is a dirty word. It means the end of a working lifestyle

Tabytha in OZ: Part Three Tabytha Towe I’ve got the city blues with holes in my shoes and bursts of bubbles and rays of sunshine. It keeps on spinning, the world and my head Patrick Swayze James Skinner When my daughter visited us a few months back, as my wife and I were watching a video of ‘Dirty Dancing’ her first remark was, ‘aren’t you a bit old for that kind of movie?’

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FICTION Original Shorts

REVIEWS Film & Books

Celebrity - Anonymous Mark Robinson Hello. My name’s Gemira and I’m a celebrity. A chorus of hellos droned up from the circular continuum of equi-distant set plastic chairs; the voices all rhinestones, hoop earrings, tight-fitting, size-zero clothes, foundation, fake breasts and designer stubble. Jubilee Mark Cunliffe Bryan Sutton walked down the steps into the basement club and felt awkward. If truth be told Bryan Sutton felt awkward pretty much everyday of his 24 years of life Full Circle James C Clar Dayton Apana got up early and went for his usual run from his condo on Ala Wai Boulevard down to where Kapahulu intersected Paki Avenue. The World of Hunter Killer Robots Daniel Tavernier No one knew young Jorb3. He was one of the sole sane human beings left on the planet. He didn't want to adapt to the new order of systematic incorporation into the new Humanlike Borgian race. Riders of Dragon Number 19 Michael Chacko Daniels Gray’s blue eyes disconnect from the mists flirting with Alcatraz, the former prison island in San Francisco Bay, during Chinese New Year week Ashes of Old Fires Thomas Healy Sabonis relit the stub of a cigar he had started smoking this afternoon then followed his Irish setter around the corner to Raphael Park

I With-Stood  Them All Ibukunolu Babarinde When clouds cover the face of the heavens, it may just be for a little time; when it will yet be dark as if the night will never be stolen by the crafty hands of the day A Leg to Die For Sidi Cherkawi Benzahra My grandfather took his leg to Lalla Fatima and she invoked the spirit and did all she could do to heal his leg On the Fringes J Kaval When did the devil enter me? How did he get inside? I’ve no idea. He started meddling with my life Uncle Pringle and the Stalker Martin Green The first inkling I had of the problem was when my friend Al Abrams called.  The Nestbury Tree Ayodele Morocco-Clarke It all started to kick off when the Shepherd of the church which was located at the far side of the compound behind the house, pronounced that the Nestbury tree in the yard was a haven for witches and had to come down Things You Never Knew You Never Knew Emmanuel Iduma I am going to tell you the truth. I have lied for so long and I am tired of living a double life. You know how it was when we first starting seeing each other

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness Sam North Review Imagine you are watching a film about the first settlers in America. Pious, hardworking farmers carving something out of a raw landscape. Notice there are no women, the men's clothes are rough and worn, understand something terrible has happened that has killed all the women and left just men and one boy and his dog. Ellen Gilchrist's Collected Stories Dan Schneider review Having read Thom Jones' Sonny Liston Was A Friend Of Mine and overdosing on its phallic ejaculations I turned to the Collected Stories of Ellen Gilchrist for a change. The Fire Eternal by Chris d’Lacey Frances Lewis review Warning! Reading The Fire Eternal by Chris d’Lacey without any prior knowledge of the world he has created within these pages can leave you feeling slightly overwhelmed, faintly incredulous and maybe even begrudgingly impressed. Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid Jenny Adamthwaite Moth Smoke, however, proved to both stylistically interesting and page turning, with vivid description and an intriguing plot: a success in experimental writing Mean Tide by Sam North Linda Regan review 'A beautifully written, unusual and a good story, one I was sad to finish'. Kiss of Death Broadcast: BBC 9pm Monday 26th May Linda Regan review This was a prime-time television, police-procedural, harrowing tale, of a murder division seconded together to solve the mystery of the gruelling body parts that have been washed up on a beach, Bjork - Hammersmith Apollo, London 2008 -Carly Mclain Like a fiery technicolour trible rave - Bjork is back......... Come with her and enjoy the explosion of sound. The Last Free Cat by Jon Blake Sam North review It's future without cats - most are dead of the deadly HN51 virus. Only the very rich can afford cats now and they are strictly controlled - people live in fear of catching deadly flu from untagged cats

Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em and little fleas have lesser fleas ...ad infinitum - Augustus de Morgan

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