by Jackie Bailey | Jun 22, 2009 | Everyone's daily horoscope
This week you will start as dangerous as a wild cat, stalking the urban streets for your next meal. The people you meet will look at your eyes and glance quickly away; your own reflection will stare defiantly back at you, unwilling to blink first. But soon enough,...
by Jackie Bailey | Jun 10, 2009 | Self-publishing Mr Middleton's Teleporter
Last week, I introduced you to Mr Middleton. I have provided an excerpt for you below, from my interview journals with Mr Middleton, from when I first came across him. It was on a meandering walk I took, through Paddington, not long after I had moved to Sydney. Not...
by Jackie Bailey | Jun 8, 2009 | Everyone's daily horoscope
This week, love is in the water, grass, trees, the air you don’t hesitate to breathe. You are fleet-footed this week, running as light as light from one task to another, and that’s when you’ll feel it; the thrum, the silent, hidden buzz; that’s...
by Jackie Bailey | Jun 2, 2009 | Self-publishing Mr Middleton's Teleporter
May I introduce to you Mr Middleton. Mr Middleton. Say hello. MM: Oh, uhmm. Yes, but the impersonality co-efficient. If it was to the power of z, then proportionally it might make no difference to the material transfer. Where’s that glass? ...
by Jackie Bailey | May 27, 2009 | Self-publishing Mr Middleton's Teleporter
Once upon a time there was a city called Sydney. I met Hoang back at Berkelouw’s two weeks later, to see the character drawings and the first of the scenes. We had agreed to do this to check that we were on the right track. Hoang brought his wife, Cat, with...
by Jackie Bailey | May 24, 2009 | Everyone's daily horoscope
You may feel like it’s a bit too soon for the week to begin, but it will begin without you if you don’t hurry into your best shoes and don a nice smile to welcome the new days, each one freshly minted from the giant day-press on the other side of the sky....
by Jackie Bailey | May 19, 2009 | Self-publishing Mr Middleton's Teleporter
In which I am asked the question, what does a teleporter actually look like? It was 10.06 pm when the phone rang, about three days since the events of my last self-publishing post. “Jackie?” “Yep, Hoang, how’s it going?”...
by Jackie Bailey | May 18, 2009 | Everyone's daily horoscope
Hello and welcome to the week ahead! This time around, you’ll find the dimension of space-time bending in upon itself (as it is wont to do), curling around your ears and tickling your cheekbones. Sudden memories of past days will feel as real as the one in...
by Jackie Bailey | May 12, 2009 | Self-publishing Mr Middleton's Teleporter
In which I drink an LSD which changes my life forever. In Part 8, I had just managed to locate the brother of the artist, Hoang Nguyen, who had done the picture I had fallen in love with. I gave the man my manuscript and all I had to do was wait, and pray, and try...
by Jackie Bailey | May 10, 2009 | Everyone's daily horoscope
Hello and welcome to my new, weekly horoscope! I was doing my crystal ball a disservice, too much work and too little pay. Now let’s hope it will be in it for the long haul. This week will start on a chilly note, and a hood on your jumpers (both physical and...
