In a churchyard on the Leicestershire-Rutland border stands a very strange object indeed. Known as The Goddess of Braunston it was discovered in 1920 when builders lifted up a stair and found the other side had a face. No one is certain of its historicity. Medieval experts are not sure it’s a gargoyle, Norman and […]
Read more "The Goddess Of Braunston"So I’ve watched the first two episodes of The War Between The Land And The Sea and, though I quite like it, I have two quibbles. The first was more of an irritation, you know? The Homo Aqua are demanding we change our ways. Fair enough, we have been total jerks on the pollution front. […]
Read more "Quick Thoughts About The War Between The Land And The Sea"I’ve been told the building on the far left is sinking year by year. Which is odd because I’ve also been told by someone else that the building on the right is sinking (and that the column on the top was added to stop this, though you’d think you’d combat subsidence by adjusting something at […]
Read more "The Urban Myth of The Sinking Brutalist Building"Here’s a photo of some bits we’ll bury with dad. Photo and a figure of Pieshop (our ol’ Jack Russell), model of dragline excavator he used to operate (He sculpted a lot of the artificial lakes around Syston and Birstall. That’s a legacy that could last a million years now I think of it) and […]
Read more "Things We’ll Bury With Dad"…from the always awesome Flame Tree Press! It’s a romantasy anthology about, yup, dragons. Mine own tale, A Matter of Life and Dragons, is a sapphic romance in a world of spitfires vs dragons. And why ever not? More info from Flame Tree here!
Read more "My Story in Of Love & Dragons!"My dad, Joe Patrick Worrad, passed away peacefully last week. He’d been battling cancer for most of 2025 and his bravery, dignity and humour in the face of it will always be an inspiration to me. There’s a big hole in our family that can never be filled. I miss my father. I miss my […]
Read more "Joe Patrick Worrad"Had my mind blown when I passed through Leicester uni campus and saw this cut out of the first class at Leicester uni in 1922. I knew two of them! Miss Bennett (back, far left) and Miss Smalley (back, far right). I visited them in an old people’s home a couple of times when I […]
Read more "History Ain’t Even History"I was invited as a guest to Derby’s wonderful EdgeLit convention last Saturday and I had a blast. I’ll admit I was frightened beforehand. I’d been asked to run a workshop when I’d never done such before. To my surprise the class was fully booked and I found myself standing before twenty expectant folk. I […]
Read more "Edgelit Was A Fine Ass Day!"Just picked up my author’s copy of Writing The Magic, sent to me by Dead Ink Books. Always get a kick out of seeing me words in ink; this time an essay rather than a story. I tackle the legacy of Michael Moorcock’s Elric Of Melniboné. Some wonderful authors in this one. If you want […]
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J.L. Worrad 