- Spent the day with returned Girl One… what's been going on, then…? #
- @disqus Thanks! Will keep my eyes peeled! in reply to disqus #
- @Schofe I think everyone, including normal people, talk positively about their holiday. If a follower doesn't like it, they can unfollow. in reply to Schofe #
- RT @McKelvie: …look at the progression JH WIlliams has made over the years: http://tinyurl.com/yzycpsf (Relevant to this week's #MOMBCast) #
- @RichMOMB Good enough to keep you warm on those cold Tibetan nights, young padawan? in reply to RichMOMB #
- @Sulman Ha! Good form, Mr T! in reply to Sulman #
- @idsharman Is it an accent or mannerism thing? I didn't notice a similarity when we spoke at Bristol, but maybe I wouldn't…!
in reply to idsharman # - @JamesMOMB You a party animal, yo! in reply to JamesMOMB #
- @glasses_direct Hope you enjoy it! We perhaps struggle to stay on-topic. Or within the realms of common-decency. But it is exceptional fun! in reply to glasses_direct #
- @idsharman I'm going to go watch that videocast thingie you did a bit back, see if I can see the similarities… right NOW. in reply to idsharman #
- @steevbishop – I'm obviously being a cop-out monkey tonight, but wondering if @JamesMOMB & @RichMOMB are out drinking tonight. #
- @idsharman That link totally doesn't seem to work. D'oh! in reply to idsharman #
- @SorenLorensen Oh, gosh… probably too late now, but luck! You'll be fine, though! #
- @jensaltmann Wait, what? Zombie prose or comic? in reply to jensaltmann #
- @glasses_direct Ooh, Pride Of Baghdad is awesome – kind of the anti-Watership Down. Or Watership Down at war. Or something…. in reply to glasses_direct #
- @glasses_direct …It's one of the GNs that apparently broke my regular GN reviews at Nixsight – that & We 3. in reply to glasses_direct #
- @glasses_direct Haven't read Persepolis yet, actually… in reply to glasses_direct #
- @RichMOMB Zat that game you guys have been talking about? Looks funny! in reply to RichMOMB #
- @jensaltmann Huh. I can't write erotica for almost the exact opposite reason. I keep getting distracted. By sexy. I'm too sexy for myself! in reply to jensaltmann #
- @SorenLorensen That IS bloody exciting. Taking birth certificate to Registry Office tomorrow, plus handing in final mortgage docs to Bank..! in reply to SorenLorensen #
- @glasses_direct Thanks for the offer, but it's not a hard book to get hold of… just haven't got round to it yet! in reply to glasses_direct #
- @jensaltmann Lolz! Was curious about the prose zombie market, as I have a couple or three stories that accidentally went zombie at EW. in reply to jensaltmann #
- @SorenLorensen OH HA HA! But yeah, I didn't have certificate when we went to book wedding for next year, so I have to take it in now! in reply to SorenLorensen #
- @SorenLorensen Glad you're home, sweetie… know you weren't looking forward to the drive. in reply to SorenLorensen #
- @SorenLorensen Will you hear whether it's being broadcast or not before it happens? And were they good to you, at least? in reply to SorenLorensen #
- There's a very noisy party happening somewhere nearby. It's the kind of volume where working out exactly WHERE isn't easy. #
- N'night, all. You're all awesome! Especially proud of you, @SorenLorensen. I'd say today was above and beyond, innit? #
- @SorenLorensen I'm totally not rising to that. in reply to SorenLorensen #
- @jensaltmann My zombie stories aren't nearly horrific enough, probably. I can't help making them about something else. in reply to jensaltmann #
- @JamesMOMB Ha! Fine… I never claimed to be a Def Leppard expert. And yea, we're funny… what, you assumed we were just the geek talent? in reply to JamesMOMB #
- Great. Weeks of dumb colds, 3 sick days & a week of G1 being away, & NOW I get fluey. Got cold sweats in Ann Summers – surprisingly unusual. #
- @acheverton Somewhere nice? Also, will sort out the Noah & The Whale deficiency, but it was more a thematic observation than qualitative… in reply to acheverton #
- @acheverton …I happen to love them, & you may not, but it has no bearing on the awesomeness of your writing! in reply to acheverton #
- @loscampesinos Partial to "When I Argue I See Shapes", but then, I like your longer titles… in reply to loscampesinos #
- @SorenLorensen Oh, nice, a new TV. That's a sexy feeling for at least a couple of hours. in reply to SorenLorensen #
- @josiefraser Oooh, awesome. We liked that film A LOT. in reply to josiefraser #
- @SorenLorensen The thing about the TV?
Heh… I think I showed great restraint on the other thing… in reply to SorenLorensen #
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MOMBcast #137 is recording tonight! Get involved!
MOMBcast #137 is recording tonight!
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Peach for godsgirls

Illustration by Victo Ngai for the fiction “Sweet Dreams” by Peter Stamm
“She went to the bathroom, filled the tub, and got undressed. The mirror misted over with condensation, and the smell of pine needles filled the air. She turned off the water, and the apartment suddenly seemed very quiet. Then she heard footsteps, and Simon’s voice through the half-open door. He said, I’ll just go downstairs for the bottle of wine. I thought you’d gone already, said Lara, and she poked her head through the crack, and he kissed her on the lips and tried to barge the door open, but she held it shut. They kissed again. See you soon, said Lara. It was odd, she still felt a little ashamed in front of him.”

This scene is one of my earliest comic memories. It was the first point at which I saw a comic character making a mistake, which meant it was probably the first time I really processed them properly as characters and human.
Spider-man has webbed up a doorway to stop a criminal escaping, but then realises that the criminal is escaping out of the window instead, and in his hurry to catch them he forgets his own webbing.
It seems gloriously ridiculous out of context, but if memory serves it was part of a pretty intense and dramatic story featuring Alex Summers (Havok).
(This was me, by the way.)
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