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“Once my husband was dead, there wasn’t much reason for doing anything. But the one thing I couldn’t bring myself to do anymore was drink.” Continue reading
Archive for November, 2015
Theme Parks and Obstacle Courses – a Novel
Posted in Theme Parks and Obstacle Courses on November 30, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
Mark Mullan Retires
Posted in Kickboxing, Real Men with tags Bobby Scrivano, Brendan Pardy, Daniel 'The Rock' Dawson, farang, Fitzroy Stars, Golden Glory, Holland, ISS Pattaya, James Roesler, K1, Kickboxing Arnhem, MMA, Rumble in the Jungle, Simon Coutsouvelis, Strikefit, Thailand, Underworld Gym on November 27, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
Mark Mullan has had more than thirty fights spread over a fifteen-year career. In that time, he has trained in the Netherlands at the toughest gym in the world and fought in Europe, Asia and Australia. The time has come to hang up the gloves and he intended to go out with a bang when he took on old rival Simon Coutsouvelis this Friday night. Continue reading
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Theme Parks and Obstacle Courses – A Novel
Posted in Theme Parks and Obstacle Courses with tags Theme Park At Its Darkest on November 24, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
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Pat was sitting at a footpath table out front of a small café in Flinders Lane. He had his duffel coat buttoned tight around his scarf and the Monday newspaper spread part-way across his lap and the rest of the way over the table. He took a sip of his coffee, watching the ascending plume of steam as it rose toward the sky. Continue reading
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Published – Review of Australin Fiction
Posted in Fiction, Writing with tags Review of Australian Fiction on November 19, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
I have had a short story published in this edition of The Review of Australian Fiction.
Please feel free to buy a copy if you feel so moved.
http://reviewofaustralianfiction.com/issues/volume-16-issue-3/
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Theme Parks and Obstacle Courses – A Novel
Posted in Theme Parks and Obstacle Courses on November 12, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
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“I don’t think there’s anything particularly wrong with you,” she said, with a squint and a definitive tilt of her head. She sipped her drink and said, “You’re just a little bit shy. That, and a little bit weird.” Continue reading
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UFC 193 in The Age Newspaper
Posted in Journalism with tags Holly Holm, Ronda Rousey, The Age Newspaper, Timothy Boyle, UFC 193 on November 8, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
Fortunate enough to be quoted in The Age Newspaper today on the subject of Ronda Rousey and UFC 193.
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Alex Perekrest and Red Giant – 4
Posted in Music, Real Men with tags Art of Self-Defense, Black Sabbath, High on Fire, Jason Everman, Nirvana, Ozzy, Seasons in the Abyss, Slayer, Soundgarden on November 7, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
You posted a very interesting article about Jason Everman, a former guitar player for both Nirvana and Soundgarden who, after his tenure concluded with both those bands, joined the special-forces and served in a number of theatres of war. He described war as being a ‘theatre of schooling for the heart.’ What do you think about that? Continue reading
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Theme Parks and Obstacle Courses – A Novel
Posted in Theme Parks and Obstacle Courses on November 4, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
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Working in places like this was a kind of cyclical affair for Pat. He had felt a great deal of anxiety over the course of his life, and the booze had always done a great job of counteracting it. Continue reading
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Alex Perekrest and Red Giant – 3
Posted in Music, Real Men with tags Aerosmith, Al Qaeda, ‘Right in the Nuts’, Barack Obama, Butthole Surfers, Honky, Isis, Jeb Bush, Pinkus, Rand Paul, Screaming Trees, Small Stone, South By Southwest, stone mason, Valis, Van Conner on November 2, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
How did you end up on Small Stone? Did signing with them change things for you? Continue reading
Theme Park at its Darkest 