The Voyager Series
The official home of the Voyager Series. Find out what happens when Voyager 1 gets picked up by two itinerant spacecombers from Morys Minor...WUFOOB
woke up, fell out of bed
"I read the news today, oh boy."
A sincere and unequivocal attempt to make nonsense of a range of topical issues of the day...Short Stories
Here is a catalogue of my prose writings, including children's fiction, short stories, non-sequiturs and odd scraps of surrealism with or without a straightforward narrative. Don't believe me? Well, to prove it, here's a picture of a man being fired from a cannon:
Dark Matter
Scientists are racing to find dark matter in the universe. You may find some of it here in the form of conspiracy theories, dark secrets, sinister and bizarre tales...The Moonwalkers
The only people ever to have set foot on an astronomical object other than Earth...Featured Page
Tip Jar
The downloads on this site (e.g. pdf versions of Earthwatch and Shackleton's Shed) are free. If you would like to donate a small sum of money to be invested in the upkeep of the site then please scroll down to the bottom of this page and click on the 'Donate' button. Somebody sometime has got to make money from the internet. Let it be me.Awards
This intergalactically recognised award was presented to The Speed Of Dark Blog by The Speed Of Dark Awards Commission.
I am delighted to have been nominated for the 2012 Tony Blair Ducking Under The Bar Award for boldly raising the bar and diving under it. I knew I had the potential to be a great underachiever. 
I've racked up another prestigious award - the Eric Morecambe 'Mister Preview' Prize. According to the award citation, The Speed Of Dark Blog contains material that ranks with the finest literary works in history. All the right letters are there, but not necessarily in the right order. -
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Tag Archives: humour
Coronaverse
A deadly virus sweeps the world, forcing many into lockdown. The lives of ordinary people are changed forever. At times irreverent, at times absurd, at times sombre, but at all times Coronaverse is an honest (okay, harebrained) attempt to find … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Nonsense
Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, humour, lockdown, nonsense poems, nonsense verse, pandemic, poetry
Multiverse
Multiverse is a volume of nonsense verse with themes ranging from cosmology and philosophical questions about the nature of the universe… to mince pies and listening for worms. If you were a clownfish, swimming languidly and contentedly amongst the anemones … Continue reading
The Moon Pigeon (audiobook sample)
The Moon Pigeon One giant hop for pigeonkind! Available Now…. on Audible, Amazon and iTunes! A curious incident occurred during the 1969 Apollo 10 moon mission. A white object, later dubbed a ‘moon pigeon’, was filmed moving above the moon’s … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Nonsense, Story
Tagged Apollo 10, audiobook, children's story, humour, Siobhan Dowd, The Moon Pigeon
The Battle of Trafalgar Square
Two pigeons, Wilbur and Pippa, present the entire epic story of the battle that changed Trafalgar Square forever, told from the pigeon side of the conflict. Narrated over one historic evening’s roost in ten hard-hitting and historically researched historic chapters, … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Story
Tagged children's book, children's humour, humorous book, humour
Through The Wormhole, Literally (ebook)
If the Voyager 1 space probe was picked up by extraterrestrials, what would happen? Here’s your opportunity to find out. Voyager 1 was launched in 1977 to study interstellar space. It carried a gold-plated audio-visual disc in the event that … Continue reading
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Tagged ebook, humor, humorous ebook, humorous fiction, humour, sci-fi humor, sci-fi humour
ANTidote (ebook)
Neil, an avid aquarium hobbyist, is visited by an extraterrestrial who warns him that a species evolved from ants is bent on overthrowing humankind. He must act to save his fish… Use the coupon code SFREE at checkout to get … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Story
Tagged ANTidote, ebook, humorous book, humour, smashwords
ANTidote available soon!
ANTidote will be available from Amazon on May 7th 2016. Click here to purchase paperback version Click here to pre-order the kindle version. Here’s the synopsis: Neil is an avid aquarium hobbyist. He is also the grandson of a woman … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Story, Voyager Series
Tagged ANTidote, humour, novella, story, Voyager Series
ANTidote
I told you I’d never write a sequel. Well, here it is!… ANTidote will be available from Amazon in May 2016. In the meantime, the complete eBook version of ‘Through The Wormhole, Literally’, is currently available FREE!!! Download PDF format … Continue reading
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Tagged ANTidote, humorous book, humorous sci-fi, humour, Through The Wormhole Literally
FREE ebook!
For a limited time only, the complete eBook version of the humorous sci-fi novel, ‘Through The Wormhole, Literally’, is available FREE!!! Synopsis: The Voyager 1 space probe was launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, to study the outer solar … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Voyager Series
Tagged free ebook, humour, Kindle, Through The Wormhole Literally
FREE from Amazon!
Through The Wormhole, Literally If the Voyager 1 space probe was picked up in outer space by extraterrestrials, what would happen? This book is your opportunity to find out… The kindle version is absolutely FREE from Amazon this weekend! Click … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Nonsense, Story, Voyager Series
Tagged extraterrestrial, fiction, free, humour, Kindle, Through The Wormhole Literally, Voyager 1
