noir – The Art of Spilling Ink

poetry and prose

New York Sour, Issue #2

Posted on February 19, 2015August 18, 2016 by Sophie

Here is some more of New York Sour. Well overdue, I think. I have been, I confess, rather reticent about sharing it. It is incredibly indulgent. It’s not particularly interesting. A little bit awful. But I enjoy it, and people … Continue reading »New York Sour, Issue #2

New York Sour, Issue #1

Posted on October 14, 2014August 18, 2016 by Sophie

So, it’s October. NaNoWriMo is on the horizon once again, and young women’s fancies turn to thoughts of character, setting, and (dare I say it) plot. This year, I’d like to write something set in Kent in the 1930s, give … Continue reading »New York Sour, Issue #1

“I got eight slugs in me. One’s lead, and the rest are bourbon.”

Posted on August 23, 2014December 21, 2018 by Sophie

In fiction, my “guilty pleasure” – for lack of a better term – is detective pulp fiction. Film noir, hard-boiled dialogue, the heavy bitter melodrama, and our protagonist, if one could call him that – the classic cliché Private Eye. … Continue reading »“I got eight slugs in me. One’s lead, and the rest are bourbon.”