Last night’s BristolCon Fringe open mic night went very well, I thought. And that’s despite Roz having to rush off early to look after her new puppy and leaving me to host the event.

We note that the new puppy is most definitely not sad, nor rabid. He may be misogynist like Alisa’s puppy. Roz hasn’t had him long enough to find out yet.

Anyway, there were readings. Pete Sutton managed five stories in five minutes; Tom Parker brought a deadly prop; Justin Newland wiped out the whole of Clifton with bubonic plague; Jo Hall went boxing with an alien lizard; and I killed off King James I.

There were many other readings as well. Special mention should go to our latest Polish import, Cord. Firstly he managed to live stream the event over his phone to friends in Poland for part of the evening. And he spent the rest of the time busily translating a story he had written from Polish into English so he could perform it for us. It ended up being one of the best pieces of the night.

Podcasts will follow in due course, but first I need to finish last months…