The first review of the forthcoming Worlds Next Door anthology.

http://community.livejournal.com/lastshortstory/80058.html

My favourite above all was ‘Inksucker” by Aidan Doyle. I loved this one so much I wanted to hug it. Some sentences were gorgeous gems, a delight to read and really good to see someone playing with language, and showing how much fun writing, and stories, can be. I would love to read more short stories in this world!

Some beautiful photography here.  I especially like the moving clouds.

How many talks about poverty have you seen where the speaker ends by swallowing a sword?

Hans Rosling: New insights on poverty and life around the world