The International Writer's Magazine - January 2007

Destinations: Travel reports & guides

Opinion: Politics & Issues

Lifestyles: Ways of living

Sussing Out South Korea Arya Kazemi Being surrounded by a group of kids chanting "waygook" (the Korean term for foreigner) was after a couple of years of working and living in South Korea nothing out of the ordinary for me... This experience was quite indicative of the perils facing an expatriate in this country... more Les Vamps Marianne de Nazareth Wendell Rodricks has put the tiny Indian state of Goa firmly on the fashion map more

Challenging 110th Congress James Campion "What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that the people preserve the spirit of resistance?" Thomas Jefferson On Personal Identity & Other Minds Kimberly Pfeifer Contemplating the prospect of aging and dying, I realize I would prefer to continue living in a youthful body Will lack of market demand save Icelandic whales? Iwona Roman "We are back in business with about 100 tons of excellent eco-friendly whale meat and blubber ready for the market.", said Kristjan Loftsson

Zen: The Art of Drinking Tea Paul Haire in Beijing Not so long ago I decided my spiritual side needed some fine tuning and so I would go to a tea ceremony, led by a Zen buddhist 'expert' at the Chinese Culture Club of Beijing. more Car Thieves Alice Vonsimson So, Saturday was the big day. Two driving tests taken when I was living in Hawaii had come back with negative results due to technical problems (wasn't sure which pedal was the brake), poor preparation (confused about whether red lights were suggestions or orders)... more

Paris: Don't Drink the Water (Or anything else either!)… Erin B. DeBernardo While it's true that Parisian water is excellent in quality and taste... restrooms can be very hard to come by more: Casa Deep Woods Marianne de Nazareth Casa Deep Woods is a wonderful resort which is at an altitude of 3000 ft. and located in the Mudumalai jungles of the Nilgiris near Ooty. more: Rock Island Bliss Roger L. Baty II Joseph Campbell tells us all to find our bliss... I believe I found my bliss long ago somewhere on Rock Island more

A Sales Career Can Pay Big Money, No Matter What Your Major - Antonio Graceffo If you get a degree in engineering, you graduate and work as an engineer. But if you graduate with a degree in English, do you work as an English? What do you actually do with a degree in history or political science? more Gerald Ford James Campion For some sad reason only known to the gods of misfortune, I found myself listening to the "Imus In The Morning" radio broadcast sometime during the surreally long week of funeral events surrounding the passing of our 38th president. more Let's Interface Colin Todhunter on how corporate jargon invades our daily lives more

Drab Beijing a sleeping giant Paul Haire Beijing can be a pretentious place, made up of drab apartment blocks, smog and traffic jams. more Chinese Bathhouse Valerie Sator Come along with us. We're going to take a bath. We made our way downtown to Ao Wei – the Miraculous Transformation Bathhouse. More Hope At Dawn James G Skinner In March 2003, María Teresa, a perfectly healthy Spanish sixty year old, was diagnosed by a leading orthopaedist, Doctor Domingo Rueda of Povisa Hospital in Vigo, with Spinal Stenosis, a disord More

FICTION: Original Shorts

Reviews: Books and Film

Search this site or the web powered by FreeFind   Site search Web search Destinations and Travel tips: Ozarks Road Trip Ari Kaufman My fiancee and I (well, maybe just me) felt it incumbent upon us to embark on one final road trip to what many call “the American heartland. More Trail Buddies Eric D Lehman Karma and friendship on White Mountain Trails More A New Year in Prague Natalya Popova My Russian experience in Prague more Nagarhole National Park Marianne de Nazareth If you are a nature lover, only then make the trip down to Nagarhole National Park where the long awaited monsoon has rejuvenated the park after three years of drought more A Passage to Old India by Marianne de Nazareth Visit Ooty and find old England alive and well in Bangalore more Where North Meets South Ari Kaufman "Looville" is Kentucky's largest city. Founded in 1778 it is best known as the home of "The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports" more

The Solitary Hunter Jessica Schnieder "The sky is full of birds," the boy said to me. "It is full of birds and they are all dead - watch how they are eyeless in their flight, and they are full-grown and yet without feathers of any sort," he added. more Antoinetta's Rosebush Nickolay Todorov Antoinetta resolved to stop herself from sneaking into the crematorium furnace and joining her dead husband Myrt more Making it Mark Cunliffe's spy story I’ll make it The man was running, fast and hard, his heart in his mouth and his lungs ablaze, he tore through the undergrowth ignoring the long stinging nettles that attacked his entire frame... more Knowing Sheila Levin on marriage There are, as Laura would put it, moments in time which are remembered with scrupulous precision. more Dark-Eyed Sister Paul Martin She is gazing up at the night sky, her head cocked back at ninety degrees, watching the dark. It is eleven o’clock at night and she has gone out for a walk to clear her head more The Funeral Reunion Quentin Bates A scrum of hard-faced women cradling extra-long Superkings between taloned fingers crowded around the flowers while husbands and dads in sharp suits passed a pouch of baccy from hand to hand in the summer sunshine. more Goodbye Ouma Colin Harris Dear Ouma - Seven days ago I was at your cremation, and I lost two things. more Congratulations - You're a Winner! Thomas Healy Later than usual for work, Gus Chesney rushed out to his Subaru wagon and started to unlock the door when he noticed the left front tire... more An Evening Out Gina Robertson Where does all the love go when someone dies? Mum said I was the best thing she ever did. I was loved with such a fierce burning love that sometimes I got scorched. more Elin's Legacy Wendy Metcalfe Making contact with a class one alien more New Year's Eve D. A. Warren It was less than an hour away from the New Year and Morna sat alone in the darkness more

Perishable by Dirk Jamison Charlie Dickinson review Dirk Jamison's childhood memoir, PERISHABLE, is about, among other things, a dad who decides a few minutes of daily Dumpster diving will  put food on the table for the family. more Vernon God Little By D B C Pierre Dean Betts Review Vernon discovers how difficult life can become for a manufactured scapegoat more Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult A Jen Ames Review "When heaven breaks, who fixes it?" What makes this book by Jodi Picoult, so powerful is the voice of five-year-old Nathaniel. A heart-wrenching tale of a desperate mother struggling between what is legally wrong, and morally right... more 21 Grams (DVD Review) Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu Gabriela Davies How much does life weigh? This is the question that the narrator at the end of 21 Grams does not ask. It is the question that is left posing in the viewers mind, more Regeneration (aka Behind The Lines) Dan Schneider on a great war film more Vincent & Theo Dan Schneider  Vincent & Theo, may be the worst film ever made by a major director who has made a great film. more Stranger Than Fiction Dir. Marc Foster Rosie Wheatcroft review a film confused in both its message and genre, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s performance is a shining beacon more Fanning the Flames: how the ‘queer space’ of the internet and the writing of fan fiction enhances the fictional universe of Torchwood by Jodie Corney more Vinicius - Dir Miquel Faria Jnr Celebrating the Bossa Nova Gabriela Davies more Dead Mans Shoes DVD Director: Shane Meadows Carly Mclain review Bullying, Violence and Revenge are the three main aspects of British culture which Shane Meadows carefully combines in a disturbingly naturalistic way more

Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em and little fleas have lesser fleas ...ad infinitum - Augustus de Morgan

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