A special extended episode brings the current season of Maud to a thrilling conclusion... Herewith my report of the events of the 14th inst. If I am required at a future date to give similar accounts of the 14th ult. and the 14th prox. I will be happy to oblige, present ... Read More...
Key’s Cupboard
The mind of Frank Key
As the tale of Maud and Beelzebub continues to get wildly out of hand, maidservant Baines is getting strange ideas... “Dust that gewgaw, Baines. As you can see, I am slumped on the chaise-longue, listless and enervated, taking dainty sips from a china cup of what I am given to understand ... Read More...
Nobody can prepare devilled kidneys better than the devil himself... Greetings. My name is Beelzebub, and I am the devil incarnate. You may have seen pictures of me, colour plates in books or crude engravings in religious tracts, where I am often depicted with a goaty appearance, with horns and cloven hooves ... Read More...
[Voiceover:] Previously, on Maud. Having refused to go into the garden with a cad, Maud has taken a draft of laudanum. On waking, she is disturbed by a knocking at her door. The visitor is a person from Porlock, come on business…. “Good heavens, sir. By the evidence of the number ... Read More...
Having refused to come into the garden, Maud retires to the house. But her troubles are only just beginning... And so it happened that Maud, having resisted the blandishments of the cad whose dearest wish was to coax her into the garden, repaired, not to her inner sanctum to do her ... Read More...
A variation on a theme of Alfred, Lord Tennyson... “Come into the garden, Maud.” “Not on your nelly. You know only too well that I am a neurasthenic recluse, and I prefer to remain in my bungalow with the windows shuttered, sitting at my escritoire penning tear-stained verses. When I have finished ... Read More...
The picture above is, I'm sure you'll agree, appallingly sexist. Whatever will the aliens think of us?... There has been a bit of a kerfuffle in the search for extraterrestrial life. Back in 1972, the Pioneer 10 spacecraft was launched, and forty-three years later it is still zooming, beyond the solar ... Read More...
Back in September 2013, Frank Key posted on The Dabbler his idea of writing a book of very, very brief lives. Thanks in part to the enthusiastic reaction of the Dabbler audience and commenters, this idea has now become a reality, and Mr Key's Shorter Potted Brief, Brief Lives will ... Read More...
Back in September 2013, Frank Key posted on The Dabbler his idea of writing a book of very, very brief lives. Thanks in part to the enthusiastic reaction of the Dabbler audience and commenters, this idea has now become a reality, and Mr Key's Shorter Potted Brief, Brief Lives will ... Read More...
Back in September 2013, Frank Key posted on The Dabbler his idea of writing a book of very, very brief lives. Thanks in part to the enthusiastic reaction of the Dabbler audience and commenters, this idea has now become a reality, and Mr Key's Shorter Potted Brief, Brief Lives will ... Read More...