After much deliberation, I have decided to close down the Rafferty’s Rules blog. Many of the posts will be migrating to a new blog, deldevours.wordpress.com. Del Devours isn’t live yet but I will post an update when it is published…. Read More ›
After much deliberation, I have decided to close down the Rafferty’s Rules blog. Many of the posts will be migrating to a new blog, deldevours.wordpress.com. Del Devours isn’t live yet but I will post an update when it is published…. Read More ›
Rafferty’s Rules is currently undergoing a major overhaul and will be closed for the foreseeable future. I thank you for your patience.
Taking in the man’s wide eyes and pale face, and adding it to the message she’d just received, Audrey felt her blood run cold. ‘Oh, please, no.’ She thought. ‘Please don’t let it be Sarah.’
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TRIGGER WARNING: Suicidal Ideation, Torture
During week 12 of ‘Writing Apocalypse, we were asked to read Mary Karr’s Disappointments of the Apocalypse, then come up with our own ‘Disappointments of the Apocalypse’ poem.
The window was always closed.
These are my responses to the writing exercises from our tenth Writing Apocalypse lecture.
TRIGGER WARNING: Child death; car accident.
This three part series is hosted by Dr Thomas Asbridge. Episode one details the origin of the crusades and tracks the journey of the first crusaders as they attempt to recapture Jerusalem. Episode two covers the epic clash between Britain’s Richard the Lionheart, and the legendary sultan Saladin, unifier of Islam. The final episode concludes with the arrival of the Mongol hordes and the end of the crusades.
Platform: DailyMotion
Channel: Llayster
Episode 1 Run Time: 58:53
Episode 2 Run Time: 58:59
Episode 3 Run Time: 58:55
Your feet sting from the residue of bindies and the heat of the concrete stairs. You sweep the path as quietly as possible, hoping to avoid the attention of the Alsation next door.
The best thing about this book is that it is succinct, engaging and easy to read, not dry or heavy at all.
When I was a kid there were parks and forests. Suburbs with whole streets lined with trees.
Swaying leaves and lapping shores
herald shifting dreams
of memories imagined.
After all these years, I still miss her.
I got so caught up in my history assignment yesterday that I completely forgot about blogging. As an apology, I am posting twice today. This is my second post.
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Trigger Warning: Disturbing content involving sexual assault of a minor!
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When I was thirteen, my guardian – cos there’s no way I’m calling that asshole dad – decided it was time I earned my keep.
I got so caught up in my history assignment yesterday that I completely forgot about blogging. As an apology, I’m going to post twice today.
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In the end, our destruction came from far away, beyond our lands, beyond even the beyond.
This video by Ryan M. Reeves (PhD Cambridge), Associate Professor of Historical Theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, briefly outlines the rise of the Merovingians, from Pepin the Short and Charles Martel until Charlemagne’s Carolingian Rennaissance.
Channel: Ryan Reeves
Run Time: 29:51
Out of respect for the death of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Rafferty’s Rules will be observing a period of mourning. No blog posts will be published during this time. Normal activities will resume on the first Monday in May.
This video is a National Geographic documentary about ‘pre-classic’ Mayan civilisation and the 800-900s AD collapse. Fair warning for non-subscribers — this is packed with ads!
Channel: National Geographic
Run Time: 44.24
I’m moving house tonight and won’t have internet access for a while, so I’m posting this week’s Fiction Friday a day early.
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You might think that day would be forgotten, lost in the cacophony of days since.
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He is alive, though death would be better, I think.
This video gives a brief description of prions and explains why they can sometimes cause disease.
Creator: Hussain Biology
Run Time: 5.21
Trigger Warning: Disturbing content
I wrote this as a story, but I’ve been told it’s poetry, so I’ll post it in both categories and let you decide.
Fatal Familial Insomnia is a rare genetic condition which, as the name suggests, is invariably fatal. This documentary interviews three families who are afflicted with FFS, and documents the efforts which are underway in the search for a cure.
Run Time: 42:18
My new Kindle arrived the other day.
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Australia emerged from the pandemic relatively unscathed, with less than five hundred deaths.
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It was like books with special features and we were stoked.
The writing in this book is good, not great, and the characters and tropes are a trifle cliché, but I enjoyed this book nonetheless.
Lust turned to confusion, then terror, as loud tremors announced the first impact.
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He did not wish for more time, though the opportunity to cause more mayhem would be welcome.
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Heimdall watched, eyes hard, as Loki lay, wounded and broken, on the frozen ground.
Harry Kreisler interviews Philip Gourevitch, author of ‘We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families’, on Writing, Reporting, and the Rwandan Genocide.
Run Time: 59:29
“Johnson’s become a liability.”
This is a must read for anyone interested in history, international politics or human rights, and I would venture to recommend it, even to those with no interest in these subjects.
Intrigued, she carefully cracked open the cover, mindful of the brittle pages, so absorbed with her find that she never noticed the gently blown dust forming patterns in the air, or the increasing chill causing her skin to goose bump.
A cute little Medieval History video
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