One-Eyed Seagull

For those of you who weren't aware (i.e. most of you), I used to write this thing called The Monthly Scandal. You can read some of it here, and more will be uploaded with time.

It was conceived as a biting parody of celebrity gossip mags like Heat and those 'Real Life' magazines like That's Life and Pick Me Up. When writing TMS - and just for reference this would have been 3-5 years ago now - I would occasionally feel I had gone a little overboard, and written something that was just too silly. The one about Anna's quest is a good example of one that just relies on silly made-up words to be funny.

But even that one seems believable when you see some of the stories that actually wind up in these magazines. In W.H. Smith's earlier I was glancing over a display when one, I think it was called 'It's Fate' or something like that, caught my eye. There were a few odd headlines, but I think my favourite was this one:

ONE-EYED SEAGULL POSSESSES MY WRONGED ENEMY'S SPIRIT

Now I feel like I was a bit too reliant on gritty realism.

Joel.