Varla Ventura

writer, traveler, lover of the strange

February 2013

Chickens, Yes! Goblins, No! Or yes, really.

My good pal Reginald Bakeley’s book Goblinproofing One’s Chicken Coop, is up for a PRIZE. And he’s made today’s UK Telegraph because of it. The Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year, has announced its shortlist of books. Goblinproofing joins How Tea Cosies Changed the World and Was Hitler Ill? as contenders. Please […]

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I Am an Android

And I’m a tablet, and an iPad and all kinds of other robotic things. Freaky stories available now as apps for your devices! Including awesome bonus things like interviews with me!   My publisher just released the following information:   Dare to explore the dark side with this superbly disquieting collection of tales featured in

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