It’s quiet outside, a little too quiet. There are meant to be 17 other people here but I haven’t seen any signs of life. Tired,…
I have just finished writing for the night. After hours at this internet cafe, I am in need of a feed, and too lazy to…
The taxi comes to a halt outside Gimme Shelter, an underground rock’n’roll bar in Canggu, Bali. The booze I consumed pulses through my bloodstream and…
The Enlightened /ɪnˈlʌɪt(ə)nd/ (noun): A group of people who religiously practice yoga, and whose enlightenment through the practice turns inwards and into semi-delusion as to their…
“You know this is painful spot, yes?” “Yeah man, all good” I reply, full of false bravado and anticipation. The understated industrial style studio is…
“Let’s just get super fucked up, hey?” It’s a plan. We drink rum, vodka, gin and Bintang longnecks skulled outside a bar, and multiple free…
On Echo Beach in Canggu, an Australian graffiti artist finishes a geometric mural on the back of a warung, a traditional Indonesian restaurant. Down under,…
I wake up, grab my phone from the dresser and walk downstairs to the fridge. When I open the door, the cool air releases clouds…
I’m lying topless on a massage table when the Balinese medicine man punches me in the stomach. I let out a yelp, but I’m not…
I’m in an abandoned theme park in Bali, peering down at the dishevelled buildings, the walls littered with graffiti and a maze of overgrown foliage….
On the road, moments pass us by in transient specs of colour, confusion and sometimes clarity. Canggu is alive; a throbbing vein in an island…
Alex chewed hard on his lip-ring as he stood defiantly in front of the judge. He had been caught red-handed – literally, and the resulting…
