notes on a napkin

JANNI KYRITSIS IS COVERED IN BLOOD and feeling nostalgic. It’s 20 years since he used to make blood sausage with Gay Bilson at Berowra Waters Inn. He glances at the recipe for a prompt before memory and instinct take over, forcing the burgundy-coloured mix through a funnel and into the sausage ... Read more...

A version of this story originally appeared in Good Living in April 2007, so the figures, references and workplaces of people who've since moved to other roles, date from that time. Much of what's predicted has turned out to be true.   I SPENT THREE YEARS as a waiter before increasingly homicidal ... Read more...

I wrote this essay for Marie Claire magazine's August 2011 edition. It speaks for itself.