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‘Everything is Fine’ in Ellipsis Zine
Read more: ‘Everything is Fine’ in Ellipsis ZineEllipsis Zine is back, and it’s so good to see this wonderful literary magazine back after closing in 2024. Ellipsis Zine has always been a brilliant home for flash fiction, and so I’m hugely pleased that they’ve given some space for my small, strange piece ‘Everything is Fine’.
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There’s this thing called GDPR…
Read more: There’s this thing called GDPR…In which your inboxes are flooded with “don’t leave us” emails, and I get on the GDPR bandwagon.
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On reading: The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
Read more: On reading: The Bone Clocks by David MitchellMeeting new people is always fun and full of strange happenings when David Mitchell is in charge.
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On reading: The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh
Read more: On reading: The Water Cure by Sophie MackintoshA beautiful, dark book – somewhere between being caught in a heat haze and drowning in a slightly cloudy yard pool.
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On reading: Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Read more: On reading: Hex by Thomas Olde HeuveltTitle: Hex Author: Thomas Olde Heuvelt From the back: Whoever is born here, is doomed to stay until death. Whoever comes to stay, never leaves.
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Happy New Year y’all
Read more: Happy New Year y’allHappy New Year, let’s make it a good one.
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Best reads of 2017
Read more: Best reads of 2017It’s been a bit quiet here at the Dust Lounge for a while (for once, my excuse is study plus Christmas plus too many sausage rolls – I think that’s pretty decent as excuses go) but you didn’t think I was going to let New Year’s Eve get by without a best-reads-of-the-year post did you?
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On reading: We have always lived in the castle by Shirley Jackson
Read more: On reading: We have always lived in the castle by Shirley JacksonTitle: We have always lived in the castle Author: Shirley Jackson From the back: Living in the Blackwood family home with only her sister Constance and her Uncle Julian for company, Merricat just wants to preserve their delicate way of life. But ever since Constance was acquitted of murdering the rest of the family, the…
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On reading: Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill
Read more: On reading: Sea of Rust by C. Robert CargillTitle: Sea of Rust Author: C. Robert Cargill From the back: A scavenger robot wanders in the wasteland created by a war that has destroyed humanity in this evocative post-apocalyptic robot western from the critically acclaimed author, screenwriter, and noted film critic.
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And so it begins… becoming a student again
Read more: And so it begins… becoming a student againIn which I suddenly realise I’m about to be a student again.
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On reading: Disappearance at Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay
Read more: On reading: Disappearance at Devil’s Rock by Paul TremblayTitle: Disappearance at Devil’s Rock Author: Paul Tremblay From the back: Late one night, Elizabeth Sanderson receives the devastating news that every mother fears: her thirteen-year-old son, Tommy, has vanished without a trace.