I have just published a new episode to my "WalkingThruFire" podcast. It is "What he knew", a short story taken from my collection, Degrees of Separation. I hope you like it. 'Walkingthrufire' can also be found on Audible, Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts etc.
Category: Reading
New podcast episode!
I have just published a new episode to my "WalkingThruFire" podcast. It is an untitled piece I wrote when at the 2022 Swanwick Writers' Summer School. It emerged from two workshops, one on the short story and one on general fantasy. The amalgam is - I have always assumed - the beginning of something rather … Continue reading New podcast episode!
“Out of the Woods” – new podcast episode!
I have just published a new episode to my "WalkingThruFire" podcast. It is the short story "Out of the Woods", taken from the collection An Irregular Piece of Sky. I hope you like it. The podcast is available on all good podcast services: Spotify, Audible, Apple podcasts, Amazon music etc.
“The Next Bond Girl” – new podcast episode!
I have just published a new episode to my "WalkingThruFire" podcast. It is the short story "The Next Bond Girl". I hope you like it.
“The Big Red Button” – new podcast episode!
I have just published a new episode to my "WalkingThruFire" podcast. It is the short story "The Big Red Button" taken from my forthcoming collection An Irregular Piece of Sky. I hope you like it.
“Kick the Latch”
Admittedly you probably need to have a soft spot for the subject matter in the first place, but surely what makes Kathryn Scanlan's Kick the Latch so eminently readable is the style in which it is written: a collection of flash fiction pieces which, when strung together, make a coherent narrative. If there are joins … Continue reading “Kick the Latch”
Positive feedback
I know people are inclined to say nice things in Chat windows during on-line open mics, but here's what was said about "Giro-scopic" when I read it at Kim Moore's open mic on Wednesday: I love that ending, Ian. Whew, what a gut punch, Ian. Devastating poem. Well said. Really moving poem Ian, very moving … Continue reading Positive feedback
“The Art of Falling”
Having read Kim Moore's All the Men I never Married, how could I not read The Art of Falling? And it was undoubtedly worthwhile. For me, the real stars of the collection come right towards the end: "A Room of One's Own", "John Lennon", "Wallace Hartley" to name just three. If I have a minor … Continue reading “The Art of Falling”
“Cloud Cuckoo Land”
Based on the back cover blurb and any previous reading of Anthony Doerr, you know from the very outset that he is going to weave together the various strands of Cloud Cuckoo Land into a cohesive conclusion. Bow neatly tied, thank you very much. And he does. However, there are other aspects of the novel … Continue reading “Cloud Cuckoo Land”
“C+nto”
Perhaps it isn't surprising that as a heterosexual white male of some maturity I didn't really 'get' much of Joelle Taylor's somewhat visceral C+nto. Yet that didn't stop me from being able to appreciate the raw power of it, the seduction of the drumming incantation, the occasional brilliantly poetic phrase. In its relentlessness, Taylor unwraps … Continue reading “C+nto”
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