First Cut: Interview with John Bowie

The sixth book in the First Cut Poetry series, Dead Birds & Sinking Ships (Happy Little Tales of Melancholy Madness) … More

HLR interviewed by Amy-Jean Muller for Outcast Press

Everyone’s dead / all my family’s dead now / it’s just me. Last man standing but I feel like I’m … More

she looked like a girl I knew but stranger a creature dental-floss hair ice in her eyes tattoos on her … More

“What are you afraid of?” she asks, pen poised over the page of her notebook that is otherwise blank apart … More

S: What are you gonna be for Halloween this year? Me: A sober person S: *screams* *terrified* *scared* *horrified* Blessed … More

“Hey, kid, where’s your mama?” “At work,” she says. “What about your dad?” “Gone.” I flinch for a moment, wondering … More

*door opens* “Hello, my lov—” “JESUS CHRIST! You scared the fucking life out of me! I didn’t hear you come … More

What she says: I don’t want to feel like this anymore What he hears: *Sky Sports News on the television* … More

Dear Little Boy who was sitting in front of me on the 214 bus yesterday who had his arm wrapped … More