Review: First Cut #6 – Bowie

Book: Dead Birds & Sinking Ships: (Happy Little Tales of Melancholy Madness) Author: John Bowie Publisher: Close To The Bone (June 2021) Book #6 … More

‘AN INTERVIEW WITH POET SUPERSTAR HLR BY STEPHEN J. GOLDS’

https://punknoirmagazine.com/2021/07/24/an-interview-with-poet-superstar-hlr-by-stephen-j-golds-2/ This time last year, I was trying to talk the editor of an Indie Crime Press into letting me … More

#hash

I feel so far removed from the thousand or so nights that I spent splayed out on that broken bed, … More

A Song For World Mental Health Day

A Song To Say Goodbye by Placebo (2006) This song (a track on ‘Meds’ which is one of my all-time … More

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Sometimes I feel bad about doing what I’m doing, existing—I shan’t say living—how I’m existing: my days consist of dreaming, … More

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Mood: tired but wired Watching: Orange Is The New Black – season 4 Reading: The Vegetarian by Han Kang Listening: … More

Saturday Night Live

Alternative title: whisky and pixies. Evenin’ Pops, I miss you. I’m at your flat. I feel better here, with all … More

Autumn Leaves

My life recently seems to be comprised largely of clichés. As a writer, this is disastrous. Clichés are vile. Cliche … More

Sunday Funday

I don’t usually post things like this, but I just saw this comic about book-lovers and it actually made me … More

Good, Not-So-Good, Really Bad

GOOD THINGS I’m over the dreaded ‘first 72 hour withdrawal’ hurdle Rekindled my love for The Velvet Underground Ordered a … More