A YEAR OF BOOKS [2021]

As with last year, I kept a list of every book I read (for pleasure, not work) throughout 2021. In … More

First Cut: Interview with Stephen J. Golds

The first book in the First Cut Poetry series, Poems for Ghosts in Empty Tenement Windows I Thought I Saw … More

Review: First Cut #7 – Christopher

Book: Abandoned Accounts: Poems 2020-2021 Author: Roy Christopher Publisher: Close To The Bone (July 2021) Book #7 in the First Cut series Buy here: ebook / paperback * Roy … 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

Anatomy of a Disordered Personality: Bones

I’m delighted that poem #2 ‘Bones’ from my WIP (my second full-length prosetry collection Anatomy of a Disordered Personality) has … More

Stuff & Things: Spring 2021

And perfect sentence from Lucinella by Lore Segal: “Sweetness suffuses my blood like a substance that melts jealousy in retrospect.” … More

Q & A: HLR interviewed by B.F. Jones

History of Present Complaint is your first book. Tell me about it in a few words. HoPC is a creative … More

from Breasts & Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

Natsuko’s responses to being asked ‘Why do grown-ups get drunk?’ by Midoriko, her teenaged niece: “I don’t know. Probably because … More

Preview: Post Complaint // Lovely

My debut prosetry collection History of Present Complaint will be released in paperback and e-book in… *checks watch* 28 hours! … More

Review: First Cut #3 – Muller

Book: Baptism by FireAuthor: Amy-Jean MullerPublisher: Close To The Bone (Jan 2021)Book #3 in the First Cut series Buy here: … More