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126: a backstab (if you are accurate enough) is heartbreak

September 11, 2019

Hullo. I woke up on Thursday morning the day after WicDiv and thought “I am so fucking tired. I need a holiday.” So we booked one! Problem solved. (Note to...

125: The Wicked + the Divine (2014-2019)

September 4, 2019

Hullo. It’s the last issue of WicDiv release. I’ve spent the whole day trying to get my pages done, and only managed it in a cursory fashion. I should have...

124: Loki is Loki is Loki.

August 29, 2019

Hullo. The end of tinyletter. Welcome to an enormoletter, a letter the size of the sun. Actually, from it’s substack, which frankly, makes me want to make...

123: who actually did write Scorpion Swamp?

August 21, 2019

Hullo. I have been considering how “French” is deployed as an aesthetic tactic to elevate things. Like “French Kissing” sounds classy when it means “Putting...

122: No, Chip, that’s not a euphemism.

August 14, 2019

Hullo. The day is contracting, so I suspect this will be a shorter one than usual. Go read Chip’s and sign up for it, because you are a glutton for...

121: I crave the congress of meat, egg and breadcrumbs.

August 7, 2019

Hullo. I got quite a few signs ups this week, presumably from me retweeting one of my letter titles with the link. This puts pressure on me actually having a...

120: I have spent the afternoon walking around the house screaming

August 1, 2019

Hullo. A little bit of an upkeep one this time – lots of updates and links, but I realised it’d be a good idea to leaven it all with some preview pages....

109: you’d be happy you did it.

July 24, 2019

Hullo. I was in LA yesterday. It rained. I have powers. 44 43 1-43 1 Zero Byyyyeeee!!! **** The wait is over. Thanks for your patience. Issue 44 dropped...

108: totally fishing for booze

July 18, 2019

Hullo. You may be relieved to discover that I’m not wearing shorts. I’m on a plane. That would be inhuman for everyone. Once and Increasingly Near Future...

107: Not being eaten by a tiger is pure art.

July 11, 2019

Hullo. I’m wearing shorts again. This is getting silly. Doktor Avalanche I like to party. Everybody does. What Happen Happen Links Byyyyeeee!!! **** So, I’m...

106: I deserve a diet coke.

July 4, 2019

Hullo. I wore shorts once this week. It’s been a bad time for everyone. I'll Miss You Master xxx Byyyyeeee!!! **** It’s Wednesday 26th July.Four to two I...

105: mumbling inaudibly at a hyperspeed thrum

June 19, 2019

Hullo. It’s the sort of week that even just managing to finish my taxes fails to lift my mood above an autumnal day. There’s a lot of time passing going on....

104: tasted golden treasure from beneath Smaug’s belly.

June 12, 2019

Hullo. The week has been one of intensity and then slowly uncoiling. As such, this is going to be random. I’m hope you’re well. I’m enjoying wearing my...

113:at least three funny jokes

June 5, 2019

Hullo. Just the facts this one. There’s a bunch of free writing linked in this one, so a newsletter is extraneous, right? Contents! DIE ALSO DIE YET MORE DIE...

112: conversations in pub toilets

May 30, 2019

Hullo. I woke up this morning, having finally escaped DIE 8. I am now looking around confused, not quite sure what to do. I’ll do this. Contents! Better is a...

111: notes on the Temple of Tharglethloop

May 22, 2019

Hullo. This is the sort of week when an artist dropping a line saying that they’re behind is a cause for relief, because it means there’s one less thing I...

110: obsession and math

May 15, 2019

Hullo. How come I didn’t know about Crocodile’s mash-up cover of Groove is in the Heart and California girls until now. You’re a fool, Kieron. Contents!...

109: the cold hard calculation

May 9, 2019

Hullo. I write this on a plane, suffering in turbulence. I won’t pretend that doesn’t make me nervous. I’m not superstitious, but I look sidelong at...

108: like a voice in the back in my head

May 1, 2019

Hullo. Prediction: history will look back on this period and call it Bad Hot Takes week. I’m going to save my own for later, not least as I haven't seen...

107: abandoned shelf of shame

April 24, 2019

Hullo. I’m not sure how I lived to be 43 years old and not seen Smokey Robinson being harassed by the letter U on Sesame Street, but I’ve now seen it, and I...