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106:neither future, nor fad, but present.

April 17, 2019

Hullo. Yes, I had a week off, in which I discovered that when people say “I’m looking forward to it like root canal surgery” they were actually being ironic....

105: the characters are the dungeons

April 3, 2019

Hullo. My body, having failed to make a script emerge from me, made do with making pus emerge in a tiny red hill on my nose. But the script is done, and so...

104: my mutant power.

March 27, 2019

Hullo. I’m going to keep this tight today, as I’ve got a lot of work backing up, and really need to leave space to get on with it. Or, at least, leave space...

103: so happy I'm scared

March 21, 2019

Hullo. I flew back from Seattle, had to immediately to a dentist where my jaw was pumped full of drugs, and then proceeded to not actually go to sleep at...

102: literary bar room gleeful racket

March 13, 2019

Hullo. I’m writing this in a plane next to a nose-drooling man who I hope has allergies as otherwise I’m sitting next to a plague-bearer and will be patient...

101: a colourful metaphor

March 6, 2019

Hullo. I just did a “I'm very glad the church have decided to join in the celebrations of the release of DIE 4, by hailing its lead with their Ash Wednesday”...

100: Oh, Carlolina

February 27, 2019

Hullo. I've been wincing since I started this list that I only put three zeroes at the front. 001: looks great. 010: and upwards looks great. 100: loses the...

099: daubing things in hot pink

February 20, 2019

Hullo. Today's music is Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, which comrade Rossignol forwarded to me. Their GNT is delightfully Calligulan rock. Contents! DIE DIE...

098: The Ghost Of C-Monster

February 13, 2019

Hullo. Last week, I was finally told that I still had "2018" at the end of my newsletter. I have had broccoli in my teeth for the last year. Contents!...

097: Laura Brannigan’s Absolute Banger

February 6, 2019

Hullo. I’m writing this in a bar in London, around the corner from the pub which Mike Carey used as John Constantine’s local. I would go and write there, but...

096: The house needs milk.

January 30, 2019

Hullo. At this time of night, I would like to settle down with a nice chianti and a slice of Television Golden Age and/or a podcast about boardgames. But...

095: I suppose it would make Hemingway a swooper

January 23, 2019

Hullo. I write from a house of plague. Do not approach. Do not inhale. Wear gloves to interact with the screen. Wear protective glasses. Wait, you're...

094: neeerrrrrrrd

January 16, 2019

Hullo. This week's obsessional record has been SOPHIE's Immaterial, which was in last week's tracks of the year, but would climb about ten places if I re-did...

093: nothing but precision engineered ennui

January 9, 2019

Hullo. It's 2019. As it's 2019, I plan to be more sensible, and not do throwaway joke introductions. No, really. Okay, maybe just this once. As well as the...

092: Shouting at clouds. Mushroom clouds.

December 12, 2018

Hullo. Last week was hectic. This week, let's just sit back and toast marshmallows. On the smouldering ruins of a democracy, admittedly, but you can't have...

091: neediest of the needsters.

December 5, 2018

Hullo. Hello, my name is Kieron Gillen, and I'm selling these fine leather jackets comic products. Contents! Something New Something Old Something Signing...

090: Joan Wilder from Romancing the Stone

November 28, 2018

Hullo. I've just finished a bar of nougat so may be in a sugar-rush mode again. Don't worry, I'll be brief, to i) not annoy and ii) finish before I collapse...

089: I'm eating the cake now

November 21, 2018

Hullo. I've just had an actual snooze in the afternoon, so I'm a little loopy and this newsletter is going to be powered by a heroic team up between...

088: wine and cheese

November 14, 2018

Hullo. This week - mainly links and art, I think. I haven't ever done a big art preview here before. Let's do a big art preview. If you're reading on the...

087: a bag of holding, solely containing nerves.

November 7, 2018

Hullo. This week. This week. This week. Suffice to say, this one will lean short. It's been intense for everyone, and it's been intense for all the same...