A Personal Anthology
The writer Jonathan Gibbs runs a weekly newsletter/blogpost which has given me much joy in these strange times. Simply put, he asks a writer, critic or similar to put together … Continue reading
Talking About Poetry
Very pleased to be interviewed for Peter Humphrey’s literary podcast “First Impressions” – along other poets. I read a few poems and talk about my poetry, my fiction, and Some … Continue reading
Bonbon Experiment on EMOM Compilatiom
EMOM (Electronic Music Open Mic) nights have been a wonderful movement over the last few years led by the vision and persistence of Martin Christie. This has now manifested itself … Continue reading
New Story in Confingo
Pleased that my story “Ten Minutes in Every Hour” is included in the new issue of Manchester’s excellent Confingo Magazine alongside new stories, poems, reviews and art. The story asks … Continue reading
New Poems Published
I’ve been writing a lot of poems during “lockdown” and pleased that two of these, tangentially related to the times we live in have now been published. “Milieu” appears in … Continue reading
Best British Short Stories 2020
I am very pleased to have been included in Salt’s Best British Short Stories 2020 with my story “Dreams are Contagious” which appeared on line at Litro magazine last year. … Continue reading
Retcher & Doppelganger In Lockdown Episode 1
Many years ago I wrote an ongoing serial about Retcher & Doppelganger, two itinerant fools, a la Vladimir and Estragon or Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Gildenstern. Their “episodes”, comic and surreal, … Continue reading
New Music
2020 sees the release of ONLY EVER DOING WHAT’S EXPECTED OF YOU IS A TRAGEDY PART 1 and PART 2 – 2 new full length albums (my 36th and 37th) … Continue reading
“Dreams are Contagious”
New Story “Dreams are Contagious” is now online at Litro US. A story about Donald Trump, dreams, East European app developers, geek sex, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Bitcoin and Pizza Delivery, its … Continue reading
The Alan Smithee Experience
Last Thursday saw the fourth performance of the Alan Smithee Experience, an occasional musical collaboration between me and David Gaffney, at the Golden Lion in Todmorden as part of Anthony … Continue reading
Adrian Slatcher Online 