Will Vigar

poet. writer. imposter.

Category Archives: media studies

X-Men: Ghosts of Genomes Past – Part Two

Haunting the Present — politics, surveillance and control. The paradoxes of mutant time are embodied in the recurring figure of the future mutant who returns to warn of a catastrophe … Continue reading

28/07/2026 · Leave a comment

Coming Soon

Three new books coming out over the next year. All finished. There is a forth, but I’m keeping that one back for a while. Naturally, its the one I am … Continue reading

17/07/2026 · Leave a comment

Phantom Limbs, Withheld Worlds, and the Quatermass Experience (Part Three)

In Quatermass and the Pit, Kneale’s ‘Hobbs End’ is London’s wound reopening. Agoraphobia is the private version of that reopening; the moment the body realises its access to the world … Continue reading

10/06/2026 · Leave a comment

Phantom Limbs, Withheld Worlds, and the Quatermass Experience (Part Two)

Now, this is the point where I started to suspect something I had not quite said out loud before. Agoraphobia is not just compatible with hauntology. It is one of … Continue reading

09/06/2026 · Leave a comment