Weird and Eerie (1) – Last Train To London Dark – Part Two.
xiii. Rik Rack Recumbent On a bench outside the main gate of King’s Cross Station, I see a familiar face. Rik Rack has poured himself into a solid wooden bench … Continue reading
Weird and Eerie (1) – Last Train From London Dark – Part One.
i ‘The form that is most appropriate to the weird,’ says Fisher, ‘is the montage; hence the preference within surrealism for the weird combinations.’ (Fisher, The Weird and the Eerie, … Continue reading
Melancholia and the Janus Hue – Part One
i ‘To attempt to write a guide to such an amorphous concept as melancholy is overwhelmingly impossible, such is the breadth and depth of the topic, the disciplinary territories, the … Continue reading
Lunar Module and the Call of The Sea (Part Two)
V My parents did not like or approve of Science Fiction. It seemed odd to shun a single genre like that, especially as I was also a horror fan, but … Continue reading
All this and Soft Play, too… (On Self Editing)
I’ve been asked to illustrate a point about ‘self-editing,’ in terms of agoraphobia. The answer is that I can’t. Not directly, anyway. The problem with agoraphobia, as I mention in … Continue reading
Nostalgia (Part Three)
vii The understanding of nostalgia has changed since the dark days of incarceration or forced interment into a concept that is enjoyed and has been commoditised and monetised. Where one’s … Continue reading
Haunted Time – Haunted Space – Explorations of Hauntology, Agoraphobia and Time’s Arrow (Part Two)
VI Originating in theoretical physics, the idea of ‘the arrow of time,’ or ‘Time’s Arrow’, is – I believe – pivotal to the idea of hauntology. More specifically, its disruption … Continue reading
The Magic TV
For the first time, I have a small black and white TV in my room—a Christmas present. I was able to shut myself away and watch what I wanted; the … Continue reading
Dream Tyne – Travels Around the North East Coast (Part Three)
David Bowie 2 I own most of Bowie’s work in one format or another (often multiple formats) and was delighted that on reaching the Whitby, the Tesco superstore had a … Continue reading
Futhark and other Northern Tales – Brand New Collection – Available Now!
Click on the picture to purchase – £11 A collection of poems inspired by the Elder Futhark rune set. Neither translations of the rune poems, nor updates for the modern … Continue reading
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