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The Black Dossier.
Back in 1984, the cartoonist, writer and satirist Willie Rushton wrote an illustrated novel, W.G. Grace's Last Case. In it the renowned Victorian cricketer j... Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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Creative Writing: Five Glasgow Tanka
How wonderful – snowbright and short-lived descendingwith equal magicon the couple from Iranand our wide-eyed one year old. * The ice cube explodesin my... Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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Sex, Drugs and Rocket Science
While Pynchon possesses a singular prose style and an enormous talent, he also publishes far too rarely. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
FeaturesChristmas is Cancelled
His nickname among his peers, 'Darwin's Rottweiler', may only be partially complimentary Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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Scottish Writers Conquer the Universe!
a product of the scientific, engineering tradition on the one hand and the mystic Celtic background on the other, generating SF with a lyrical strand and fantasy with particularly strong backgrounds Read more »| 12 Nov 2006 -
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Slam Dunk - The Big Word
In relief to this entertainment machine of processed meets, The Big Word is back to throw a spanner in the works Read more »| 12 Nov 2006
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KatzenJammer - Creative Writing
The slickness of the drink had fuddled the part of my brain known as the 'mum-spot', the part which always knew best. Read more »| 12 Nov 2006 -
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Prologue
I may have overpriced my integrity by suggesting that an island in the Bahamas would buy my gushing praise Read more »| 12 Nov 2006 -
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John Connolly Loses Things...
Snow White and her seven buddies add a Pythonesque comedy touch. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Grant Morrison, Chris Weston, Gary Erskine - The Filth (DC Vertigo)
An eccentric British gumbo, a fever-dream of lyrical intensity and visual distortion Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Celebrating a Decade of Radicalism: The 10th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair (PRINT EDITION)
The Independent Radical Book Fair is an opportunity for small publishers to display their work and for authors to meet new readers, but, above all, it's for people to discuss ideas.
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Celebrating a decade of radicalism: the 10th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair (WEB EDITION)
The Independent Radical Book Fair is an opportunity for small publishers to display their work and for authors to meet new readers, but, above all, it's for people to discuss ideas. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Creative Writing - 'Mad Aunt's Tea Party'
By a wooden garden table and chairs, there sits a mad auntClip-shears freely wander the chairsDrops of vodka make a warm journey from the glassTo the gullets... Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
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Lost Girls
Alan Moore rewrites three children's classics as stories of sexual awakening, to create a work that confronts every taboo in the book. Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
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The Incredible Alan Bissett
You'd expect a plumber to be normal and down to earth, so I don't see why writers shouldn't be either Read more »| 13 Sep 2006