RITUALS FICTION: ‘THE CUCUMBERS’ BY IAN CUSACK
The Cucumbers Ian Cusack Lawrence Martin and Richard Stevens once were lovers. They met in jail. Lawrence the deviant dentist with a shameful hard drive; crammed with images of men pissing. Legal static snaps of consensual urolagnia and illegal videos of...
RITUALS POETRY: ‘A SONG TO REST THE TIRED DEAD’ BY RAINE GEOGHEGAN
A Song to Rest the Tired Dead Raine Geoghegan In memory of Celia Lane it is dusk she has come to wash the body a table is set by the bed a bowl of lavender water clean muslin cloths a white towel ‘too young for death’ she thinks as she...
RITUALS ARTWORK: ‘THE IMBIBING OF DEMONS’ BY JODIE DAY
THE IMBIBING OF DEMONS by Jodie Day Jodie Day is an analogue collage artist who works under the pseudonym Sacred Cuts. Her works deals with themes of transcendency, rituals, and other esoteric philosophies. She studied Fine Art in...
Interview: Fire & Dust Meets Adam Smith
FIRE & DUST MEETS ADAM SMITH 2018 has been a good year for Adam Smith. After saying goodbye to his band, Speaking in Shadows, following eight successful years of song-writing and crowd-surfing, he put pen to paper for a different reason: to write poetry...
INTERVIEW: HCE MEETS J. Ryan Sommers
HCE MEETS: J. RYAN SOMMERS CONDUITS: THE BALLAD OF JINX JENKINS BY J. RYAN SOMMERS Publisher: TRANSMUNDANE PRESS ISBN 978-0-9984983-3-1 £3 for ebook/£10.75 for paperback/226 pages If you enjoyed J. Ryan Sommers’ short story You Don’t Just Come Here, published...
INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS MIKE PHILIPS
FIRE & DUST INTRODUCES: MIKE PHILIPS Light breaks through the shadows, Silence is filled with words The hours repeat themselves Until they are no longer heard It goes quiet in the darkness While the future waits for the past To sweep away the old empires...
Interview: HCE Meets Tom McColl
HCE MEETS TOM MCCOLL BEING WITH ME WILL HELP YOU LEARN BY TOM MCCOLL Listen Softly London ISBN 978-0993535307 £8.00/78 pages In this interview, HCE talks to Tom McColl about being a writer and his published collection of poetry and short fiction (Being...
INTERVIEW: HCE MEETS FOOD COVOLUTION
HCE MEETS FOOD COVOLUTION Have you been looking for well-written articles and reviews that explore and promote your city’s restaurants, cafes, bars, events and news? Food Covolution – a website on the rise – features exactly that, and describes itself as a...
INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS SOPHIE SPARHAM
INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS SOPHIE SPARHAM PLEASE MIND THE GAP BY SOPHIE SPARHAM A Way With Media Ltd Foreword: Benjamin Zephaniah £6.00/62 pages How would you describe your work? What can people anticipate if they come to see a live Sophie Sparham...
POLITICS OF THE ASYLUM: ADAM STEINER
FIRE & DUST MEETS ADAM STEINER POLITICS OF THE ASYLUM BY ADAM STEINER Urbane Publications ISBN 978-1-911331-86-5 £7.49/312 pages Adam Steiner is a writer of fiction, poetry and journalism (primarily articles/essays/book reviews) whose work has appeared in...