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Creepy Archives Volume 1

Various - Creepy Archives Volume 1

(4 stars)16 Oct 2008

HORROR Ten years after the proscriptive Comics Code Authority nailed shut the coffin on the very graphic and highly subversive 1950s EC horror comics line – Tales From the Crypt, Vault of Horror, etc – publishing entrepreneur James Warren…

Found Magazine

Found Magazine

2 Oct 2008

We’re a curious bunch us humans. We seem compelled to concern ourselves with the business of others, be it people-watching in bars or gazing into strangers’ front rooms. Now, there is a quiet phenomenon coming to our shores from America, offering a…

Simon Schama - The American Future: A History is published by Bodley Head

Simon Schama - The American Future: A History

2 Oct 2008

With its military overstretched, natural resources running dry and markets fluctuating wildly, America faces the biggest presidential election in generations this November. You might scoff that a country which gave George ‘Dubya’ Bush two terms in…

Ali Smith - The First Person and Other Stories

Ali Smith - The First Person and Other Stories

(3 stars)2 Oct 2008

SHORT STORIES In this, her fourth collection of short stories, Ali Smith sets out her philosophical stall as quickly as she can. Her opening tale, ‘True Short Story’, ponders the very nature of the form itself as two men debate the merits of the…

Mark Doty - Theories and Apparitions

Mark Doty - Theories and Apparitions

(4 stars)2 Oct 2008

POETRY COLLECTION Mark Doty’s talent has always been in bringing elegance to simple, normally very recognisable, snapshots from everyday life. The American poet starts out with a plain observation – some rude truck driver tearing up the NYC streets…

SMITH Magazine - One Life, Six Words, What’s Yours?

SMITH Magazine - One Life, Six Words, What’s Yours?

(2 stars)2 Oct 2008

MINIMALIST MEMOIRS Ernest Hemingway, challenged to write a six-word story, came up with ‘For sale: baby shoes, never worn’. Inspired by that, literary website SMITH Magazine accumulated six-word memoirs from everyday punters and authors alike. This…

Also Published - 5 Humour Books

2 Oct 2008

Benrik Ltd - A Book for People Who Want to Become Stinking Rich But Aren’t Quite Sure How The folk who annually bring us This Diary Will Change Your Life offer tips on overhauling airport security and getting really close to the mega-famous. Boxtree…

CHEETA - Me Cheeta: The Autobiography

CHEETA - Me Cheeta: The Autobiography

(4 stars)2 Oct 2008

SHOWBIZ SATIRE At first glance it might sound as daft as a bag of monkey nuts. But this ‘autobiography’ of the septuagenarian chimpanzee who became world famous as the companion of Johnny Weissmuller’s Tarzan is actually a brilliantly conceived and…

Curt Sibling - Total Fear: Collection 2

Curt Sibling - Total Fear: Collection 2

(3 stars)2 Oct 2008

CARTOON SATIRE It’s obvious right away that pseudonymous Scots comic creator Curt Sibling is taking the mickey, but the way in which he does it really has to be spot-on in its execution to succeed. This self-published, black and white anthology takes…

Found Magazine

Found Magazine - Tales from the unexpected

2 Oct 2008

What’s the best thing you’ve found? There’s a note I found in our hometown, I think I just found it next to my bike one day. It’s a pretty handsome looking flyer, and it says, ‘Please Lock This Door. It will prevent unauthorised people from entering…

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