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A review of Among the Blacks: Two Works by Raymond Roussel and Ron Padgett
The translation is a delicate, accomplished work that captures perfectly the placid emptiness that lies at the heart of Roussel’s world. A flurry of outlandish and bizarre events is related to the reader, but in a manner that is formal,…
A review of The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington
The humour is at its strongest when it mixes the exotic with the homely. At one point Marlborough, a kind of latter-day Noah, says of his sisters, one of whom is a werewolf who comes to mate with a wolf,…
A review of Peninsula by Trevor Hewett
Hewett observes and writes about those things which others tend to ignore, and allows the close, and very quiet perspective he takes to reveal its own meaning, without judgement or fanfare. This is an easy to read, and tenderly chosen…
A review of For the Dream by Craig Andrew Browne
One could easily imagine Casey Chambers turning, say, “Last Year,” into an almost whispered ode to the fickle passing of love stories, Wendy Matthews turning “Lord Take me Now” into a heady spiritual, or even Don Spencer turning “Walk Upon…
Interview with Carrie Tiffany
The author of Everyman’s Guide to Scientific Living talks about the inspiration for her first novel, the sources for her photos, her characters, the difficulties she experienced, the impact of success, and lots more.
A review of Everyman’s Rules for Scientific Living by Carrie Tiffany
The novel is set amidst the heat, drought and plagues of Wycheproof, a real country Victorian town around 290 miles north west of Melbourne. Robert and Jean work together to apply Robert’s stringent and certain rules for scientific living to…
A review of Murder in Memoriam by Didier Daeninckx
Murder in Memoriam is a police procedural that is entertaining, suspenseful and thought-provoking. There is a clandestine feel to much of the story, a sense that there are espionage agencies working in the shadows, and it is similar to Michael…
A review of 100 Bullets: First Shot, Last Call by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso
Brian Azzarello’s story is top-notch and is written with a street dialogue that even Elmore Leonard might envy. Eduardo Risso’s artwork is evocative and vivid. He can paint a bleak cityscape of housing projects and basketball courts, move from the…
Interview with Chris Stella of Void Magazine
Void Magazine’s Executive Editor talks about his involvement in Void, his exciting ambitions for the Magazine (“I want to see our writers with contracts”), why poetry doesn’t sell as well as it should, the ongoing role of magazines like Void, his own literary project, why he wishes everyone would put down Foer for a month and read Don Quixote, what he loves best about Void Magazine, and much more.