First Cut Poetry

Get your #poetry fix with 12 incredible collections by: @SteveGone58 @RustWriter1 @muller_aj @HLRwriter @GabrielHart77 @johnbowie @RoyChristopher @Writer1990Mark @SteveKgb2003 @tummidge @DanSherven All available here: tinyurl.com/nekzzbvk

thepensivequill.com/2023/12/tpq-bo… My choices for #Booksof2023. As ever, thanks to @AnthonyMcIntyre for the platform. #ThePensiveQuill #BooksWorthReading

Starting the week with the incredibly stunning EX-CETERA by @HLRwriter @nine_pens

Last chance to give the gift of poetry this Christmas! 🎁 Choose from 12 brilliant collections by @SteveGone58 @RustWriter1 @muller_aj @HLRwriter @GabrielHart77 @johnbowie Roy Christopher @Writer1990Mark @SteveKgb2003 @tummidge @DanSherven 🔗tinyurl.com/nekzzbvk

If you’d like to read something a little less cozy this Christmas 🎅 available tomorrow

Honoured that Steve asked me to write a foreword for the republication of ALWAYS THE DEAD, a dark Hollywood tale inspired by the tragic true story of Jean Spangler, and the middle piece of his shattering noir triptych, THE DEAD, THE DYING & THE GONE. Great to have these available

REPUBLICATION DAY IS HERE! Back from the DEAD. With forwards by the awesome @NolanDom @semoorhead @will_carver A vintage hard-boiled series for fans of James M. Cain, Jim Thompson & David Goodis #Noir You can order the entire series on Amazon below: amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0C…

Got a long short story up over at @rustybarnes23’s Fried Chicken and Coffee. Thanks, Rusty! friedchickenandcoffee.com/2023/11/21/wro…

Contributor copies. My twenty-three-year-old self would be agog to be in here, with so many wonderful writers. My forty-nine-year-old self is pretty excited too. Thanks, @TampaReview!

My article on a classic: thereviewgeek.com/maxpayne-narra… I'm going to be doing more of these going forward. I like reviewing music, but I want to diversify my writing and commit to writing about other mediums.

JB POETRY (2 book series) amzn.to/46t44ho via @amazon #poetrycommunity #readingcommunity

Currently working with the great @corinnehalbert on the cover art for my upcoming novel On High At Red Tide from @PigPublishing. Her work is iconic and we are lucky to have her. Looking forward for you to see what we are cooking up.

My jazz-damage group THE FORMER dropped our debut recording "Live at Super X Gallery," today. Please, have a listen and take it home if you're persuaded. Where the desert sands meet the dark alley... theformer.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-…

✨Today we continue spotlighting individual POETRY contributors to issue 50! Next up is HLR @HLRwriter's poem, ‘On visiting Stationers Park playground for the first time since 1999': "He is here: blurred ghost in double denim, standing by the algae stream, / marvelling ...

THE DEAD, THE DYING & THE GONE: Three interconnected stories of hard-nosed, hard-boiled noir set against the backdrop of 20th century America PUNK NOIR Press' re-issues coming December 12th.

Completely rehabilitated, reinvigorated, reassimilated and finally going to be relocated, and I want to thank a lot of people for that.