And so I continue to nibble on through the Palahniuk collection with much glee and abandon, indeed with the same energy that I use when I mash up that glassy layer of jam when you open a new jar, and I can’t help but see all the threads. Like Fight Club, Haunted and Lullaby, […]

‘ Thankyou for your proposal which we’re very pleased to accept for the conference on May 10th. We’ll be in touch as soon as possible with details of the programme.’
Well… Bloody hell. Best write that paper I pitched:
‘Taboo Collections – Transgression in Short Story’
In this paper I propose to demonstrate that […]

It’s so easy to forget how old this book is when you’re reading - it’s damn good and feels modern, from the culture to the language.  It draws you in spiral-style into a warped and genuinely frightening world that scratches at the bone of drug culture.  There’s no glorification or overt ‘drugs are bad, fool’ […]