This chapbook/pamphlet is a delight to read, and personally for a variety of reasons: it is from Ian Seed whose work I always enjoy; it is from Like This Press which is the publisher through which I first discovered Seed’s … Continue reading →

The Red Ceilings Press chapbooks are delightful things (with an admission of interest, having the pleasure of being previously published by them, but also collecting and reading many): they are usually, though not always, quick reads; being focused, they are … Continue reading →

[Guest Post #2]

Life, Rented by the Hour I do not believe these narratives were first etched by a knife in the chest-skin of the author. Were they? That they sing with uncertainty – often disturbing; often enticingly unexpected – is, however, the … Continue reading →

‘You know the feeling with you right next to me to put it politely wolfing the cheeky’ [Ziggurat 2] And so we sit on the new sofa next to these words not knowing whether to sit up straight or go … Continue reading →

Questions and Observations At the end of reading an Ian Seed prose poetry piece you will very likely want to ask a question. Very often you will need to ask a question. At other times you are quite simply learning: … Continue reading →

Ian Seed’s latest New York Hotel arrived today. I have been anticipating this with genuine enthusiasm, knowing how much I would enjoy the expectation of the unexpected, and I’m sure I’ve used that line before in writing about his distinctive … Continue reading →

If you have read Ian Seed’s poetic narratives/vignettes before [and you can read two reviews and reflections of his previous work here] you will know what to expect. And if you have read his work before you will know that … Continue reading →

Certainties I was sitting outside reading and initially just delighted that he had written I step to one side to let them pass, but it is so slippery…. rather than the prevalent silliness of slippey [even the BBC….]. When I … Continue reading →

Originally posted January, 2013: Foreplay I haven’t read 50 Shades of Grey – no I haven’t – and I don’t have to as it has been quoted or broadcast enough in the media for me to have picked up a … Continue reading →