Author: Camillus_John

Book Review: <i>We Were Strangers</i>, an anthology of new stories inspired by Joy Division’s <i>Unknown Pleasures</i>, edited by Richard Hirst

Book Review: We Were Strangers, an anthology of new stories inspired by Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures, edited by Richard Hirst

All this misjudged levity is really an attempt to sublimate the subject matter of the record that inspired this collection: depression.

by Camillus_John • 29th October 201829th October 2018

Pete Burns’ Left Testicle and Other Alternatives: <i>Memory Songs</i>, by James Cook

Literature

Pete Burns’ Left Testicle and Other Alternatives: Memory Songs, by James Cook

This book is about Michael Stipe’s shyness, Jarvis Cocker’s brown-cord genius and Pete Burns’ left testicle peeking out from his leotard for the entire duration of a gig he did ...

by Camillus_John • 20th May 2018

Interviews

Interview with Phil Harrison: Author of The First Day and Staunch Pats Fan

by Camillus_John • 20th October 201720th October 2017

Sex, Scripture and Lashings of Classic Twee Pop: A review of <i>The First Day</i>, by Phil Harrison

Literature

Sex, Scripture and Lashings of Classic Twee Pop: A review of The First Day, by Phil Harrison

In the beginning Samuel Orr and Anna Stuart, two of the main protagonists of this novel, have nonchalant sex in Belfast. Lots of nonchalant sex. On the sly. In her ...

by Camillus_John • 13th July 2017

Story Sunday

The Solicitor of Doom

“Never, never, never try to fend off an attacking solicitor with wasps, children!”

by Camillus_John • 26th June 20163rd July 2016

FastTrack Editorial Review