Middle American Literature

Lines, points, polygons, tennis, illness, distance, and autistic parenting.

‘There is no exquisite beauty without some strangeness in the proportion.’ Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam (quoted in Poe's Ligeia)

Fiction and essays from a musician turned social worker turned scribbler.

yes hello

Reviews and analysis of two films with similar styles or themes - on the principle that banging random things together sometimes gets interesting results

squint and you'll get it

Trusted by 40K+ readers, we pick the best-written books from US and UK recent releases and prize shortlists, and publish in-depth articles by their authors on prose style. Plus the satirical series The Demon Inside David Lynch.

Figuring out the universe through some good old loathing and resentment. These are ill-tempered and ill-remembered love bits from the Shitstorm.

Extrications and ecstasies.

Exploring the human artefact

An esoteric journal on art, literature, and culture in a decadent world.

Reality reviewer.

Reviews, announcements and all the latest.

Short fiction for sexy and sophisticated readers like you. I also do an occasional podcast with the world's best writers.

Scenes from an Affordable Hell, novel forthcoming, 2025

Discerning and interpreting the signs of our time

Writings about modernism and modernity, literature, film, history and more.