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The big solution is: run a litmag for a year because it will actually teach you a lot about the texture (and topography) of your own mind culturally and artistically.
New in @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social: My review of a female bildungsoman of sorts set in Shenzhen (and elsewhere!) amid China's shift to a market economy.
Morality, class, and decency are pondered.
The word βmoneyβ appears 57 more times than the word "life".
asianreviewofbooks.com/my-destiny-b...
What do you like to read?
It seems very quiet here. It drives me less nuts than twitter but it also seems less interesting.
It's an investment bubble trying to escape death.
Hi new followers! Am here in lieu of a place for lit that isn't π§ββοΈified
I ran the Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast for 5 years - after hiatusing it I have focused on
1οΈβ£ writing weird stories
2οΈβ£ reviewing Chinese/Sino books
3οΈβ£ other odd writings
Would love to talk. Life is finite so why not?
I believe this is the opening scene of Train to Busan
I would too but it's 1am here so I mustn't be getting too thrashy before bedtime
And the recurring words 'can't stay, won't leave' are from this track. Because it's where I think many of our heads are at, these days
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I used this song title in a sentence because it's hard as heck
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Thank you so much π Yours reminded me of a chapter in Absolution by Jeff Vandermeer titled 'Two Men in a Fucking Boat Thing', which is high praise π£ββοΈ
Also, in the spirit of recommending things... I'll tell you the song title and lyric I plagiarised in The Cheshire Plain ππ£
Relatable
whaddup fellow Angus
I awoke one morning from uneasy dreams to find myself transformed in my bed into a gigantic Hollywood franchise
What a ride. A strange dream. A bad dream. An intense dream. And all too real. This book goes incredibly hard - read it ππ°
Was great! Soma rang a bell π this is why: verybadwizards.com/episode/epis...
I once listened to Ted Chiang chat about it
I have just been rewatching the Ghost in the Shell TV series so this will do nicely over a cup of fibre-optic tea later today, thank you πβπ
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My inner snob wants to say that blend is 'TV brain', which is odd because TV is so old compared with AI
Sad but true, I do see it as a bit of a filter. For what though, I'm still wondering. Inner life? Gullibility? Or just good old sloth.
Nothing
Escape. From the noise in your head to the burden of emotion to your awful past. Angus Stewart brings us a story about escape and rebirth in Desire to Feel Nothing. www.neondystopia.com?p=100043485
Hehehe π I emerged from my tank specially for the occasion
Blissed out to be published by @realneondystopia.bsky.social! Blissed out and dissolving into dream, as in my story: Desire to Feel Nothing βΎοΈ
www.neondystopia.com?p=100043485
It's based on my experience inside a sensory deprivation tank - may it make you feel like you are floating too
I had totally forgotten that back in 2019, @flashfictionnorth.bsky.social published my wee story 'East Coast West Coast'. This is a good one for dog owners and people who enjoy tasting bittersweet memories.
www.flashfictionnorth.com/fictionarchi...
A county, a cow, a burger, and a Celtic god, and some adjectives too I think
Awesome to see so many writers giving these books a side-by-side reivew... including me! Hehehe
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To my designer's eye... It pops! π΄
So proud to be inside this gorgeous, ghostly, and at times disgusting magazine.
My story is about a guy whose mind is disintegrating while he traverses one of the richest stretches of land in England - also disintegrating.
And with zero spite: happy St Andrews Day π€ π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
There's some reading for me tomorrow, so thank you too!
I got lucky slightly - I happened to have very recently read Written on Water. It made me:
(1) Want to zap back in time and quiz the author
(2) Feel guilty for having read so few of her stories