Poetry Booklets 1984-2017

Exosphere, Stride Publications, 1984

Decaying Orbits, Stride Publications, 1985

Chimaera Obscura, The Phlebas Press, 1992

The Xantras, The Trombone Press, 1993

Neon Aeon, The Trombone Press, 1994

Not Deade But Chaynged, The Trombone Press, 1996

Dream Vortex, Tabor Press, 1997

Space Opera, Stride Publications, 1997

Colour Of Dust Poems and/or Texts, Stride Publications, 1999

Omega Lightning, The Trombone Press, 1999

The Mutation Show Underscore, Silver Gull Publishing, 1999

This Sepulchre, Springbeach Press, 2000

Fractured Muse, Atlantean Publishing, 2003

Vespula Vanishes & Other Poems, Inclement Publishing, 2007

Fractured Moods Vol 1 Haunted Astral, Atlantean Publishing, 2012

Fractured Moods Vol 2 Beautiful Chaos, Atlantean Publishing, 2012

From Outside, Argotist Ebooks, 2012

Such As This, Smallmided Books, 2012

Open Moments, Argotist Ebooks, 2017

illus: Open Moments, ArgotistEbooks, 2017

Life Into Shape

 The burnt out trees will leave you cold…

 – Beth Orton

At that moment, when I thought I was about to die, I saw my entire life unravel. It was an indistinct vision, a split second in time. Can I describe the shape of my life as I saw it then, at that moment?

The starting point, the point of departure, as it were, was a Point – I saw a microscopic, metallic point lost in a black void.

Is it possible to call a point a shape?

Should I think of this point as a complex entity, like a trefoil icosahedron or a Medusa-like tangle of helical forms unwinding through time? Undoubtedly the split-second itself was The Point, the horizon of infinity enclosed in time by perception.

Within the temporality of that second, as it split asunder, the point unfolded, unfurling with agonising slowness. It would be very tempting to describe this monadic point as a tessellated surface of Celtic spirals. Perhaps it was a multifaceted crystal, its flat walls conforming to the laws of low energy directions, or even a gold crystal with a pitted surface like that of Saturn’s moon Iapetus. Yet, in close up, this entity (my life) appeared more like a donut of magnetic fluid.

However, I knew that this was an illusion and, being the extrapolation of mathematical co-ordinates derived from my imagination, it would mutate into a web-like form, a network, each node a scintilla generated by the primal departure point itself. The majority of these secondary points represented co-ordinates outside the narrow parameters of the linear time-line of my ‘life’ as understood on a mundane, day-to-day basis. This web extended beyond the antechamber of memory, encompassing ancestral events and unconscious experiences, producing patterns very different from the past-present-future trajectory of the arrow of time.

If the synchronic shape of my life is a light-cone of consciousness, then the diachronic shape of my life is the broad-leafed arrow of time, emerging from womb-darkness, vanishing into darkness beyond the grave. But the multidimensional shape of my life is this network of co-ordinates.

Looking more closely at the filamentous matrix, it was clear that some scintilla had a reddish hue while others were ice-blue. The red points signified moments of pain or negative emotion such as – for example – crises during critical illnesses, times of bereavement, early nightmares and several road accidents (including this one). The few ice-blue points represented instances of clarity. The vast majority of nodes were of neutral, indeterminate, off-white complexion.

I looked in vain for lights indicating moments of passion, for the centre of desire is a Black Hole from which, as we all know, light cannot escape.

At this moment my perception of the multiform shape of my ‘life’ registered another change and the fascinating web mutated yet again.

The resolution of the image degraded. Black turned to white and the interlaced network changed into a vision of bare branches: burnt out trees, stark against a greying sky.

First published in Headstorms Short Fiction Magazine Vol 1, Inclement Publishing, 2004

Poetry & Prose Publications 2000-2009

 

Poetry Publications 2000-2009

Includes Prose Poems and Short Fiction - A Fractured Muse and Vespula Vanishes

  

Unspoken Poetry, Awen Issue 6 Oct 2000, Atlantean Publishing
Angels Bring Us, Awen Issue 7 Dec 2000, Atlantean Publishing
Haunted Astral, Awen Issue 7 Dec 2000, Atlantean Publishing
Dog Star Days, Colonies May 2000
Reflections Extend Worlds, Colonies May 2000
Black Hole Binary, Colonies Scifi , zyworld, 2000
Dog Star Days, Colonies Scifi, zyworld, 2000
In Sympathy With Horror, Druscilla’s Garden 12 Oct 2000
The Shadow Of The Marvelous, Fire No 11 May 2000
Point Of Departure, Handshake No 39 Mar 2000, Dunnock Press
Reliquary, Handshake No 40 May 2000, Dunnock Press
Underworld, Handshake No 42 Sept 2000, Dunnock Press
Moment, Handshake No 43 Dec 2000, Dunnock Press,
Haze Of Pain, International Mag Jan 2000
This/Where, International Mag Jan 2000
Meridian Of The Sun, Legend Issue 2 Winter 2000, Immediate Direction,
Where Flowers, Monas Hieroglyphica Issue 10 Spring 2000, The Monas Press,
Wings Conjoined In Lure, Not Dead But Dreaming XI Apr 2000,
Empty Rooms, Not Dead But Dreaming XII Dec 2000
Unspoken Poetry, Not Dead But Dreaming XII Dec 2000
The Vision Of Morgan Le Fay, Penny Dreadful Issue XIII Midsummer 2000, Pendragonian Publications,
Snowballs In Hell (Don’t Give A…), Planet Prozak Issue 10 Spring 2000, Literally Literary,
Mondo Bizarre (Eyes Insane), Planet Prozak Issue 12 Winter 2000-2001, Literally Literary,
Poetry Reading, Planet Prozak Nov 2000, Literally Literary
Stunning Sunbirds, Planet Prozak Nov 2000, Literally Literary
In The Strange House, Pulsar Edition 1/00 21 Feb 2000, Ligden Publishers
Still Unruffled, Pulsar Edition 1/00 21 Feb 2000, Ligden Publishers
Playing Chopin Op 96 No 1 (L’Adieu), Pulsar Edition 3/00 23 Aug 2000, Ligden Publishers
By The Crimson Sea, Pulsar Edition 4/00 24 Nov 2000, Ligden Publishers
Spiral In The Dust, Silver Wheel No 56 Samhain/Yule 2000
The Black Mask, Silver Wheel No 56 Samhain/Yule 2000
The Uncanny Dance, Silver Wheel No 56 Samhain/Yule 2000
A Long Kiss On Bitch Island, Slope 3 Mar 2000
Neon Aeon I Got Moved On, Stride Magazine, 2000
Neon Aeon II Is There Anybody There? (Freundschaftkarte), Stride Magazine, 2000
Neon Aeon III Heide Woz Ere 93, Stride Magazine, 2000
Neon Aeon IV Just Like You, Stride Magazine, 2000
Neon Aeon V Bomb The Chapel, Stride Magazine, 2000
Before Art, Stride Magazine Oct 2000
Dada Radar, Stride Magazine Oct 2000
Dissolve This Explosion, Stride Magazine Oct 2000
You Are A Star Ascending, Stride Magazine Oct 2000
Some Dreams, The Brobdingnagian Times Broadsheet 17 Nov 2000,
Angel Pictures, This Sepulchre, Springbeach Press, 2000
Beyond The Black Isles, This Sepulchre, Springbeach Press, 2000
Cold Looks White Mask, This Sepulchre, Springbeach Press, 2000
Daughter Of Darkness, This Sepulchre, Springbeach Press, 2000
Flicker Of A Thousand Lights, This Sepulchre, Springbeach Press, 2000
Haze Of Pain, This Sepulchre, Springbeach Press, 2000
In Sympathy With Horror, This Sepulchre, Springbeach Press, 2000
In The Strange House, This Sepulchre, Springbeach Press, 2000
Let There Be Night, This Sepulchre, Springbeach Press, 2000
Sarcastic Angel, This Sepulchre, Springbeach Press, 2000
Skeleton Girls, This Sepulchre, Springbeach Press, 2000
Storm Vision, This Sepulchre, Springbeach Press, 2000
The Black Mask, This Sepulchre, Springbeach Press, 2000
The Craft Of Vision, This Sepulchre, Springbeach Press, 2000
The Monolith, This Sepulchre, Springbeach Press, 2000
The Sarcastic Smile, This Sepulchre, Springbeach Press, 2000
The Shadow Of The Marvellous, This Sepulchre, Springbeach Press, 2000
This Sepulchre, This Sepulchre, Springbeach Press, 2000
Timelight, This Sepulchre, Springbeach Press, 2000
Tonight My Soul, This Sepulchre, Springbeach Press, 2000
Towards Daybreak, This Sepulchre, Springbeach Press, 2000
Towards Sunset, This Sepulchre, Springbeach Press, 2000
Undead Elegy, This Sepulchre, Springbeach Press, 2000
Unspeakable Elegy, This Sepulchre, Springbeach Press, 2000
Vampire Bondage, This Sepulchre, Springbeach Press, 2000
Where The Vanished City Stood, This Sepulchre, Springbeach Press, 2000
Deathmasques IV Dream of Stone, Unhinged 6 Sex & Death Issue Sept 2000, PJL Press
Burning Man VII Celebrity Crucifixion Photos, Backdrop 2 Apr 2001
Against The World, Cold Print Aug 2001
Convulsive Inspiration (Occult Inspiration), Cold Print Feb 2001
And Now The Rain, Druscilla’s Garden 13 Jan 2001
The Agent Of Destruction, Druscilla's Garden 13 Jan 2001
Babe Rainbow, Fire 11 May 2001
Depths, Fire No 14 May 2001
Empty Rooms, Fire No 14 May 2001
The Obscure Nature Of Turbulence, Fire No 14 May 2001
The Stone Door, Fire No 14 May 2001
Undercover Soundtrack, Fire No 14 May 2001
Meet The Folks (Who Live In Hell), Garbaj Issue 4 Feb 2001, Atlantean Publishing
Slump, Garbaj Issue 6 Aug 2001, Atlantean Publishing
This Carpet’s On Fire , Garbaj Issue 6 Aug 2001, Atlantean Publishing
Could Be Anywhere, Garbaj Issue 7 Nov 2001, Atlantean Publishing
Implosion, Handshake No 44 Mar 2001, Dunnock Press
Closed Moment, Harlequin II Oct 2001
Magnetic Poetry, Harlequin II Sept 2001
Skeleton Girls, Legend Issue 3 Summer 2001, Immediate Direction
The Uncanny Dance, Legend Issue 4 Autumn/Winter 2001, Immediate Direction
Out Of The Velvet Womb, Monomyth Yearbook 1998 [Jul 2001], Atlantean Publishing
Always, Moonstone 82 Beltane May 2001
Eidolon, Moonstone 84 Halloween Nov 2001
Snowfall At Dusk, Moonstone 84 Halloween Nov 2001,
Darkness Of Secrets, Penny Dreadful Issue XIV 2001, Pendragonian Publications
Muse In Darkness, Penny Dreadful Issue XIV 2001, Pendragonian Publications
Unholy Communion, Penny Dreadful Issue XIV 2001, Pendragonian Publications
And The Earth Dies Away, Pulsar Edition 1/02 25 Mar 2001, Ligden Publishers
The Collogruis, Pulsar Edition 2/02 26 June 2001, Ligden Publishers
Art Deco Endgame, Pulsar Edition 4/01 28 Dec 2001, Ligden Publishers
Closed Moment, Songs Of Innocence IV 2001/2002, Pendragonian Publications
Skeleton Girls, Stagger Feral Equinox Issue Mar 2001, Stagger Press
This Carpet’s On Fire , Stagger Feral Equinox Issue Mar 2001, Stagger Press
Vanishing Point, The Black Rose 8 Jun 2001,
Alien Hand Syndrome , The Void Gallery, 2001
Chorale Figurata , The Void Gallery, 2001
Darkness Or Nothing , The Void Gallery, 2001
Distraction , The Void Gallery, 2001
Dream Fractals , The Void Gallery, 2001
Footsteps In The Snow , The Void Gallery, 2001
Image To Dream , The Void Gallery, 2001
Insomnia, The Void Gallery, 2001
Invisible Glory , The Void Gallery, 2001
Kiss The Peach , The Void Gallery, 2001
Lost Words , The Void Gallery, 2001
Meridian Of The Sun , The Void Gallery, 2001
Misplaced Poem , The Void Gallery, 2001
No Muse Of My Cold Heart, The Void Gallery, 2001
Only Shadows , The Void Gallery, 2001
Open Harmony , The Void Gallery, 2001
Self Ritualisation , The Void Gallery, 2001
Sometimes Audible , The Void Gallery, 2001
Street , The Void Gallery, 2001
Swan Of Yuggoth , The Void Gallery, 2001
The Submerged Forest , The Void Gallery, 2001
Tree of Light , The Void Gallery, 2001
The Estranged Attractor, Voyage Issue 11 July 2001, Regent Publications
Storm Vision, Bard Issue 002 2002, Atlantean Publishing
Dream Fractals I, Cold Print Feb 2002
Dream Fractals II (The Wave Function Of All Dreams), Cold Print Feb 2002
Maybe This Is Why, Fire No 18 Sept 2002
No Living, Fire No 18 Sept 2002
Thunder These Trees (Externity Now), Fire No 18 Sept 2002
Unspoken Poetry, Fire No 18 Sept 2002
Edge Of Zone, Harlequin III Feb 2002
Figure, Harlequin V Oct 2002
Angels Bring Us, Inclement Vol 2 Issue 4 Winter 2002
Lost Words, Inclement Vol 2 Issue 4 Winter 2002
Only Shadows, Inclement Vol 2 Issue 4 Winter 2002
Reflections In A Mirror, Inclement Vol 2 Issue 4 Winter 2002
By The Crimson Sea, Legend Issue 5 Spring/Summer 2002 Immediate Direction
Image To Dream, Legend Issue 5 Spring/Summer 2002 Immediate Direction
No Muse Of My Cold Heart, Moonstone 85 Candlemas Jan 2002
Votive, Moonstone 88 Samhain Nov 2002
Dark Anima, Moonstone 88 Samhain Nov 2002
In Extremis, Neon Highway Issue 2 Oct 2002
Loop Decay, Neon Highway Issue 2 Oct 2002
Waiting Here, Neon Highway Issue 2 Oct 2002
A Sleeping Form, Poetry Exchange , 2002
My Thoughts My Mirror, Pulsar Edition 2/02 30 June 2002 Ligden Publishers
Anthelion, Pulsar Edition 3/02 31 Sept 2002 Ligden Publishers
The Spiral Staircase, Pulsar Edition 3/02 31 Sept 2002 Ligden Publishers
To An Aesthete Dying Young, Pulsar Edition 4/02 32 Dec 2002 Ligden Publishers
There Are Many Roads To Space, Text Book Writing Through Literature, Bradford/St Martin's, 2002
Darkness Or Nothing, The Seventh Seal 5 Apr 2002
Don’t Ask Why, The Seventh Seal 5 Apr 2002
Lost Words, The Seventh Seal 5 Apr 2002
Only Shadows, The Seventh Seal 5 Apr 2002
Borderlands Of The World , The Void Gallery, 2002
Boredom (The Cage) , The Void Gallery, 2002
Clockwork Universe , The Void Gallery, 2002
Dark Anima , The Void Gallery, 2002
Externity Now , The Void Gallery, 2002
In These Solitudes , The Void Gallery, 2002
Infinite , The Void Gallery, 2002
Interference Phenomena , The Void Gallery, 2002
More Modern Still, The Void Gallery, 2002
No Philosophy , The Void Gallery, 2002
Poetry Moon Mirror , The Void Gallery, 2002
The Night Alone, Awen Issue 20 Feb 2003, Atlantean Publishing
Dialogue, Candelabrum Vol XI No 4, Red Candle Press, 2003
Depraved, Eclipse Issue 32 Oct 2003, Everyman Press,
Poetry Reading, Eclipse Issue 33 Dec 2003, Everyman Press,
A Sleeping Form, Fractured Muse, Atlantean Publishing, 2003
Angst, Fractured Muse, Atlantean Publishing, 2003
Chronotope, Fractured Muse, Atlantean Publishing, 2003
Depths, Fractured Muse, Atlantean Publishing, 2003
Dynasty Of Venus, Fractured Muse, Atlantean Publishing, 2003
Even The Fading Light, Fractured Muse, Atlantean Publishing, 2003
Fractured Muse, Fractured Muse, Atlantean Publishing, 2003
Implosion, Fractured Muse, Atlantean Publishing, 2003
No Philosophy, Fractured Muse, Atlantean Publishing, 2003
Pictures Of Distant Objects, Fractured Muse, Atlantean Publishing, 2003
Swan Of Yuggoth, Fractured Muse, Atlantean Publishing, 2003
The Ceremony, Fractured Muse, Atlantean Publishing, 2003
To An Aesthete Dying Young, Fractured Muse, Atlantean Publishing, 2003
Tower Of Silence, Fractured Muse, Atlantean Publishing, 2003
Twentieth Century Girl, Fractured Muse, Atlantean Publishing, 2003
We Are The Forgotten Ones, Fractured Muse, Atlantean Publishing, 2003
Chronotope, Fragments No 19 Other People Other Places Apr 2003
Moment, Fragments No 19 Other People Other Places Apr 2003
No Living, Fragments No 19 Other People Other Places Apr 2003
See, Fragments No 19 Other People Other Places Apr 2003
Tower Of Silence, Fragments No 20 That's Life! Jul 2003
Kiss The Peach, Fragments No 21 Improvisation Dec 2003
Only Shadows, Harlequin VI Feb 2003
Swan Of Yuggoth, Harlequin VII Jun 2003
Misplaced Poem, Inclement Vol 3 Issue 3 Autumn 2003
To The Temple, Inclement Vol 3 Issue 3 Autumn 2003
Always, Monomyth Vol 3.4 No 25 Issue 27 2003, Atlantean Publishing,
Are You Not, Monomyth Vol 3.4 No 25 Issue 27 2003 , Atlantean Publishing,
Darkness Of Secrets, Monomyth Vol 3.4 No 25 Issue 27 2003,Atlantean Publishing,
Insomnia, Monomyth Vol 3.4 No 25 Issue 27 2003,Atlantean Publishing,
Invisible Razors, Monomyth Vol 3.4 No 25 Issue 27 2003,Atlantean Publishing,
Kiss The Peach, Monomyth Vol 3.4 No 25 Issue 27 2003,Atlantean Publishing,
Moment, Monomyth Vol 3.4 No 25 Issue 27 2003,Atlantean Publishing,
Muse In Darkness, Monomyth Vol 3.4 No 25 Issue 27 2003,Atlantean Publishing,
Music Fades, Monomyth Vol 3.4 No 25 Issue 27 2003,Atlantean Publishing,
No Sensation, Monomyth Vol 3.4 No 25 Issue 27 2003,Atlantean Publishing,
Still Unruffled, Monomyth Vol 3.4 No 25 Issue 27 2003,Atlantean Publishing,
Underworld, Monomyth Vol 3.4 No 25 Issue 27 2003,Atlantean Publishing,
Most Adored, Moonstone 89 Imbolc Feb 2003
(Another), Outlaw 2 Spring 2003
Angst, Outlaw 2 Spring 2003
Even The Fading Light, Outlaw 2 Spring 2003
Fractured Muse, Outlaw 2 Spring 2003
Vision Impossible, Outlaw 2 Spring 2003
More Modern Still, Outlaw 3 Summer 2003
Dynasty Of Venus, Outlaw 5 Winter 2003
Hermetic Space, Outlaw 5 Winter 2003
Infinite, Outlaw 5 Winter 2003
Invisible Razors, Outlaw 5 Winter 2003
Moonlight Heaven, Outlaw 5 Winter 2003
Something Like This, Pulsar Edition 2/03 34 June 2003 Ligden Publishers
The Monolith, Pulsar Edition 4/03 36 Dec 2003 Ligden Publishers
New Fusion, The Brobdingnagian Times Broadsheet 26 Winter 2003
Out Of The Velvet Womb, The Void Gallery, 2003
Playing Chopin , The Void Gallery, 2003
Misplaced Poem, Anthology 1, Inclement Publishing, 2003
To The Temple, Anthology 1, Inclement Publishing, 2003
Exploring The Text, Avocado Autumn 2004, The Heaventree Press,
The Lost Book, Awen Issue 27 Apr 2004, Atlantean Publishing,
Even The Fading Light, Candelabrum Vol XI No 6, Red Candle Press,
You Looked The Other Way, Eclipse Issue 34 Feb 2004, Everyman Press,
Indigo Zenobia, Eclipse Issue 35 Apr 2004, Everyman Press,
Angels In A Heavenly Landscape, Fire No 22 Jan 2004,
A Secret Language (Trip Up Again), Fire No 24 Oct 2004,
Trip Up Poem, Fire No 24 Oct 2004,
Growing Up In Tiger Bay, Fragments No 22 Pictures & Poems Mar 2004,
Music Fades, Fragments No 23 Artists & Poets Jul 2004,
This Poem, Fragments No 23 Artists & Poets Jul 2004,
Image To Dream, Fragments No 24 Amazing & Wonderful Nov 2004
Spiral In The Dust, Harlequin VIII Apr 2004
But I Can See, Headstorms Vol 1 2004, Inclement Publishing,
Deathmasques I The Poet, Headstorms Vol 1 2004, Inclement Publishing
Life Into Shape, Headstorms Vol 1 2004, Inclement Publishing,
Deathmasques VI Silence, Midnight Street 2, Immediate Direction, 2004
Deathmasques I The Poet, Monomyth Supplement Issue 12 2004, Atlantean Publishing,
Deathmasques V The Renegade, Monomyth Supplement Issue 13 2004, Atlantean Publishing,
Nothing Is, Moonstone 94 Beltane May2004
Believe This, Moonstone 95 Lammas Aug 2004
Unknown, Neon Highway Issue 8 Aug 2004
Aspherical Test Control (Omega Lightning), Outlaw 8 Autumn 2004
Maybe This Is Why, Outlaw 8 Autumn 2004
Lost Masterpiece, Pulsar Edition 1/04 37 Mar 2004, Ligden Publishers
Relatively Cool, Pulsar Edition 2/04 38 June 2004, Ligden Publishers
This Poem, Pulsar Edition 3/04 39 Sept 2004, Ligden Publishers
Even Anarchists, Pulsar Edition 4/04 40 Dec 2004, Ligden Publishers
Entranced, The Bard Issue 1 A C Evans, Atlantean Publishing, 2004
Fragment, The Bard Issue 1 A C Evans, Atlantean Publishing, 2004
Images Of Others, The Bard Issue 1 A C Evans, Atlantean Publishing, 2004
Into Thin Air, The Bard Issue 1 A C Evans, Atlantean Publishing, 2004
Lost In Mist, The Bard Issue 1 A C Evans, Atlantean Publishing, 2004
No View, The Bard Issue 1 A C Evans, Atlantean Publishing, 2004
Relatively Cool, The Bard Issue 1 A C Evans , Atlantean Publishing, 2004
Shattered Some Dreams, The Bard Issue 1 A C Evans, Atlantean Publishing, 2004
The Eye Caught In A Mirror, The Bard Issue 1 A C Evans, Atlantean Publishing, 2004
Automatic Door , The Void Gallery, 2004
Exploring The Text , The Void Gallery, 2004
Magical Flight, The Void Gallery, 2004
Negation And Prelude , The Void Gallery, 2004
The Dark Macabre Totentanz, The Void Gallery, 2004
Third Eye Amusement Arcade Meltdown, The Void Gallery, 2004
Undercover Nightmare , The Void Gallery, 2004
Magical Flight, Awen Issue 36 Oct 2005, Atlantean Publishing,
Relatively Cool, Fragments No 25 Brief Encounter 2005
Beautiful Chaos, Fragments No 26 One More Time Sept 2005
Not The Cloudy Sky, Harlequin IX Feb 2005
Negation And Prelude, Harlequin X Oct 2005
The Necromancer's Wife, Harlequin X Oct 2005
Vespula Vanishes, Inclement Vol 5 Issue 3 Autumn 2005
Only Shadows, Moonstone 95 Lammas Aug 2005
Be Careful On The Stairs, Pulsar Edition 1/05 41 Mar 2005, Ligden Publishers
Lost In Mist, Pulsar Edition 1/05 41 Mar 2005, Ligden Publishers
Danger (Midnight Street), Pulsar Edition 4/05 44 Dec 2005, Ligden Publishers
Advice To A Young Poet, The Supplement Issue 22 2005, Atlantean Publishing,
When You See My Grave, The Supplement Issue 24 2005, Atlantean Publishing,
(Another), The Supplement Issue 25 2005, Atlantean Publishing,
The Dark Macabre Totentanz, Awen Issue 42 Oct 2006 Atlantean Publishing,
Flashback Phantoms, Bard Issue 049 2006 Atlantean Publishing,
Dada Radar, Fragments No 27 The Last One Feb 2006
Waiting Here, Fragments No 27 The Last One Feb 2006
Depths, Inclement Vol 6 Issue 1 Spring 2006
Lost In Mist, Inclement Vol 6 Issue 1 Spring 2006
The Spiral Staircase, Inclement Vol 6 Issue 1 Spring 2006
You Looked The Other Way, Inclement Vol 6 Issue 1 Spring 2006
Flashback Phantoms, Inclement Vol 6 Issue 2 Summer 2006
Ice Sun Moon, Inclement Vol 6 Issue 2 Summer 2006
Reach For The Skyline, Inclement Vol 6 Issue 2 Summer 2006
Skies In Her Eyes, Inclement Vol 6 Issue 2 Summer 2006
A New Reality, Inclement Vol 6 Issue 3 Autumn 2006
Bye Bye Kitty Hell Bunny, Inclement Vol 6 Issue 3 Autumn 2006
Lust For A Vampire (Mircalla), Inclement Vol 6 Issue 3 Autumn 2006
Memories Mid-Distance, Inclement Vol 6 Issue 3 Autumn 2006
Can You Explain, Inclement Vol 6 Issue 4 Winter 2006
Hot Is The New Cool, Inclement Vol 6 Issue 4 Winter 2006
Slave Mask, Inclement Vol 6 Issue 4 Winter 2006
Vikki Verso, Monomyth Vol 6.3 Issue 39 2006 Atlantean Publishing,
Memory In The Making, Pulsar Edition 2/06 46 Sept 2006 Ligden Publishers
Darkness Or Nothing, The Argotist, 2006
Exploring The Text, The Argotist, 2006
Flesh Creep The World The Flesh And The Devil, The Argotist, 2006
Indigo Zenobia, The Argotist, 2006
Relatively Cool, The Argotist, 2006
Third Eye Amusement Arcade Meltdown, The Argotist, 2006
Beautiful Chaos, Awen Issue 44 Feb 2007, Atlantean Publishing,
Flesh Creep The World The Flesh And The Devil, Awen Issue 45 Apr 2007, Atlantean Publishing
Automatic Door, Fire No 28 Jun 2007,
Poetry Is A Dangerous Place, Garbaj Issue 31 Nov 2007, Atlantean Publishing
Dead End I, Inclement Vol 7 Issue 2 Summer 2007
Dead End II, Inclement Vol 7 Issue 2 Summer 2007
Masquerade, Inclement Vol 7 Issue 2 Summer 2007
Slave Mask, The Dark Tower Volume 3 The Black Throne, Atlantean Publishing, 2007
A New Reality, Vespula Vanishes & Other Poems, Inclement Publishing, 2007
Angels Bring Us, Vespula Vanishes & Other Poems, Inclement Publishing, 2007
Bye Bye Kitty Hell Bunny, Vespula Vanishes & Other Poems, Inclement Publishing, 2007
Can You Explain, Vespula Vanishes & Other Poems, Inclement Publishing, 2007
Dead End I, Vespula Vanishes & Other Poems, Inclement Publishing, 2007
Dead End II, Vespula Vanishes & Other Poems, Inclement Publishing, 2007
Depths, Vespula Vanishes & Other Poems, Inclement Publishing, 2007
Flashback Phantoms, Vespula Vanishes & Other Poems, Inclement Publishing, 2007
Hot Is The New Cool, Vespula Vanishes & Other Poems, Inclement Publishing, 2007
Ice Sun Moon, Vespula Vanishes & Other Poems, Inclement Publishing, 2007
Lost In Mist, Vespula Vanishes & Other Poems, Inclement Publishing, 2007
Lost Words, Vespula Vanishes & Other Poems, Inclement Publishing, 2007
Lust For A Vampire (Mircalla), Vespula Vanishes & Other Poems, Inclement Publishing, 2007
Masquerade, Vespula Vanishes & Other Poems, Inclement Publishing, 2007
Memories Mid-Distance, Vespula Vanishes & Other Poems, Inclement Publishing, 2007
Misplaced Poem, Vespula Vanishes & Other Poems, Inclement Publishing, 2007
Only Shadows, Vespula Vanishes & Other Poems, Inclement Publishing, 2007
Reach For The Skyline, Vespula Vanishes & Other Poems, Inclement Publishing, 2007
Reflections In A Mirror, Vespula Vanishes & Other Poems, Inclement Publishing, 2007
Skies In Her Eyes, Vespula Vanishes & Other Poems, Inclement Publishing, 2007
Slave Mask, Vespula Vanishes & Other Poems, Inclement Publishing, 2007
The Spiral Staircase, Vespula Vanishes & Other Poems, Inclement Publishing, 2007
To The Temple, Vespula Vanishes & Other Poems, Inclement Publishing, 2007
Vespula Vanishes, Vespula Vanishes & Other Poems, Inclement Publishing, 2007
You Looked The Other Way, Vespula Vanishes & Other Poems, Inclement Publishing, 2007
The Vision Of Morgan Le Fay, Awen Issue 55 Dec 2008, Atlantean Publishing
Weird Stuff, Bard Issue 068 2008, Atlantean Publishing,
So Not Funny (Radio Edit), Garbaj Issue 32 Feb 2008, Atlantean Publishing
A Poke In The Rye, Garbaj Issue 34 Aug 2008, Atlantean Publishing
Mutt, Garbaj Issue 34 Aug 2008, Atlantean Publishing
Some News Just In (Smile Please), Garbaj Issue 34 Aug 2008, Atlantean Publishing
Stubbylee Park, Garbaj Issue 34 Aug 2008, Atlantean Publishing
A Scandal In Crewe, Garbaj Issue 35 Dec 2008, Atlantean Publishing
Daft!, Garbaj Issue 35 Dec 2008, Atlantean Publishing
Trendy!, Garbaj Issue 35 Dec 2008, Atlantean Publishing
Boo Galaxy, Handshake No 75 Oct 2008, Dunnock Press,
Dream Scanner, Handshake No 75 Oct 2008, Dunnock Press
Tonight The Clouds, Handshake No 75 Oct 2008, Dunnock Press
Dark Anima, Harlequin XIII Columbine Sept 2008
We Vampires, Haunting Tales, Atlantean Publishing, 2008
Automatic Door, Inclement Poetry Magazine, 2008
Bye Bye Kitty Hell Bunny, Inclement Poetry Magazine, 2008
Flashback Phantoms, Inclement Poetry Magazine, 2008
Hot Is The New Cool, Inclement Poetry Magazine, 2008
South Of Suburbia, Inclement Poetry Magazine, 2008
Thunder These Trees (Externity Now), Inclement Poetry Magazine, 2008
Miles Above, Inclement Vol 8 Issue 2 Summer 2008
Nothing Else, Inclement Vol 8 Issue 2 Summer 2008,
South Of Suburbia, Inclement Vol 8 Issue 2 Summer 2008,
Mute Witness, Monomyth Vol 8.2 Issue 44 2008 , Atlantean Publishing
No Hope Now, Neon Highway Issue 13 Aug 2008
Forget Latex Love (LUV 2288), Old Rossum's Book Of Practical Robots, Atlantean Publishing, 2008
Beauty Is Freedom, Stride Magazine Apr 2008
Lucky Stars, Stride Magazine Apr 2008
Sexy Solitaire (I Want To Be Alone), Stride Magazine Apr 2008
Stone Heart Sleepwalker, Stride Magazine Apr 2008
The Scavenger's Daughter, Stride Magazine Apr 2008
Thinking About Surfacing, Stride Magazine Apr 2008
Too Much Like Real Life, The Penniless Press 29, 2008
Free Speech Today (Oxford Union), The Supplement Issue 38 January 2008Atlantean Publishing
Could Be Anywhere, Awen Issue 61 Dec 2009, Atlantean Publishing,
Edge Of Zone, Awen Issue 61 Dec 2009, Atlantean Publishing,
Dream Of Aldeberan, Bard Issue 074 2009, Atlantean Publishing,
Misericordia, Bard Issue 075 2009, Atlantean Publishing,
Eclogue, Bard Issue 077 2009, Atlantean Publishing,
A Sleeping Form, Carillon Issue 24 Jun 2009
Dream Scanner, Carillon Issue 24 Jun 2009
Shattered Some Dreams, Carillon Issue 24 Jun 2009
A Poem Like This, Curlew Issue 65 Dec 2009
Couture And Anarchy, Curlew Issue 65 Dec 2009
Perfect Storm, Curlew Issue 65 Dec 2009
Remembrance, Curlew Issue 65 Dec 2009
Stone Heart Sleepwalker, Curlew Issue 65 Dec 2009
As The Footsteps Fade Away, Fire No 31 Apr 2009
Fragile, Fire No 31 Apr 2009
Listen To The Voice, Fire No 31 Apr 2009
Credibility Street, Garbaj Issue 36 Feb 2009 Atlantean Publishing,
A Friend In Southend, Garbaj Issue 37 May 2009 Atlantean Publishing,
Being Posthuman, Handshake No 77 Jun 2009 Dunnock Press

Listen To The Voice, Inclement Vol 9 Issue 1 Spring 2009
Still She Stands, Inclement Vol 9 Issue 1 Spring 2009
The Silver Ghost, Inclement Vol 9 Issue 1 Spring 2009
From Yesterday, Pulsar Edition 1/09 51 Mar 2009 Ligden Publishers

illus: Fractured Muse, Atlantean Publishing 2003

Artwork Publications 2000-2009

 

Artwork Publications 2000-2009

Chaos Is Now! Stride Magazine Oct 2000, Stride Publications
What Is Truth? Stride Magazine Oct 2000, Stride Publications
Hypnos II, Cold Print Aug 2001
The Astral Night, Cold Print Aug 2001
The Mask, Cold Print Aug 2001,
Triptych (The Abyss) 1 Mystic Flower (Inflorescence), Cold Print Aug 2001
Satanic Planets, Cold Print Feb 2001
The Astral Widow, Cold Print Feb 2001 [cover art]
Celestial Mechanics, Tangents The Home Of Un-Popular Culture Oct 2001
Externity, Tangents The Home Of Un-Popular Culture Oct 2001,
Gaze Of The Medusa, Tangents The Home Of Un-Popular Culture Oct 2001
Hell, Tangents The Home Of Un-Popular Culture Oct 2001
My Angel Of Death II, Tangents The Home Of Un-Popular Culture Oct 2001
The Secret City, Tangents The Home Of Un-Popular Culture Oct 2001
The Voyage, Tangents The Home Of Un-Popular Culture Oct 2001
To Have Singularity, Tangents The Home Of Un-Popular Culture Oct 2001
A Time To Reflect, The Void Gallery, 2001
Astral Inferno, The Void Gallery, 2001
Astroscarp IV, The Void Gallery, 2001
Atavistic Resurgence, The Void Gallery, 2001
Autarch [detail], The Void Gallery, 2001
Awake At Night, The Void Gallery, 2001
Azimuth II, The Void Gallery, 2001
Between Alien Worlds III, The Void Gallery, 2001
Dream Wave II, The Void Gallery, 2001
Gothic Dream VII, The Void Gallery, 2001
Hermetic Singularity II, The Void Gallery, 2001
Hermetic Symbols, The Void Gallery, 2001
I Bring You Truth, The Void Gallery, 2001
Le Grimoire, The Void Gallery, 2001
Naked Singularity, The Void Gallery, 2001
Polar Horizon II, The Void Gallery, 2001
Primal Scene Monster, The Void Gallery, 2001
Psychic Astral, The Void Gallery, 2001
Pulcheria III, The Void Gallery, 2001
Rebirth, The Void Gallery, 2001
Self Portrait in 1973, The Void Gallery, 2001
Sine Wave III, The Void Gallery, 2001
Skeleton Galaxy, The Void Gallery, 2001
The Beauty Of The Unexpected, The Void Gallery, 2001
The Hanged Man (Le Pendu) II, The Void Gallery, 2001
The Mysteries Of Inner Space, The Void Gallery, 2001
The Sphinx, The Void Gallery, 2001
To Have Singularity, The Void Gallery, 2001
Vortex III, The Void Gallery, 2001
Watching And Waiting, The Void Gallery, 2001
We Call For Futuristic Beauty I, The Void Gallery, 2001
Leonardo’s Wall I, Cold Print Feb 2002, 2002
Omega Lightning, Freedom To Breathe [cover art], Stride Publications, 2002
Harmonic Of Desire, Neon Highway Issue 2 Oct 2002,
The Bridge Of Sighs, Neon Highway Issue 2 Oct 2002,
The Elastic Theory Of Light (Playing God), Neon Highway Issue 2 Oct 2002,
Alien Secret, Tangents The Home Of Un-Popular Culture July 2002,
Dream Flight (Un-spiritual Flight), Tangents The Home Of Un-Popular Culture July 2002,
Echo Beach, Tangents The Home Of Un-Popular Culture July 2002,
Eros Rising, Tangents The Home Of Un-Popular Culture July 2002,
In The Palace Of the Sphinx, Tangents The Home Of Un-Popular Culture July 2002,
That Hideous Legend, Tangents The Home Of Un-Popular Culture July 2002,
The Ascension, Tangents The Home Of Un-Popular Culture July 2002,
The Autonomy Lesson, Tangents The Home Of Un-Popular Culture July 2002,
Le Voyant, The Seventh Seal 5 Apr 2002,
Orpheus, The Seventh Seal 5 Apr 2002,
The Abyss (Nuigh), The Seventh Seal 5 Apr 2002,
Far Away II, The Void Gallery, 2002
In The Palace Of The Sphinx, The Void Gallery, 2002
Ultima III, The Void Gallery, 2002
Psychic Citadel, Fractured Muse, Atlantean Publishing, 2003
Fractured Muse I, Fractured Muse, Atlantean Publishing, 2003
Fractured Muse I, Fractured Muse [booklet] [cover art], Atlantean Publishing, 2003
His Shadow Lives On II (Nihil), Monomyth Vol 3.3 No 24 Issue 26 2003, Atlantean Publishing,
Inner Cadaver, Monomyth Vol 3.3 No 24 Issue 26 2003, Atlantean Publishing,
Another Great Wave I, Monomyth Vol 3.4 No 25 Issue 27 2003, Atlantean Publishing,
Cometographia I, Monomyth Vol 3.4 No 25 Issue 27 2003, Atlantean Publishing,
I Am The Only Dead Thing In The Landscape, Monomyth Vol 3.4 No 25 Issue 27 2003, Atlantean Publishing,
Leonardo’s Wall I, Monomyth Vol 3.4 No 25 Issue 27 2003, Atlantean Publishing,
Primal Scene Monster, Monomyth Vol 3.4 No 25 Issue 27 2003, Atlantean Publishing,
The Hanged Man (Le Pendu) II, Monomyth Vol 3.4 No 25 Issue 27 2003, Atlantean Publishing,
Constellation (With Mona Lisa), Neon Highway Issue 5 Oct 2003,
In An Azure Moment, Neon Highway Issue 5 Oct 2003,
Dream Of Akhenaten, Neon Highway Issue 5 Oct 2003 ,
Psychic Citadel, Neon Highway Issue 5 Oct 2003 [cover art],
Madeline Usher, Bard Issue 22 2004 [cover art], Atlantean Publishing,
Iris (The Banquet), Monomyth Vol 4.1 No 26 Issue 28 2004, Atlantean Publishing,
Stargate Variation I The Eye Of Time, Monomyth Vol 4.1 No 26 Issue 28 2004, Atlantean Publishing,
The Madhouse, Monomyth Vol 4.1 No 26 Issue 28 2004 [cover art], Atlantean Publishing,
Unquiet Interior, Monomyth Vol 4.2 No 27 Issue 29 2004, Atlantean Publishing,
Vortex, Monomyth Vol 4.2 No 27 Issue 29 2004, Atlantean Publishing,
Psychic Citadel, The Bards Issue 01 A C Evans [cover art], Atlantean Publishing, 2004
Another Great Wave I, The Bards Issue 03 Chris Brewer [cover art], Atlantean Publishing, 2004
A View Of Earth From Heaven, The Grail Anthology, Atlantean Publishing, 2004
Decaying Orbits, The Grail Anthology, Atlantean Publishing, 2004
Orpheus, The Grail Anthology, Atlantean Publishing, 2004
The Astral Inferno, The Grail Anthology, Atlantean Publishing, 2004
Creator Spiritus/The Fire Dance, The Void Gallery, 2004
Even Closer, The Void Gallery, 2004
Fractured Muse I, The Void Gallery, 2004
Psychic Citadel, The Void Galler, 2004
This Is Not The New World Order, The Void Gallery, 2004
Transition To Elsewhere, The Void Gallery, 2004
In The Beginning, A Speaker For The Silver Goddess [cover art], Stride Publications, 2005
The View From Nowhere II, Alt Hist Alternative History Poetry And Conjecture [cover art], Atlantean Publishing, 2005
In Another Place/Random Intersection, Fragments No 26 One More Time Sept 2005,
At The Horizon Of The Infinite, Midnight Street Issue 4 Spring 2005, Immediate Direction,
Echoes Of The Past (Resurgent Atavism), Midnight Street Issue 4 Spring 2005, Immediate Direction,
In The Abyss, Midnight Street Issue 4 Spring 2005, Immediate Direction,
The Wrong Answer, Midnight Street Issue 4 Spring 2005, Immediate Direction,
Natural Disorder, Midnight Street Issue 4 Spring 2005 [cover art], Immediate Direction,
Hermetic Horizon I, Midnight Street Issue 5 Summer 2005, Immediate Direction,
Implosion II, Midnight Street Issue 5 Summer 2005, Immediate Direction,
In The Beginning, Midnight Street Issue 5 Summer 2005, Immediate Direction,
A Bloom From The City Of Flowers (Iris), Monomyth Vol 5.1 No 31 Issue 33 2005, Atlantean ublishing,
Mist Soul, Monomyth Vol 5.1 No 31 Issue 33 2005, Atlantean Publishing,
Bride IV, Monomyth Vol 5.2 No 32 Issue 34 2005, Atlantean Publishing,
In The Apartment, Monomyth Vol 5.2 No 32 Issue 34 2005, Atlantean Publishing,
Orpheus, Monomyth Vol 5.4 No 34 Issue 36 2005, Atlantean Publishing,
Stargate Variation I The Eye Of Time, Monomyth Vol 5.4 No 34 Issue 36 2005, Atlantean Publishing,
The Citadel Of Doubt, Monomyth Vol 5.4 No 34 Issue 36 2005, Atlantean Publishing,
My Angel Of Death II, The Bards Issue 06 Steve Sneyd [cover art], Atlantean Publishing, 2005
Astral Singularity I, The Bards Issue 10 D S Davidson [cover art], Atlantean Publishing, 2005
The Mouth Of Darkness, War Is A Dangerous Place [booklet] [cover art], Atlantean Publishing, 2005
The Strange Life Of Citizen X, Fragments No 27 The Last One Feb 2006,
Echoes Of The Future, Midnight Street Issue 8 Winter 2006/7, Immediate Direction,
Inner Cadaver, Midnight Street Issue 8 Winter 2006/7, Immediate Direction,
Let Me Tease You, Midnight Street Issue 8 Winter 2006/7, Immediate Direction,
Many A True Word Is Spoken In Pain, Midnight Street Issue 8 Winter 2006/7, Immediate Direction,
Ready And Waiting, Midnight Street Issue 8 Winter 2006/7, Immediate Direction,
The End Of Everything, Midnight Street Issue 8 Winter 2006/7, Immediate Direction,
The Invisible State, Midnight Street Issue 8 Winter 2006/7, Immediate Direction,
Watching And Waiting, Midnight Street Issue 8 Winter 2006/7, Immediate Direction,
Le Voyant, Monomyth Vol 6.1 Issue 37 2006, Atlantean Publishing,
Transition To Elsewhere, Monomyth Vol 6.1 Issue 37 2006, Atlantean Publishing,
Inner Alchemy, Monomyth Vol 6.2 Issue 38 2006, Atlantean Publishing,
The Temptation Of St Anthony, Monomyth Vol 6.2 Issue 38 2006, Atlantean Publishing,
Beyond Dark Matter, The Bards Issue 11 Paul Murphy [cover art], Atlantean Publishing, 2006
Perihelion (The Next Absolute Horizon), The Bards Issue 13 Dave Wright [cover art], Atlantean Publishing, 2006
Seven Demons I, The Bards Issue 14 J F Haines [cover art], Atlantean Publishing, 2006
Madeline Usher, The Bards Issue 15 Cardinal Cox [cover art], Atlantean Publishing, 2006
Seeing Many Worlds, The Bards Issue 16 Bryn Forty [cover art], Atlantean Publishing, 2006
Le Voyant, The Bards Issue 17 Paul Cutting [cover art], Atlantean Publishing, 2006
The Madhouse [detail], The Dark Tower Volume 1 Dark Tower Dreams, Atlantean Publishing, 2006
Tower (The Churches Of The Earth), The Dark Tower Volume 1 Dark Tower Dreams, Atlantean Publishing, 2006
Stones Standing, Bard Issue 54 2007 [cover art], Atlantean Publishing,
Dance Fantasy III, Bard Issue 56 2007 [cover art], Atlantean Publishing,
Astroscarp III, Midnight Street Issue 9 May/June 2007, Immediate Direction,
Vespula Dreaming , Vespula Vanishes & Other Poems [cover art], Inclement Publishing, 2007
Displacement Effects, Bard Issue 64 2008 [cover art], Atlantean Publishing,
Is There Something, Bard Issue 71 2008 [cover art], Atlantean Publishing,
Bride I, Haunting Tales An Anthology, Atlantean Publishing, 2008
Enity X, Haunting Tales An Anthology, Atlantean Publishing, 2008
Sturm Und Drang I, Haunting Tales An Anthology, Atlantean Publishing, 2008
The Labyrinth, Haunting Tales An Anthology, Atlantean Publishing, 2008
Displacement Effects, Inclement Poetry For The Modern Soul [online], Inclement Publishing, 2008
This Is Not The New World Order, Inclement Poetry For The Modern Soul [online], Inclement Publishing, 2008
Enigma Regis In Terra, Monomyth Vol 8.1 Issue 43 2008, Atlantean Publishing,
Hierophany (Head of a Saint), Monomyth Vol 8.1 Issue 43 2008, Atlantean Publishing,
Lucifer Rising, Neon Highway Issue 13 Aug 2008 [intv],
Ultima [montage], Neon Highway Issue 13 Aug 2008 [intv],
Lifelike Figure (Walk Me Home), Old Rossum's Book Of Practical Robots, Atlantean Publishing, 2008
The Colossus Of Neon, Old Rossum's Book Of Practical Robots, Atlantean Publishing, 2008
Atavism, Bard Issue 75 2009 [cover art], Atlantean Publishing,
Fire Dance, Midnight Street Issue 13 Autumn 2009, Immediate Direction,
Lucifuge, Midnight Street Issue 13 Autumn 2009, Immediate Direction,
Neutral Enlightenment, Midnight Street Issue 13 Autumn 2009, Immediate Direction,
The Whore of Babylon, Midnight Street Issue 13 Autumn 2009, Immediate Direction,
Watchers, Midnight Street Issue 13 Autumn 2009, Immediate Direction,
Echoing Fire, Monomyth Vol 9.1 Issue 45 2009, Atlantean Publishing,
Gothic Interlude, Monomyth Vol 9.1 Issue 45 2009, Atlantean Publishing,
Incursion From The Abyss (Astral Entities), Monomyth Vol 9.1 Issue 45 2009, Atlantean Publishing

illus: Trace Element II 2006

Vespula Vanishes

 

Vespula Vanishes is a new A C Evans poetry collection published Inclement Publishing (edited by Michelle Foster) in a limited edition of twenty copies. Here is a recent review notice by Steve Sneyd from Data Dump 118, Feb. 2008.

VESPULA VANISHES AND OTHER POEMS Inclement (Poetry for the Modern Soul), 2007 Limited Edition

Vespula Vanishes is dedicated to Tori Amos* and tells of a lady come ‘out of the light’, finding the elegant world she could not articulate a day place that ‘ignored her pain’, and via twilight longings this ‘ghostly shape of desire’ dissolved ‘into the night’. Is this title poem of A C Evans’ latest collection decadent psychological portrait or evocation of other (worldly) woman? Of the 25 poems here many raise similar questions as to the boundary condition/genre definition, intriguingly some are predominantly urban or other urban/social/mental decay evocations, and a few are niche-able as more clearly genre, including Lust For A Vampire (Mircalla) her ‘breasts running with gore’, the Dark Tower-set Slave Mask ‘A face I can trust because/ I cannot see your pain./Do you understand why I/ Lick your wounds tonight?’ etc being DF, while there is at least a trace of Sfnal, e.g. Lost Words with its ‘closed sphere’ holding a world last of ‘resplendent/dying/suns’, Only Shadows’ ‘failing star’ (ACE sharing Clark Ashton Smith’s love of star death imagery) and, in the enigmatic post-Surreal definitions of Reflections In A Mirror, alongside those for ‘closed syllable’ and ‘sympiesometer’ is ‘Jupiter’ as ‘an organic arabesque’ and ‘intellect’ as a ‘new type of space’, though the payoff is back to decadent psychology with ‘sacrament…morbid fear of light’.
* Whose only UK No 1 hymned the darkside figure of the ‘Professional Widow’

The poem Slave Mask from Vespula Vanishes also appeared in the collection Dark Tower 3 The Black Throne (2007) from Atlantean Publishing (edited by D J Tyrer) who published Fractured Muse, a previous collection from A C.

A review of Vespula Vanishes & Other Poems by Eve Kimber of Pulsar Poetry Webzine can be found here 

On Some Faraway Planet

On Some Faraway Planet

Funky Space at the Boogie Lounge

Amplify your visuals, get connected, go anywhere.
Hot metal, new leather, fishnet crop tops
Scalp electrodes connect us to fashion dreams
When, after a grey and misty start,
The future merges with yesterday’s news
And mirror ball madness vamps up your eyes
All table dancing, flirting and catfights
At a burlesque cabaret in a downtown cellar
On some far away planet a long way from home
Where raffish grid girls wear suede retro hot pants
And alien entertainers swoop from the chandeliers
Yeah, it’s love, lipgloss and show business
Out here on the Western Fringes, so it’s
Another teen slasher bloodbath from Mr Pink
As Starfleet Command takes all the tables
Calling for posh totty, sentimental songs
And two pianos on wheels of steel,
Like this sex bomb in specs adds some oomph
To her scary cocktail shaker routine
Behind the bar on the seventh floor where
Snap happy space cadets preen in their frocks
Flicking ciggie stubs across the room
At some hick comedienne from The Big Squirm
Too boring darling I hear you say.
Where’s that pause button?
No wet shirt moments here then, just armchair
Radicals, Mr White, some other geezer
And a crystal breeze chilling the action, while
Sporting a smarter class of clobber,
Mohair suits and electric boots,
We truffle shuffle to a plinky dinky soundtrack.
You lucky, lucky people!

Published in Inclement Vol 11 Issue 1 Spring 2011

Illustration: We Always Come Back, 2003

Displacement Effects

Vox et Praeterea Nihil – New Poetry from A C Evans

Plutarch’s description of the nightingale (‘A voice and nothing more’) is a salutary reminder of the ephemeral nature of our poetic endeavours. For what are poets – those nightingales of ‘culture’ – but a diversity of voices? Some are shrill, others are gruff, many bombastic, most mawkish, self-important or pseudo-sophisticated, a few, a very few – those crying in the wilderness – strike a chord. Yes, we are all voices and nothing more – with particular emphasis on the word ‘nothing’.
Undeterred by such thoughts, or by the hyper-intellectual theories of academic literateurs living (like several respondents to The Argotist interview and essay) in a state of denial that is really a kind of hubris or confusion or both – a number of new poems have recently slipped out from under my door. Some, thanks to the generosity of several editors, have actually found their way into print and/or online. Last April, under the Dada-style title ‘Bom chucka wah wah’, Stride published six poems from a new sequence, South of Suburbia, an excursion into tabloid impressionism. In June 2008 a group of poems together with two collages by way of illustration (‘Displacement Effects’ and ‘This Is Not The New World Order’) were included on a feature page on the new Inclement site. Aside from South of Suburbia, there are three other new sequences called The Silver Ghost, Radical Chicanery and Perfect Storm.
Various poems have appeared in the SF anthology Old Rossum’s Book of Practical Robots (2008) and Handshake 75, while magazines, Harlequin, Inclement Poetry for the Modern Soul, The Penniless Press, Pulsar and Fire also included a number of items mainly, but not exclusively, from these new sequences. Awen from Atlantean Publishing carried three translations from the French (Breton, Verlaine, Maeterlinck) while ‘Boo Galaxy’, published in Handshake, was even short-listed for the Data Dump Award 09.
Thinking about surfacing?
Illustration: Displacement Effects, 2002