Category: Publications
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Three Versions of the Dead Man
Saint Martin Brings a Dead Man to Life I’ve been neglecting to post here the latest pieces on the Dead Man as published in RIC – I also failed to meet the deadline for the March edition of RIC, first issue I haven’t contributed to in quite some time. However, the Dead Man never goes Read.
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On ‘The Quadrant of the Dead Man’
My piece The Quadrant of the Dead Man has been published in the January 2022 issue of RIC Journal. Bit of a story behind this one. Last year, I wrote a Dead Man every month for RIC, January through to December. I had absolutely decided to take a break from that output and not write Read.
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Midnight Grotesques announcement
I am excited, surprised, befuddled – but mainly excited – to be able to announce that Midnight Grotesques will be published by Sublunary Editions in 2023. What is Midnight Grotesques? MG is a project that US-based artist Michelle Lynn Dyrness and I worked on in a hallucinatory, cross-border collaboration in year two of the pandemic, Read.
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On ‘Untitled (A Standoff Begins)’
I’m very pleased to be able to say that my piece Untitled (A Standoff Begins) has been published in the May 2021 edition of the singular RIC Journal. The neighbourhood children use the Dead Man for target practice and laugh when he threatens to shoot back – he, after all, is the dead one. Thanks, Read.
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On ‘The Dead Man and the Drop Tower’
The pandemic continues, the Dead Man wanders on. My piece The Dead Man and the Drop Tower has been published in the April 2021 edition of the ineffable RIC Journal. With thanks, as always, to Saudamini for giving life to the Dead Man. Read.
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On ‘The Dead Man’s Prayer’
I am the deadest man who has ever lived My piece The Dead Man’s Prayer has been published in the February 2021 edition of RIC Journal. With thanks, as always, to S for keeping the Dead Man alive. Read.
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On ‘The Boys and the Dead Man’
My piece The Boys and the Dead Man has been published in the January 2021 edition of RIC Journal. My gratitude to RIC for allowing me to walk the Dead Man into the new year. My goal this year is to not miss a single month (quality of work permitting). With thanks, as always, to Read.
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On ‘The Dead Man’s Circumstances’
My piece The Dead Man’s Circumstances has been published in the final edition of RIC Journal for 2020. The Dead Man has again accompanied me through the year, guiding me through the madness of 2020 like Virgil. I’ve said it before, but it’s worth repeating: I couldn’t have continued to write The Dead Man without Read.
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On ‘Ueno Zoo’
Very pleased to be able to share that my piece Ueno Zoo has been published at Fugitives & Futurists, an exciting new lit journal out of the UK. Wrote this while watching nature documentaries and reading Kafka’s Lost Writings but also while holding in mind a couple of pieces I wrote a few years ago, Read.
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On ‘The Dead Man’s Gift’
I’m very pleased to have a new piece in the November 2020 edition of RIC Journal titled The Dead Man’s Gift. The Dead Man buys birds, the pandemic continues: New South Wales has had eleven days with no reported community transmission of Covid, Victoria has had 20 days straight of no new cases, SA has Read.
Tristan Foster 