Welcome to the New Year
2024 starts slo000000oooow
Hi All,
Just a quick one, as I’m officially on vacation.
In order to clear the deck for a productive 2024, I’ve decided to take some proper time off and down tools on almost everything. I’m visiting a few book stores in Queensland, Australia (including this in-person event), but aside from that it’s just the usual holiday mode: reading and turning ideas over in my head.
Before I go, here’s a few highlights:
THE STRIP is out now…
Welcome to THE STRIP
My new novel The Strip is out now. Finally. It has been years since my last book. In Australia, it should be available anywhere you care to look, online and off. For the rest of the world, I’m suggesting you start with Amazon in your country. Not ideal, I know, but considering this time of year — and some of the issues I’ve been dealing with behind the …
My zine WHAT LIVING AND DYING IS LIKE (released earlier in the year) is also out.
Best place to buy that is here.
What Living & Dying Is Like
Hi everyone, It’s a bit of a different newsletter this month because I have a new book out. You can buy it here. In fact, it’s on sale this weekend for only $0.99 USD. More here 👇
Finally…
You might also like to revisit the most popular stories on this Substack:
SHORT STORY: The Stomping and the Drill
I'm changing up my newsletter. While I'll still be sharing book reviews, I'll also be including some different types of content in the coming weeks. This includes short stories, like the one featured in this edition. THE STOMPING AND THE DRILL I I thought up the first of these stories in February of 2012 while sitting on a couch in my horrible apartment in
SHORT STORY: Twenty-Three
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SHORT STORY: Roxy
ROXY I They’re in the hallway. Then they’re on the sidewalk. Then they’re in the cab and Roxy is talking at screaming volume, with the driver looking back at them in the rear-view. ‘And then Simon,’ she says. ‘He just gave it to them. I can’t believe
Thanks a bunch for reading me this year past. I appreciate it.
I’ll be back on deck first Sunday in February,
That’s all.
— IAIN
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