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June 21, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 300
Short story: Kaleidoscope by Ray Bradbury, from The Illustrated Man and Other Stories.
Poem: The Soul Selects Her Her Own Society by Emily Dickinson, listened to through Librivox. Highly Recommended.
Essay: Proust, Pound and Chinese Poetry by Jacke Wilson, listened to on the History of Literature podcast. Recommended.
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Wizard of the Wasteland is now live!
I am very excited to announce that my debut novel Wizard of the Wasteland is now available in paperback, Kindle, and Kindle Unlimited.
Wizard of the Wasteland is a post-apocalyptic adventure set a generation after the end of the civilised world. It follows the story of Abel, a reformed drug addict, who joins a travelling showman’s magic show.
When the pair come across a group of children being held captive by the brutal drug gang The Family, Abel must give everything he has to save them.
Early reviewers have said the book is like Stephen King’s The Stand meets Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, and offers a fresh take on the genre.
June 20, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 299
Short story: I Know How to Pick ‘Em By Lawrence Block, from Dangerous Women, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois (2013). Recommended.
Poem: The Visitor by Idra Novey, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from June 2017. Highly Recommended.
Essay: Humans, Apes and Carl Linnaeus by Simon Schaffer, listened to on the BBC’s A History of Ideas podcast. Recommended.
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June 19, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 298
Short story: When All This Was Bay Ridge by Tim McLaughlin, from USA Noir (2013) edited by Johnny Temple. Highly Recommended.
Poem: Moth by Atsuro Riley, listened to on the Poetry Now podcast, from June 2017. Highly Recommended.
Essay: Hoxne Pepper Pot, listened to on the BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects. Highly Recommended.
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June 18, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 197
Short story: Six Months, Three Days by Charlie Jane Anders (2016). Highly Recommended.
Poem: Radio Crackling, Radio Gone by Lisa Olstein, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from June 2017. Highly Recommended.
Essay: The Final Cut – Democritus and Leuccipus, listened to on the History of Philosophy podcast, from November 2010. Recommended.
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June 17, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 296
Short story: Critical Update Required by David Burns, listened to on the Centropic Oracle podcast, from June 2017. Highly Recommended.
Poem: Jim Trueblood: Father of the Year by Douglas Kearney, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast. Recommended.
Essay: Get Over It by Howard Jacobson, listened to oon the BBC’s Poem of the Day podcast, from June 2017. Recommended.
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June 16, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 295
Short story: Berserk by Kate Rauner, listened to on the 600 Second Saga podcast, from June 2017. Recommended.
Poem: What I Learned from the Incredible Hulk by Aimee Nezhukumatathil, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from June 2017. Highly Recommended.
Essay: The Cyber Effect by Mary Aiken, listened to on the BBC’s Four Though podcast, from June 2017.
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June 15, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 294
Short story: Bed Among the Lentils by Alan Bennett, from Talking Heads. Highly Recommended.
Poem: Swift by Dalmore Scwartz, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from June 2017. Highly Recommended.
Essay: 12 Truths I learned from Life and Writing by Anne Lamott, listened to on the TEDTalks podcast, from June 2017. Highly Recommended.
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June 14, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 293
Short story: A Brief Glimpse of Everything by J. M. Williams, listened to on the Centropic Oracle podcast, from June 2017. Recommended.
Poem: Gratophoph by Andrew Zawcki, listened to on the Poetry Now podcast, from June 2017. Recommended.
Essay: The Day is for Living by Hilary Mantel, listened to on the BBC’s Reith Lectures podcast, from June 2017. Highly Recommended.
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June 13, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 192
Short story: The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet by Arthur Conan Doyle, from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Recommended.
Poem: He Lit a Fire with Icicles by Kay Ryan, listened to on the Poem of the Dam podcast, from June 2017. Highly Recommended.
Essay: A New Politics? by John Grey, listened to on the BBC’s A Point of View podcast, from June 2017.
What is the Ray Bradbury Challenge?
