Monthly Archives: July 2013

Poem #31/52

Posted on July 28, 2013 by douglasthompson

Here is the 31st poem in my 52-poem sequence (one a week) for 2013, followed by some illumination and reflection: PINPRICK The night can be no less black than you feared it was as a child that is not the … Continue reading →

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Ambit 213 out now…

Posted on July 26, 2013 by douglasthompson

My contributor copies of Ambit issue 213 have just avalanched through the door today… Ambit is, quite probably, the best magazine in the world (without prejudice or hyperbole, honest!), being a regular fusion of off-beat contemporary art and poetry and … Continue reading →

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Meet me at St.Louis…

Posted on July 24, 2013 by douglasthompson

Terribly short notice I realise (tell me about it!) but I’ve just found out that I’m reading tonight (8.15pm) at the west end cafe/bar St.Louis, at 734 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow, G11 7RD . The very talented and popular novelist, playwright, … Continue reading →

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Poem #30/52

Posted on July 21, 2013 by douglasthompson

Here is the 30th poem in my 52-poem sequence (one a week) for 2013, followed by some illumination and reflection: DREAR GREY PLACE Unlovely city how dare you so tediously resemble what you were every yesterday beneath that painted grey … Continue reading →

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Manchester…

Posted on July 15, 2013 by douglasthompson

Just a quick note to say that I will reading from my short story “Multiplicity” at the Anthony Burgess Foundation in Manchester on Friday 19th July at 7pm. The event is to promote the “Impossible Spaces” anthology being launched that … Continue reading →

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Poem #29/52

Posted on July 14, 2013 by douglasthompson

Here is the 29th poem in my 52-poem sequence (one a week) for 2013, followed by some illumination and reflection: GEMÜTLICHKEIT* (*German: “cosiness”) Through the open window the half moon rises, perfect to fill the gap in the mountain’s teeth … Continue reading →

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2 new reviews…

Posted on July 13, 2013 by douglasthompson

Two reviews have come in recently, of my fourth and fifth novels respectively. Dominic Smith, writing at Dundee University’s Review Of The Arts, has praised “Mechagnosis” as follows: “”Schizoid” might be the right word for Douglas Thompson’s novel Mechagnosis; it … Continue reading →

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Poem #28/52

Posted on July 7, 2013 by douglasthompson

Here is the 28th poem in my 52-poem sequence (one a week) for 2013, followed by some illumination and reflection: CATALONIAN CATALOGUE Dali and Gala entirely lunatic deities revered as dead royalty of this mad nation you fabulous bejewelled birds … Continue reading →

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