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No Substance #282: An Incomplete History of Disquiet.

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I’ve been working through Arthur Machen’s body of work lately.

James Ley surveys the career and work of Russian avant-garde satirist, Vladimir Sorokin. With a Sadean virtuosity of violence and cruelty, Sorokin’s novels expose the complicity of Russian literature ...

I didn’t know much about Nina Allen until I picked up The Illuminated Man, the biography that she and her husband, Christopher Priest, wrote about JG Ballard.

Here’s a list of every food item that faced a recall in August.

We’ve been watching some TV recently.

Winter is on its way out and on the weekend I chopped down a tree.

I started this newsletter last week when I had a good amount of free time to write and couldn’t decide if I was sick, or if I had allergies.

I started this newsletter last week when I had a good amount of free time to write and couldn’t decide if I was sick, or if I had allergies.

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Last week I did an interview about AI for a research project.

Last week I did an interview about AI for a research project.

I spent some time reading Charles Maturin’s 1820 novel, Melmoth the Wanderer. I spent more time than time that I should have, really, but it’s how it goes sometimes.

I spent some time reading Charles Maturin’s 1820 novel, Melmoth the Wanderer. I spent more time than time that I should have, really, but it’s how it goes sometimes.

On September 15, 2026, we’ll be launching our first Kickstarter campaign in more than a decade, to fund Year 17 of Lightspeed and Year 15 of Nightmare. Join us for a year of new short fiction from som...

As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...

I saw The Odyssey last week though I hadn’t planned to.

I saw The Odyssey last week though I hadn’t planned to.