Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Transmission #12 is out today! So don’t delay, go to our online shop for your fix. There is also a limited special off in the Transmission Lucky Dip, the new issue and two back issues for a mere £10 (inc. P&P)!
Here’s more about Transmission #12:
We’re in the mood for celebration this issue, with the festival infecting all of the stories. Dominic Nolan evokes the sweaty, gruesome fervour of the cockfight, while Peter John Shearing takes the more genteel approach with his Notes from an Opera. From here we are led through an ambassador’s reception, village fairs, an African pop concert and a Japanese market.
Transmission #12 also marks the return of novelist Ray Robinson to our pages. He talks to us about storytelling, auto-erotic asphyxiation and his new novel, The Man Without. Joining Ray is his fellow Manchester writer Joe Stretch, who tells us about his intention to ‘fuck people off’.
For our regular Writer’s Block section, award-winning poet and novelist Michael Symmons Roberts writes about leading a double life in his art, moving from one discipline to another, and debut novelist Chris Killen gives his own unique view of Richard Brautigan.
The full contents for Transmission #12:
Interviews:
Sara Newman talks to Ray Robinson
Sara Newman chats to Joe Stretch
Articles:
Writer’s Block: Michael Symmons Roberts juggles poetry and fiction
Fiction:
It was Easier to Clap by Niven Govinden, illustrated by Matthew Gough
Old Magic by Domonic Nolan, illustrated by Tracey Long
Notes from an Opera by Peter John Shearing, illustrated by Luke Knight
The Clean Up by Mark Robinson, illustrated by Sara Cullen
Birds of Prey by Astrid Friedland, illustrated by Adam Pryce
A Carnival Heart by Douglas Bruton, illustrated by Ria Dastidar
Ambassadors by Hannah Brooks-Motl, illustrated by Caroline Tomlinson
The Waking World by Gareth Cutter, illustrated by Jo Phillips
The Mikuni Warrior Dolls by Jude Piesse, illustrated by John Casey
I Own an Octopus by Becky Hunt, illustrated by Rachel Jackson
Reading:
Richard Brautigan a feature review by Chris Killen
Uwem Arkpan, JG Ballard, Michael Chabon and Maxim Chattam