We Were Strangers, a brand new book of brand new short stories edited by me, is now available for you to pre-order.

I've commissioned ten of my favourite authors to each write a short story which takes its title and inspiration from one of the tracks on Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures.

Here's a photograph of a man who went by the name of Shakespeare Hirst.

I used to get anxious about running into Mark E Smith.

I wrote a piece on the history of cannibals in films for the Quietus, from 1932 Fay Wray schlocker Doctor X through to last year's The Neon Demon, with an excursion around cinema’s most iconic flesh-eater.

I’ve a new essay, titled ‘Let’s Take the Dog for a Walk and Frighten Somebody!’ on The Real Story.