We Are the End
Richard Hirst Richard Hirst

We Are the End

I reviewed Gonzalo C. Garcia’s We Are the End for Litro.

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We Were Strangers
Richard Hirst Richard Hirst

We Were Strangers

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.

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Shakespeare Hirst
Richard Hirst Richard Hirst

Shakespeare Hirst

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

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Cannibalism on Film
Richard Hirst Richard Hirst

Cannibalism on Film

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.

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