The Heights of Sleep

November 26, 2018December 8, 2018 ~ Sam Thompson ~ Leave a comment

My story The Heights of Sleep is available to read at MIROnline. A life’s writing, a close reader, a figure in the carpet.

Splice review and interview

November 25, 2018December 11, 2018 ~ Sam Thompson ~ Leave a comment

There’s an in-depth review of Jott by Daniel Davis Wood at Splice —

— and also an interview, in which we invent the genre of Beckettpunk.

The Monstrosity in Love

July 5, 2018July 25, 2018 ~ Sam Thompson ~ 2 Comments

My story The Monstrosity in Love is in Black Static 64.

A bleak future, a fond friendship, a child of the night…

Starting a book among Beckett’s letters

June 21, 2018June 21, 2018 ~ Sam Thompson ~ Leave a comment

I’ve written a piece for the LRB blog about tracing a family connection in Samuel Beckett’s letters, and how that became the seed for a story…

Jott has launched!

June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 ~ Sam Thompson ~ Leave a comment

Jott was published on Saturday. We had a launch at the Belfast Book Festival — pictured below, small guests treating the event with the appropriate attention and seriousness. There are a few more pictures here.

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