Andrew Chase's Robotic Cheetah
I confess my fetish. All authors must have them, these objects the subconscious courts, and these furtive meetings fuel the writing.
My last fling was with Tippoo’s Tiger, an automata at the V&A:
Tippoo's Tiger
The automaton has a bellows inside which simulates growling and human cries– this informed the imagining of the locusts in the novel, though of course this has only revealed itself to me in hindsight.
More wind-up life can be found here: automataonline
For 12 years Patrick Farley, cover artist of The Desperate Ones, has been producing amazing comics and putting them on the web during his spare time. He’s stepping things up with Kickstarter.
There are so many ways to get involved and support indie publishing, it’s really an exciting time to get on board with this movement.
Frame from Patrick Farley's "Don't Look Back"
Patrick Farley, cover artist of The Desperate Ones, has a new comic up at Dicebox, Jenn Manley Lee’s gorgeous web comic site. Patrick’s comic is funny and packed with philosophical verisimilitude, all packaged in his sublimely subversive VR aesthetic.
Mermaid Surgery, one of my earlier sestinas, has been reprinted in the lush, tactile and fascinating Abraxas. To be among the pages with Aleister Crowley is quite thrilling.
Pig State Recon recounts many versions of The Desperate Ones, the song that inspired the novel.
Ally will be signing books at the Alternative Bring and Buy Sale:
“To get to church, you have to walk the resin labyrinth on your knees…”
Click here to listen to The Desperate Ones, Podcast Excerpt 2. (sound file will open in a new page)
