Flying babies and fledging thoughts.
Great Fledgespectations
Author: Pete Hartley
Former drama teacher, fringe theatre producer and director, and author of novels, short stories and some non-fiction work. I now hawk my output under the moniker of uneasybooks.
Reasoning with Rickerly
Why creative people do it. and why you should do it too.
A tale of two piggies
How fostered hedgehogs turned a Victorian classic into contemporary fiction.
Oh, What a Lovely Warmonger
Joan Littlewood dismissed the traditional view of directing, and said that she hated ‘acting’ by which she means the pretence that can all too often be seen and which cloaks the truth of the character. She claimed her only contribution was to ‘grow’ a show, but by doing so, in the ways that she did, she redefined directing and producing, and rejuvenated acting.
Reading without the room
The final Grasping the Gothic post reflects on the efficacy of public readings when used in the promotion of fiction. Can we do it more honestly?
Undead again
How the opening of a play about the restless dead re-emerged after three decades to spawn the start of a story, and why a six year old boy was wrapped in clingfilm.
The Ghosts that Keep on Giving
How a bunch of northern Christmas ghost stories appeared, and how they can not only chill, but also bring comfort and joy.
One of those dreams
The first twelfth of the second story in Modern Gothic, an anthology of darkly mysterious fiction published by Fly on the Wall Press.
Gloomth and the Six Pillars of (Modern) Gothic
Lecture notes from ‘Gloomth and the Six Pillars of Gothic’ House of Books and Friends, Manchester, in association with Fly on the Wall Press 29 October 2024
Modern Gothic revealed
A glimpse into the entrails of our ghoulish collection.
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