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quippeThe Blurb On The Back:
Pulp Net is a webspace that feels like a book. It’s also a headspace where anyone can write, if they want to.
Set anywhere from the Angel to the relatively unexplored literary territory in the wilds of Holloway, these are stores that will make you laugh, cry, swear or perhaps remember past lives of Islington that only you carry around with you.
A mixed bag anthology of prose and poetry celebrating Islington life that should interest anyone familiar with the area.
NOTABLE MENTIONS THE STATUE by Charlie Mayor - a man’s convinced that a statue is moving in an overwritten story.
HOLLOWAY ROAD by Nigel Nicholson - an intriguing extract about a newspaper vendor who becomes involved with a strange think tank.
GLASS IS SO EASY TO BREAK by Sarah Macleod - well observed story about a relationship breakdown.
CORNMEAL PUDDING by Eula Harrison - a poem about and recipe for making polenta.
THE FATAL ADVANTAGE by Joe Ambrose – follows a man with Islamic extremist sympathies. Cold and brutal, it lingered after I finished the book.
GHOSTS by Andrew Lloyd-Jones - a strange, aimless story about an old man in a coffee shop.
ODD SOCK ANGEL by Karen Byrne - an okay story about a woman concerned about a strange man who follows her.
YOUR SINGLE VOICE by Shaun Levin - a relationship between two men mostly told through dialogue, which didn’t work for me.
RULES OF THE GAME by Phoebia Freeman - an extract about a 12 year-old boy who plays off his divorced parents against each other, which was amusing but not new.
POP GOES THE WEASEL by Julie Balloo - another competent relationship break down story.
TRANSCRIPT OF AN IMMIGRANT LOVE TRIANGLE by Sulaiman Addonia - a man cuckolds his friend to a telegraphed pay-off.
LONDON CHILD by Neil Devlin - a Glaswegian man’s on his first trip to London told in a literary style.
HATFUL OF HOLLOWAY by Mark Piggott - weird story about two men on a pub crawl down Holloway Road, which ended too abruptly.
DEAD ANGELS by Lane Ashfeldt - okay read about a girl living in a squat and working in a graveyard.
DO ME A FAVOUR by James Sanderson - neat revenge tale about a man who helps a friend carry out an attack.
SEARCHING FOR THE VIRGIN by Mary McCluskey - competent story about two sisters evoking old memories.
MY LONDON by Julie Rayne - fictionalised memoir of a young singer trying to make it in London based on Julie’s own experiences.
LITTLE SISTER by Eula Harrison - chilling poem about violence.
GOLDEN STORIES by Mohammed Aram Choudhry - a man’s memories of his childhood in India, which felt as if it should have been longer.
The Verdict:
Pulp.Net’s anthology of short stories, extracts and poems is a bit of a mixed bag with some pieces definitely working better than others. However, they do all have something that should interest anyone familiar with Islington in London and as such, it’s worth a browse.
Pulp Net is a webspace that feels like a book. It’s also a headspace where anyone can write, if they want to.
Set anywhere from the Angel to the relatively unexplored literary territory in the wilds of Holloway, these are stores that will make you laugh, cry, swear or perhaps remember past lives of Islington that only you carry around with you.
A mixed bag anthology of prose and poetry celebrating Islington life that should interest anyone familiar with the area.
NOTABLE MENTIONS THE STATUE by Charlie Mayor - a man’s convinced that a statue is moving in an overwritten story.
HOLLOWAY ROAD by Nigel Nicholson - an intriguing extract about a newspaper vendor who becomes involved with a strange think tank.
GLASS IS SO EASY TO BREAK by Sarah Macleod - well observed story about a relationship breakdown.
CORNMEAL PUDDING by Eula Harrison - a poem about and recipe for making polenta.
THE FATAL ADVANTAGE by Joe Ambrose – follows a man with Islamic extremist sympathies. Cold and brutal, it lingered after I finished the book.
GHOSTS by Andrew Lloyd-Jones - a strange, aimless story about an old man in a coffee shop.
ODD SOCK ANGEL by Karen Byrne - an okay story about a woman concerned about a strange man who follows her.
YOUR SINGLE VOICE by Shaun Levin - a relationship between two men mostly told through dialogue, which didn’t work for me.
RULES OF THE GAME by Phoebia Freeman - an extract about a 12 year-old boy who plays off his divorced parents against each other, which was amusing but not new.
POP GOES THE WEASEL by Julie Balloo - another competent relationship break down story.
TRANSCRIPT OF AN IMMIGRANT LOVE TRIANGLE by Sulaiman Addonia - a man cuckolds his friend to a telegraphed pay-off.
LONDON CHILD by Neil Devlin - a Glaswegian man’s on his first trip to London told in a literary style.
HATFUL OF HOLLOWAY by Mark Piggott - weird story about two men on a pub crawl down Holloway Road, which ended too abruptly.
DEAD ANGELS by Lane Ashfeldt - okay read about a girl living in a squat and working in a graveyard.
DO ME A FAVOUR by James Sanderson - neat revenge tale about a man who helps a friend carry out an attack.
SEARCHING FOR THE VIRGIN by Mary McCluskey - competent story about two sisters evoking old memories.
MY LONDON by Julie Rayne - fictionalised memoir of a young singer trying to make it in London based on Julie’s own experiences.
LITTLE SISTER by Eula Harrison - chilling poem about violence.
GOLDEN STORIES by Mohammed Aram Choudhry - a man’s memories of his childhood in India, which felt as if it should have been longer.
The Verdict:
Pulp.Net’s anthology of short stories, extracts and poems is a bit of a mixed bag with some pieces definitely working better than others. However, they do all have something that should interest anyone familiar with Islington in London and as such, it’s worth a browse.
