August 2012 – Sabotage

‘Sonnets for Luke’ by Emily Critchley and ‘The Golem’ by Richard Watt

August 31, 2012 Editor Emily Critchley, holdfire press, John Berryman, Richard Watt, Rob A. Mackenzie

– Reviewed by Rob A. Mackenzie– I don’t know what I expected from Emily Critchley’s Sonnets for Luke, but it

‘Goldfish Tears’ by Curtis Ackie

August 30, 2012 Editor Curtis Ackie, Fiction, Nick Sweeney, self published

-Reviewed by Nick Sweeney– Arguably, one approach to the short story is to take ordinary people and show extraordinary events

Online Magazine

Lies/Isle (The Horror Issue)

August 24, 2012 Editor Anne Carson, Ben Segal, Clayton T. Michaels, David Peak, Elizabeth Witte, Erik Wennermark, Helen Vitora, James Tadd Adcox, John Galsworthy, Ken Baumann, Lies/Isle, Mitch Patrick, Nate Dorr, Thomas White, Tyann Prentice, William Vandenberg

-Reviewed by Thomas White– Lies/Isle declare that they invite submissions dealing with

‘#romance’ by Jess Green

August 22, 2012 Editor Beckham, Coronation Street, Éireann Lorsung, Ezra Pound, holdfire press, Jess Green, Match.com, Outkast, Primark, Red Stripe, Royal wedding, Shakespeare, Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, TS Eliot, Twitter Poetry

-Reviewed by Éireann Lorsung– Imagine—maybe this is easy, maybe you have to strain a bit—that time when you were just

‘How Many Camels Is Too Many?’ by Colette Sensier

August 20, 2012 Editor Adrienne Rich, Colette Sensier, Éireann Lorsung, holdfire press

-Reviewed by Éireann Lorsung– There is an essay by the poet Adrienne Rich entitled “Tourism and Promised Lands” (it’s in

‘Pub Stuntman’ by Tim Clare

August 17, 2012 Editor Charlie Wordsworth, John Cooper Clarke, Mr T., Nasty Little Press, Seán Hewitt, Stephen Quinn, Tim Clare, Vic Reeves

They dragged him from the podium the mic fell slack and squealed and back inside his hotel room his tortured

‘Human Shade’ by Robert Peake

August 13, 2012 Editor Lost Horse Press, Martha Sprackland, Marvin Bell, Robert Peake

-Reviewed by Martha Sprackland– if what is true brings us sorrow, if what sorrow brings is truth… (‘Desdemona’s Apology’)

Pamphlets Short Stories

‘Braking Distance’ by Calum Kerr

August 11, 2012 Editor Calum Kerr, Claire Trévien, Edward Chell, Erbacce Press, In the Company of Ghosts, Romeo and Juliet, salt modern voices, salt publishing

-Reviewed by Claire Trévien– Of late, motorways appear to be enjoying some sort of a renaissance among creative writers. Erbacce

Festival Spoken Word

Edinburgh Reviews Day 7 (07/08/12) part 2: The Girl with No Heart, Evie and the Perfect Cupcake, Ash Dickinson @ the Inky Fingers Minifest

August 10, 2012 Editor Ash Dickinson, Dana Bubulj, Edinburgh Fringe, Evie and the Perfect Cupcake, Graeme Hawley, Inky Fingers, James Webster, performance poetry, Pulp Fiction Books, Sparkle and Dark Travelling Players, Spoken Word, The Girl With No Heart, Tina Sederholm

– reviewed by James Webster and Dana Bubulj – These are the last of the Edinburgh reviews from Sabotage’s Performance Editor James Webster and

Festival Spoken Word

Edinburgh Reviews Day 7 (07/08/12) part 1: Oddlie, Charlie Dupré Presents the Tales of Shakey P, Perle, Other Voices: Alternative Spoken Word

August 10, 2012 Editor Alison Brumfitt, Bag of Beans Productions, Charlie Dupré, Chella Quint, Dana Bubulj, Dancing Brick, Edinburgh Fringe, Fay Roberts, Harry Baker, Hip-Hop, James Webster, Lucy Ayrton, Oddlie, Other Voices: Alternative Spoken Word, performance poetry, Perle, Rap, Sarah Thomasin, Spoken Word, The Stories of Shakey P

– reviewed by James Webster and Dana Bubulj – These are the last of the Edinburgh reviews from Sabotage’s Performance