There's Something Going Round

Added on 28 January 2009

Douglas Lindsay is currently writing the upcoming blockbuster, The Final Cut. The following first appeared in his Letter From Belgrade on 11th February 2005: Whenever your kid gets sick and you mention it to another parent, there is a kneejerk response. 'There's something going round.' It's impossib...

Battle of the Books

Added on 27 January 2009

Douglas Lindsay is currently engaged in writing The Final Cut, the upcoming barbershop death junkie comedy blockbuster. The following first appeared in his Letter From Belgrade on 21st May 2004: This week, in keeping with the general feel of the Letter From Belgrade since it's inaugruation some eigh...

In the city of Hull...

Added on 26 January 2009

Two of Two, as wise and grubby an eight year-old wee boy as there is, started writing a story at the weekend, Chapter 2 of which began: It was September the 3rd and it was raining very heavily on Twist Street. Marcus lived on Twist. He lived in number 99 with his two brothers. They were plotting to ...

Revenge of the Shit

Added on 23 January 2009

Douglas Lindsay remains locked in the cupboard under the stairs working feverishly on the seventh Barney Thomson novel, The Final Cut. The following first appeared in his Letter From Belgrade on 2nd February 2005: A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, lived a little boy. His was a hard life, (...

We Come At Last To The Great Faecal Examination Of Our Times

Added on 22 January 2009

Douglas Lindsay is currently writing The Final Cut. The following first appeared in his Letter From Belgrade on 25th January 2005: The double windows in the downstairs bathroom rattled eerily in the wind. The one on the outside with a loud, incessant clatter, keeping rhythm with the beating wings of...