The One With The Cupcakes

Added on 02 November 2009

It was a chill Hallowe'en afternoon. One of Two was going to her pal's for a sleepover and had done the requisite dressing-up preparation. Two of Two had been invited to a party, which required not only costume but the bringing along of a dish of creepy food. Two of Two had been well warned by The P...

The Final Cut Update

Added on 01 November 2009

The Financial Times has reported that sales of The Final Cut for October are the highest for a single month of any of the company's titles since Long Midnight Publishing was created in 2001. In searching for an explanation for this upsurge, perhaps one need look no further than these recent reports ...

On Rumours Of A Take-Over Move For Glasgow Rangers

Added on 30 October 2009

Today Long Midnight Publishing artistic director, Elvis Shackleton, talks to Douglas Lindsay about rumours sweeping the web that Long Midnight Publishing are about to make a daring and exciting stock market bid to take over ailing Scottish football giants, Glasgow Rangers. ES: There’s all this...

First Words III

Added on 23 October 2009

Sir Walter Scott opened Ivanhoe with: In that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and valleys which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster; Proulx opens...

First Words II

Added on 20 October 2009

Orwell opened Animal Farm with: Mr Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes; Ishiguro opens The Remains of the Day with the words: It seems increasingly likely that I really will undertake the expedition that has been preo...