“Ymir” and “The dwarfs” were written for another of Nicky Mortlock’s projects, the Norse-inspired Nine Realms.
“Anatomy of a mannequin” was published in 2015 as a book called The Mannequin, with beautiful colour illustrations by Susan Omand.
“Mr Dudd is not an easy way out of the day” was originally a series of tweets, all written on an iPhone, using QuickType (a predictive keyboard that suggests three possible words or phrases, in response to the last word typed or selected). Apart from the name Mr Dudd and the occasional word I threw in as a curve-ball (for example, “war”, “buried” and “forged”), all of the words in the tweets were selected from those presented by QuickType. It was an enjoyable exercise that revealed a lot about Apple’s perception of its customers. At every turn, QuickType invited me to write about family, friends, my nails, my hair, how much I love X. It often suggested I write about smartphone technology (“uninstall and reinstall”). The personal pronouns “I”, “me” and “my” were never more than a few word choices away. Best of all, the tweets were wonderfully unnatural, absurd, like fragments from English as She is Spoke or La Cantatrice chauve.
“13 reflections on the House of Mirrors” and “Eve in the House of Mirrors” are spin-offs from a long-standing collaboration with Viviana Hinojosa, a phenomenally talented artist from Mexico.
“The Glitch Witch” is part of a collaboration with Abbie Foxton and Adam Wimbush. I wrote the text and sent it (minus section divisions) to Abbie, who recorded herself reading it. She then passed the sound files to Adam, to weave into a soundscape. The audio Glitch Witch should be available for download some time in 2016.
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