Words.

Available Now.

My novel, the black car leaving , has now sold out. You can read the whole of it in serialized form on this blog. Alternatively, you can download it as a free PDF or order it as a print on demand book for a small fee from this project.   

I’ve recently published You Are Here; six stories by Eddie Willson. This 60 page, A5 collection of stories is available for a bargain £1 plus postage. Check the Shop page for details. The contents include, Winterland, The Power of Love, Thankful Sturdy, Fifteen Minutes, Punch, and Glimmer. If you want to read a sample story, you can read one by following this link to Laura Hird’s website.

Also available is my new one-shot how-to zine- Publish and Be Published; how to publish a novel DIY style, and sell it for the price of a shop-bought sandwich, without ending up skint or suicidal. It costs 60p per copy plus postage. See the Shop page for details. You can read a review of it in the Federation of Worker Writers and Community Publishers’ magazine by following this link, or by checking out the Press page.

Just out, for a slightly more specialized readership, is my booklet of literary criticism based on my Master’s dissertation; A Different Story – the British working class novel between 1914 – 1939. It’s yours for £1 plus postage from the Shop. Alternatively, you can download it as a free PDF or order it as a print on demand book for a small fee from this project.   

Read Me.

You can read my debut novel online here.

Publishing Credits.

Here's a list of short stories, non-fiction and longer work I’ve had published.  

Winterland, published in Stand magazine, Spring 1999.

The black car leaving, my novel, published by Self, Self, Self Publishing , June 2002. Currently sold out in its original format.

The nice lady you used to come in with, published in Splizz magazine, September 2003. Available for £1.30 from Amanda Morgan, 4 St Mary’s Rise, Burry Port, Carms, SA16 0SH. Cheques payable to Amanda Morgan.

The Power of Love, published in X Magazine, Spring 2003.

Thankful Sturdy, published in Any Dream Will Do magazine issue number 5, January 2004. Newpages.com reviewed this issue of the mag and singled out my story as their favourite. Read more on the Press page. 

Glimmer, published in Straight From the Fridge, February 2004.

Fifteen Minutes, published in Plain Brown Wrapper, June/July 2004. Published on floppy disk which is only readable on a Mac, so don’t all rush at once. You can get a copy by sending $2 to Richard Freeman, 513 N. Central Avenue, Fairborn, Ohio, OH 45324, USA.

Bench and Punch, published in The Greenwich Pirate, June 2004.

Where Was I?, published in the Underground Literary Alliance Blog, first week of August 2004.

Both Eyes Open, published in Verbicide # 13, March 2005. You can find out more at the zine’s website. 

Back From the Sea, published in Spiked Magazine issue 16, July 2005. Visit their site to see how to get hold of a copy. You can read a review of the magazine, which gives a favourable mention to my story, on the Press page.

A Streetmap Named Desire, published in UK magazine the Quiet Feather issue 5, September 2005. See their site for details for how to buy a copy.

Romance, published in Peeks and Valleys Vol5, number 4, October 2005. Visit the mag’s site to check availability. 

The Last Gang in Town, published in In Our Own Words, volume 6, December 2005.

Mick’s Goodbye, published in issue 10 of Delivered magazine, September 2006. You can check out Delivered’s site here. 

Ambition, a piece on the Subway Sect song of the same name appears in issue 15 of Laura Hird’s website.

The black car leaving and A Different Story, made available free as part of an art project in Sweden, October 2006. Follow this link for details.

Press.                                                                                                                                                     

If it’s the sort of thing that matters to you, you can read what various zinesters have said about my writing by following this link.

All content on the site is copyright Eddie Willson © 1994-2004. Please don’t reproduce any of it without asking first. You can email me at eddiewillson2000(at)yahoo.co.uk if you’ve got questions or feedback about my work, or you just want to get in touch.   

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