Publications: Anthems and Album Tracks & Occam's Blunt Instrument [w/Paul Neads]
Dr Dermot Glennon was born in air and educated in, amongst other places, his clothes. He co-authored, with Adam Irving, the biting collection of observational poetry, Karma Veranda [Mucusart, 2003], and his first solo poetry collection, Songs of an Unprepossessing, Normal and Plain Character, was published by Knives Forks and Spoons Press in 2010. Dermot is a Silver Stake Slam-winning performer, regular contributor to printed page and web publications, prize-winning author of short stories covering many genres, and is possibly one of the greatest poets of the last century, by virtue of this being subjective and non-specific as to which one of the greatest.

Anthems and Album Tracks
Commensurate reading pleasure by way of exchange of the cover price
Poetry | ISBN 9780955509292 | pb | 112pp | £6.50

 

Hi, my name's Dermot.
I write macabre poems
all about death.
This one's a haiku,
it's called: 'The Introduction',
it goes like this:
"Hi, my name's Dermot.
I write macabre poems
all about death."

- from Isn't It Just Like Talking Only More Shit?

 

Open the door of this book and step into the universe of Dermot Glennon and you may not be able to get out again. You may not want to. You may want to get help. Arranged in broadly thematic chapters with style guide introductions and explanations of the underlying ideas and philosophies that led to the writing of the poems within, this book also benefits from a design that fits most standard bookshelves and coffee tables.

 

"Dermot's poetry is like a horror film. You want to hide but you can't stop yourself looking" - Rod Tame, Write Out Loud
"A mystery ranging from everywhere to nowhere, calling for an intelligent open mind. Funny, hard and relatable" - Lauren Bolger, Paradox
"Like a picture by Escher, only funnier. Behind the formal mastery and strong sense of order lies real depth, sometimes constructed from a cleverly realised unreality. And when the harlequin mask is occasionally dropped the illusion is punctured by a startling emotional honesty" - Simon Rennie, Inn Verse

 

Contents: Anthems and Album Tracks; Section 1- Confessions of a nut; Section 2- The emulation of musical instruments; Section 3- Straightforward horror; Section 4- Gibberish and bored chicanery; Section 5- The entertainment manifesto; Section 6- Love poems; Section 7- The result of bizarre experiments; Section 8- Miscellany; Epilogue

Occam's Blunt Instrument [w/Paul Neads]
The most insanely convoluted explanation is usually the most amusing!
Fiction/Short Stories | ISBN 9780954281663 | pb | 120pp | now only £4.50

 

"History records that William de Ockham stated: "Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate", in what came to be known as Occam's Razor - a hugely influential tool to the philosopher. This is normally paraphrased in translation as, "The simplest explanation is the one most likely to be true." Tragically, he is not recorded as having stated that "the most insanely convoluted explanation is by far the most entertaining", in what didn't come to be known as Occam's Blunt Instrument."

 

Bad reality day? Maybe you need Occam's Blunt Instrument. If the face of a ghastly fiend suddenly appears in your mirror, do you book an appointment with the beauty therapist or the vicar? Ever had an out-of-body experience only to forget where you parked it? Have you ever worried about the chemicals they put into your homeopathic medicines and later been disappointed on looking them up in a reference book? Or, perhaps, you have stared so intently into the darkness looking for ghosts that your eyes have gone funny and actually seen some... If you are tired of the mundane and decidedly unsuper natural world then this collection of over 20 short stories is the prescribed restorative.

 

"Razor sharp" - Salford Advertiser
"Utterly superb! I savoured the richness and splendour of the language like a fine wine" - Marvin Cheeseman, poet & comedian
"Short sweet and to a very obtuse point, these short stories had me laughing out loud. Just the right size to digest a quick one over your break, I cannot recommend it highly enough" - amazon review

 

[Left: Authors Glennon and Neads launching their collection at Manchester's New Aeon Books.]
Contents: Glennon - God Chambers; Code Brown; The Short Path; A Private Collector of the Paranormal; Alexander; A Tale of Two Halves; Nature's Law; Mistaken Identity; The Portent; The Gleninovsky Paradox; The Kingdom of Onania. Neads - Sleepless in Settle; Car Trouble;Goff Coff; With Added; Quod Erat Demonstrandum; The Curious Case of the End Terrace House; Reality Cheque; Up the Stick; Dessert Storm; This Time, it's Personals; F.F.Pfiffin, BA(Hons), CIMA, FCIS, PsyMed. Neads/Glennon - Revelation

Buy Dermot's books from our online shop, via PayPal or cheque payable to Flapjack Press. Also available from Amazon, major bookstores' online ordering options and selected independent bookstores including Cornerhouse in Manchester.

 

ã Flapjack Press, 2011