In October, Alistair Rey was invited to give a reading in Yekaterinburg, Russia. He released a single photo, made available through secondary sources:

Fiction and Parafiction from Alistair Rey and Associates
In October, Alistair Rey was invited to give a reading in Yekaterinburg, Russia. He released a single photo, made available through secondary sources:
Just in time for the new year, the anthology Transcendent published by Transmundane Press is now available. The anthology features new works from Anthony Buoni, Alistair Rey, Chris Campeau and many others.
by Alistair Rey
Conference Room C of the Detroit Marriott looks as though a tornado has torn through it. A long banquet table anchored on either side by two half-drained punch bowls sits in the corner, its surface littered with paper plates, upturned wine bottles and discarded plastic cups. The tablecloth, pristine white earlier that morning, is now dotted with crumbs and maroon punch stains. Patches of the vermillion colored carpet are discernible through the refuse of over-sized placards, posters and leaflets haphazardly strewn across the floor. The janitorial staff mills about in resigned agitation, waiting for the remaining guests to vacate the premises. The scene is reminiscent of a dwindling party, that last hour when the crowd has thinned leaving only a few late night stragglers with no particular place to be. Something has obviously happened here. Continue reading “The Political Life of Richard Pryor”
A recent blog post that examines Poe, Lovecraft and the aesthetic of horror writing. As Rey claims in this piece, horror as a genre is akin to “the elephant man we return to night after night.”
Continue reading “A Horror So Sublime: From Poe to The Elephant Man”
Transmundane Press recently sat down with Alistair Rey to discuss his story for their upcoming volume, writing in general and the pros of necromancy. The interview is available here.
The transcripts for Radio 4, 23 July 2013.
Interview with: Alistair Rey
Radio 4: You have been active in a variety of political campaigns as of late. Your stance has claimed to be in favor of European integration, but does this accurately describe your platform?
AR: Yes and no. I support European integration in the abstract, but I am not technically involved in politics. I write political articles (call it propaganda if you want). I think of myself as a hired gun. It’s mercenary politics, if anything.
Radio 4: On that subject, were you definitely hired by the government of Romania to generate political propaganda?
AR: Yes, definitively. Continue reading “The Radio 4 Interview with Alistair Rey”
— So, Mr. Edinger, tell us about your recent trip to Boston?
— Actually, I was in Cambridge, which is a municipality across the Charles River in an entirely different county.
— Okay then, tell us about (ahem) Cambridge.
— There is nothing to say about a business trip really. Although I’ve come to believe that I am prone to anxiety. Continue reading “Conversation Piece with Jeremey Erdinger”