Testament

Praise for VELLUM:

"Overwhelming in its complexity, sumptuous in its recitation, this is a truly monumental work."

-- The Good Book Guide

What you have been taught, lover of the sublime, is a lie that made you live a lie...

In the 21st century, a scalpel slices bible pages, passages spliced to restore lost truth. In the days of King Herod, the messias rises, calling to black sheep: walk

The Boy Who Loved Death

Praise for the previous short story collection, SCRUFFIANS!:

"... a wickedly entertaining collection of short fiction fantastical and queer in nature—full of “scruffians and scamps and sodomites,” with some pirates and fairies besides. These stories range from comedic romps to lyrical and meditative explorations on the nature of meaning-making, while Duncan’s engaging and clever voice

Fantasycon Schedule

Having managed to scrape up some dosh and cadge a lift, this coming weekend I shall be at Fantasycon in Nottingham. Here's where you can find me:

FRIDAY 23rd OCTOBER

Room: The bar
X.00pm Arriving, Drinking, Saying Hi
Do they have Guinness? Hey, how's things? What're you having? Can you watch this while I go for a fag? Wait, what time is--fuck, I have a panel!

Immoderator: Hal Duncan
Panellists

Cover Reveal: Testament

A Song for David Cameron

(with apologies to the MC5)

Right now...
Right now...
It's time to...
FUCK ALL THE HAMS, MOTHERFUCKER!!!

*guitar riff kicks in*

Well I feel pretty good
And I guess that I could
Fuck gammon now maybe.
We all like some head
And I'm horny, he said,
David Cameron, baby.
You know how I want it,
That pork hot and tight.
My cock can't stand it
If it's cooled overnight.
So lemme leave you the spam...

The Island of the Pirate Gods

The Island of the Pirate Gods teaser from Hal Duncan on Vimeo.

Sad Puppy

PLAY:




SING:

Sad Puppy get up get coffee

Sad Puppy go to work

Sad Puppy write awesome fiction

For SJW jerks

Jerks say Sad Puppy very diligent

But his output stink

His work not "functional" or "elegant"

What do Sad Puppy think?

Sad Puppy think SJW want to kill science fiction out of spite

Sad Puppy not racist, just prick

Sad Puppy not sexist, just dick



Sad Puppy hate Hugos

Sad

And a Pinch of Salt

Issue 15 of Farrago's Wainscot as my latest short story, "And a Pinch of Salt," up there on the interwebs for your perusal. Click through for a tale of Anselm and cocksucking:


God works in mysterious ways—down strange back-alleys mostly, in enchanting side-streets off the boulevard, past the corner boys and through, between the narrow of tenement walls warped to concave overhangs, weird tiered