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Alex Aldred

Tag: Events & Releases

Out Now: F.R.I.E.D.S.

September 5, 2020 itsmeyourfriendalex News & Announcements

You may remember that time last year when four friends and I had a manic night and made a zine. Well, at some point early in 2020 – before quarantine, and all it entailed – it happened again. Back in, hmm, February I think, my partner and I took two […]

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Proof I’m Not Dead: New Content Online

August 3, 2020 itsmeyourfriendalex News & Announcements

That’s right, I’m not dead. In fact, I never was. The body you grieved for so painfully at my open-casket funeral? A hyperrealistic waxwork dummy. The footage you watched, hand to mouth, of me being suffocated to death by an anteater after it mistook me for a mound? All done […]

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Out Now: Cursed Objects & Us

November 8, 2019 itsmeyourfriendalex News & Announcements

In July I announced that three friends and I were putting together and releasing a zine of art and poetry, with the proceeds going to the mental health charity Self Help. At the time I said the zine would be out before the end of the month, because oh boy […]

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New Release: Bones of God

August 1, 2019 itsmeyourfriendalex News & Announcements

It’s the middle of the evening and you’re alone in the house. You’re on the couch, in front of the TV, remote dangling in your loose grip. You’re watching Love Island, I think. Suddenly I rise seamlessly through the floor, the carpet undulating like the surface of a pool, and […]

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Coming Soon: Cursed Objects & Us

July 11, 2019 itsmeyourfriendalex News & Announcements

How’s it going! I’ve decided to break up my day and yours with an announcement for one of those weird other projects I keep banging on about. Esteemed guests, please put your hands together for Cursed Objects & Us. I’ve spoken a little bit about the genesis of this project […]

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This Week: Open Mics in Lancaster!

June 18, 2019 itsmeyourfriendalex News & Announcements

Hi all! Now the site’s live I can start making posts keeping you all up to date on all the FUN THINGS I’m getting up to. For example: this week I’ll be shambling along to two different open mic nights in Lancaster! On Friday 21st I’ll be reading at the […]

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Recent Posts

  • New Poem in the Cumberland River Review
  • Poetry Annotated: Six More New Poems
  • New Poem in Vagabonds
  • New Poem in the Good Works Review
  • Tales from the Shipwreck (v)
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