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The Gods in the Jungle - a Kalieda novel
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Set on a planet far from Earth, The Gods in the Jungle is an investigation of the drives and desires, fears and beliefs of the various peoples and classes of a crumbling society, through the eyes of those immediately involved in events which threaten to bring an Empire to its knees.
The RikVerse
The RikVerse website is a living book of poems, regularly revised and updated with new work as the muse I ride sees fit
22 Facets of my Father
A set of poems loosely inspired by the Major Arcana tarot cards, investigating the relationship between a father and a son.
hardcopy: £2.49 + p&p
Play Time
These 22 poems are some of my earlier work, from the poems that survived the post-puberty bonfire up to around the turn of the century.
hardcopy: £2.49 + p&p
From Each Skull, A Story
None of the people described in these poems are real – they've all emerged fully formed from my imagination. Feel free to draw whatever conclusions you like from this admission.
hardcopy: £1.99 + p&p
Poems to Quote to your Lover
In this collection, I am proud to present you with some love. These poems deal with loves and relationships in all their wonderful and woeful manifestations.
hardcopy: £1.99 + p&p
The RikVerse: volume 1
Includes all four of the above chapbooks, at half the price!
hardcopy: £4.99 + p&p
Other bits of Rik across the web
The RikVerse Website
The Kalieda Encyclopaedia
The Rikweb forum
Rik's Issuu page
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In Memory of Ed Ochester, Poet & Editor, RIP - We have asked Ed Ochester (above) to edit our Sunday poetry pages for the next few months. Here is one of Ed's poems: March of the Penguins The editor of N...7 months ago
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Home Again, Home Again - Got back from Pennsylvania a week ago, where I visited with the WCSU MFA program to read from *Made to Explode*, which won last year's Housatonic Book A...8 months ago
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Sunday Sciku | Seedy Places - Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered what amounts to a reflexive negativity bias in our sense of smell, showing that bad smel...2 years ago
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A Poetics of the Zeitgeist by Amy King - Please check out my latest pandemic-inspired essay on poetry and capitalism at Jacket Magazine – EXCERPT: Poetry is a low-stakes celebratory game in the la...3 years ago
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Jason Tandon - Born in Hartford, CT in 1975, Jason Tandon is the author of four books of poetry, including *The Actual World*, *Quality of Life*, and *Give Over the Hec...3 years ago
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Learn The Magic Of Making Up With An Old Boyfriend - If you have recently broken up with the one who was likely to be there forever, there is a good chance you are devastated. It can be very overwhelming to t...6 years ago
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Are Rappers . . . Secret Oulipians? - As it's been getting darker and colder over the last few weeks, and the whole premise of leaving the house looks like a scam designed to entrap the dimmest...6 years ago
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As ants go - As ants go There’s something too deceitful in it, too like Fido playing fetch, a rotor tail of happiness. And back the stick comes through a swamp or thorn...6 years ago
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Magma 68 ‘Margins’ launches on July 28th - The launch of Magma 68 will be on Friday 28th July, 7pm at London Review Bookshop, 14-16 Bury Pl, Bloomsbury, London WC1A 2JL. Guest readers are Fleur Adco...6 years ago
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Still Life with a Hundred Crucifixions - Aaron Smith's new collection, PRIMER, is due from Pitt on October 5 of this year. Here's a dead-on comment from Tracy K. Smith about Aaron's work: "*Aaron ...7 years ago
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Thieves, Pharaohs & Mexican Daredevils - Brandon Whitehead’s collection *Thieves, Pharaohs & Mexican Daredevils* is published by Spartan Press. The title promises a captivating collection and does...7 years ago
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Announcement in Monorhyme - I’m on the brink–I’m back I think,And I won’t blinkAt scattering inkOr making a stink—I’ll never shrinkFrom rhyme, or linkTo folly, or winkAnd have a drink...7 years ago
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Poems from NaPo 2015 – Second Week, and … - April 8 2015: Bloodlist April murder count: 40 ———-and counting. Most at risk from homicide: young men. ———-86% of homicides globally. —————I want to disbe...8 years ago
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Basti by Intizar Husain - This is a Pakistani novel from 1979, set during Bangladesh’s war of independence from Pakistan, but with lots of flashbacks — to a pre-Partition life in In...8 years ago
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Tips Menghilangkan Bau Kulkas - Tips untuk menghilangkan bau dari kulkas Anda - Menyingkirkan bau buruk di kulkas dapat menjadi mimpi buruk tetapi tidak mustahil. Jika Anda memiliki bau b...8 years ago
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My choice cuts from Edinburgh Fringe - Just back from Edinburgh, where I saw 20 shows in 5 days. OK, 19. We were 2 minutes late for one, and missed out. Two of the shows were at the Book Festiva...8 years ago
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March Reading Schedule - Hope to see some of you! March 5 Sarah Lawrence College Class visit March 12-14 Aetna Writer-in-Residence University of Connecticut Storrs, CT...10 years ago
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Hell and havoc: Christian Wiman on writing poetry - Poet Christian Wiman, author of Every Riven Thing, took part in a Q. & A. with The New York Times this week that touched on faith, health and his "slim and...11 years ago
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Cutting Food Waste - Poetry prizes? Plagiarism? Verses off-by-heart in schools? I have missed out on all the contemporary hot literary topics, but I do have something to say...11 years ago
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I know you haven't been on this blog for a couple of months but I just wanted to drop you a note to say that I downloaded "The Gods in the Jungle", am 91% of the way through, and am anxiously hoping that there will be a sequel or sequels. Love the world, but love even more the story being told in the book. Read some of the encyclopaedia but I find that, as with Tolkien, I'm more interested in the characters and their little conflicts than in the big sweep of history and geography that you're laying out. But it's great to be able to dip into the world when I have questions about it.
ReplyDeleteSo here's a glowing review (well, take it for granted) and a plea -- write more books, Rik! About Kalieda, please.