The Corridor of Closing Lines
M.J. Nicholls is the author of A Postmodern Belch and co-editor at Verbivoracious Press. He lives in Glasgow.
Table of Contents
Title page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
The Corridor of Opening Lines
This Lexicographically Limber Universe
The Vertical Victor
Cal’s Tour: High-Quality Literary Fiction
This: 1
The Trauma Rooms: 1
Books no longer in print
Mhairi: 1
A Better Life: 1
The Farewell, Author! Conference: 1
Cal’s Tour: Middlebrow Fiction
Puff: The Unloved Son: 1
This: 2
The Trauma Rooms: 2
A Commission Gone Awry
Mhairi: 2
A Better Life: 2
The Farewell, Author! Conference: 2
A Blast of Kirsty
Writer Portraits: The Great(est) Opaquist
Cal’s Tour: Scottish Interest Books
This: 3
The Trauma Rooms: 3
Puff: The Unloved Son: 2
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Mhairi: 3
The Jesus Memos
A Better Life: 3
The Farewell, Author! Conference: 3
I opened the wrong door
This: 4
The Trauma Rooms: 4
The Basement
Mhairi: 4
Cal’s Tour: Science Fiction
A Better Life: 4
The Farewell, Author! Conference: 4
Things to do before writing the next paragraph
Puff: The Unloved Son: 3
Mhairi: 5
Writer Portraits: The New Writer
This: 5
The Trauma Rooms: 5
The Corridor of Cheap Commodities
A Better Life: 5
The Farewell, Author! Conference: 5
Mhairi: 6
I said thanks Mum
Cal’s Tour: Romance
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This: 6
The Trauma Rooms: 6
Puff: The Unloved Son: 4
A Better Life: 6
The Farewell, Author! Conference: 6
Mhairi: 7
Alice: A Fictional Serviette
Cal’s Tour: Toilet Books
This: 7
The Trauma Rooms: 7
Writer Portraits: Movements
A Better Life: 7
The Farewell, Author! Conference: 7
Mhairi: 8
Writing into the future
This: 8
The Trauma Rooms: 8
C.M. Horvath’s Almost Girlfriend
A Better Life: 8
The Farewell, Author! Conference: 8
Bizarro Tim
Mhairi: 9
This: 9
The Trauma Rooms: 9
A Better Life: 9
The Farewell, Author! Conference: 9
The Two Poems of Archie Dennissss
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This: 10
The Trauma Rooms: 10
Writer Portraits: The Beekeeper
A Better Life: 10
The Farewell, Author! Conference: 10
The Corridor of Closing Lines
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