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<p>We are back with the 13th episode of We All Float Down Here — A Stephen King podcast. Our last of 2025 (on YouTube) and first of 2026 (here on other podcast services and Substack) is our second “Richard Bachman”...

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<p>Snag is a nasty wee story that includes violence and discussion of sexual assault. It’s flippant, provocative, and probably downright brutal. But that’s up to each individual to decide. So if you think you’re better...

<p>This time last year we launched my second book of poetry, The Richard Poems.</p><p>The launch was at the clothing and barber store, That Was Then This Is Now, not only a magical place to get a great haircut or some...

<p><p>Sounds Good! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></p><p></p><p>Most people think the “Mary, Mary, quite contrary” thing is...

<p>It’s been five years since we launched my first book of poetry, The Death of Music Journalism. </p><p>I did a little audio podcast at the time sharing some of the story behind the writing of the poems, the making of...

<p>Here’s a reading of a short story (which might also be a poem, depending on how you hear it) called Bumper Boats.</p><p>You can read below an earlier version of this — there are some slight changes in the reading vs...

<p>We are back with the 11th episode of We All Float Down Here — A Stephen King podcast. Our third of 2025 is our first “Richard Bachman” episode. King famously wrote a bunch of books as Richard Bachman, later...

<p>Here is a podcast recording of my short story ‘Reverie Gone Astray’, from the third ‘Say The Thing’ spoken word evening, recorded, July 23, 2025.</p><p>You can listen to it here on Substack, or wherever you get...

<p>We are back with the eleventh episode of We All Float Down Here — A Stephen King podcast. Our third of 2025 is King’s first collaboration, The Talisman, written with fellow horror scribe, Peter Straub. There would be...

<p>You can read the text below — and/or click on the arrow above to listen to the podcast of the story (also available on Sweetman Podcast on Spotify, Amazon, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts)</p><p>Michaela...

<p>Here’s three brand new poems from me at the regular Poetry in Motion open mic at the Fringe Bar in Wellington.</p><p>My first time reading there in a couple of months. I debuted three new poems which you can click on...

<p>Just mucking around with stories — so these are two different readings of the same story. The audio and video are separate recordings, so you can listen to the audio above on its own, or with reading the story below...

<p>I haven’t made a bit of music for a while. Some would say I never have — including after hearing any of the pieces. Fair enough.</p><p>With that in mind, here’s my most recent. A wee piece I call New Coat. I guess I...

<p>I always knew when my grandfather had come home too boozed, or sometimes it was even on a night when he’d just drift in his chair. The whiskey had done a number on him again. There’d be some noise and then my...