His brain aflame with all the ideas it had conjured

Mechanical ducks, shark women that taste of liquorice, perverted sexual shenanigans in cramped office spaces, double-crossing Nazi apologists, bald-headed cultural subversives and celebrity deer-culling - this is just a glimpse into the wonderful and frightening world of Perverted by Language, a collection of fiction inspired by The Fall.

Featuring contributions from Niall Griffiths, Matthew David Scott, Jeff VanderMeer, Mick Jackson, Carlton Mellick III, Nick Johnstone, John Williams, Nick Stone, Michel Faber, Nicholas Royle, Steve Aylett, Stav Sherez, Peter Wild, Nicholas Blincoe, Clare Dudman, Kevin MacNeil, Andrew Holmes, Helen Walsh, Stewart Lee, Richard Evans, Matt Thorne, Matt Beaumont & Rebbecca Ray.

Set to be published by Serpent's Tail in June 2007. You can preorder copies of the book here
The book will be launched as part of the inaugural Manchester International Festival.
There will be a gig by The Fall at the Ritz in Manchester on Sunday 1 July 2007, with readings from Stewart Lee, Rebbecca Ray & Andrew Holmes. You can buy tickets for the gig here.

Highly recommend this book, and the gig will be class no doubt. Been commissioned to write for the Joy Division one next year, provided biblical plagues and natural disasters keep at bay.

Last word to the old curmudgeon Mark E Smith himself: