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This collection of writings by Mark Fisher, author of the acclaimed Capitalist Realism, argues that we are haunted by futures that failed to happen. Fisher searches for the traces of these lost futures in the work of David Peace, John Le Carré, Christopher Nolan, Joy Division, Burial, and many others.

Beginning with that most fundamental of questions - ''Do we really want what we say we want?'' - Fisher explores the relationship between desire and capitalism, and wonders what new forms of desire we might still excavate from the past, present, and future. From the emergence and failure of the counterculture in the 1970s to the continued development of his left-accelerationist line of thinking, this volume charts a tragically interrupted course for thinking about the raising of a new kind of consciousness, and the cultural and political implications of doing so.

It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. After 1989, capitalism has successfully presented itself as the only realistic political-economic system–a situation that the bank crisis of 2008, far from ending, actually compounded. The book analyses the development and principal features of this capitalist realism as a lived ideological framework.

This selection of essays from K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished Writings of Mark Fisher (2004-2016) brings together the best of Fisher's political writing. K-Punk: Politics shows Fisher at his most combative and incendiary, wrangling with the contradictions and complexities of capitalism and setting out the way forward into a more just, fair, and equal future for all.

Darva Conger, 34, had a plan to become an Instant Millionaire by marrying real estate investor Rick Rockwell, 42, on TV last week. Now that her plan has backfired and an annulment is eminent, may we suggest some titles for Darva to get back in the dating saddle?

What exactly are the weird and the eerie? In this new essay, Mark Fisher argues that some of the most haunting and anomalous fiction of the 20th century belongs to these two modes. The weird and the eerie are closely related but distinct modes, each possessing its own distinct properties. Both have often been associated with horror, yet this emphasis overlooks the aching fascination that such texts can exercise. The weird and the eerie both fundamentally concern the outside and the unknown, which are not intrinsically horrifying, even if they are always unsettling.

The end times predicted in the book of Revelation are about to crash down upon the world. The forces of evil are marshaling under the guise of a man of peace. One woman, gifted with divine prophecy, foretells a time of terrible trial and divine judgment. Are her visions a gift from God, warning that the coming Tribulation can be avoided? Or are they a trick from the Great Deceiver? When Dylan discovers her prophecies, his life changes forever, and he joins her.

After the Chinese EMP attack and the nuclear strike on Chicago, Aurora, Brett, Tyler, and Lisette head north through darkened towns and streets filled with chaos and violence. Lying comatose in the back seat of their ancient Pontiac is Eli, the mysterious holy man? Who is he, and why did the notebook command them to save him? When they arrive at Aurora’s isolated forest cabin, the town of Grand Marais is without electricity, and food supplies are dwindling. As civilization itself collapses, how will they survive?

In Rome, when the Antichrist invites Chelsea to an intimate dinner, his promises of wealth, power, and prestige threaten to ensnare her. In Paris, as Dylan, Margot, and Caleb flee from Unitum Imperium agents, they meet the French ex-spy who promised them refuge. But he warns they’ve been followed, their mutual American friend has disappeared, and he doesn’t trust them.

The world reels as the Tribulation midpoint approaches. With it comes the terrors of the first four trumpet judgments—volcanic eruptions, asteroids, poisoned waters, and darkened skies. The biblical signs are being fulfilled daily. Authoritarian governments everywhere are cowing their citizens. Lawlessness and disorder are tearing society apart. The world turns not to God, but to immorality. Churches everywhere abandon the Bible and preach apostasy. It’s all preparing the world for the coming of the Antichrist and the seven years of Tribulation.

Mark’s fourth novel in this gripping end-times series takes our characters through the fifth and sixth years of God’s wrath on an unrepentant, sinful world.

The Antichrist’s death zone surrounds Jerusalem leaving the Nazarene Friends trapped in their hideout. Even if they could leave, they don’t know the way to the Refuge. Their only hope for escape lies with Ariel Geller. But he’s in prison, scheduled for a coming execution. Baruch Abramovich could help, and he is somewhere in the city, but they don't know where.

Interviews and discussions about XTC, from White Music to Wasp Star and beyond

Beyond the sea lies ancient, Celtic Ireland, a proud land where tradition is everything and travel through the wild can mean slavery or death. There the Roman evangelist, Saint Patrick, carries a message of love, hope, and salvation - a message that threatens kingdoms, rulers, and powerful druid advisors. When Taran mac Teague joins the fight, he promises his beloved Laurna he’ll return. But will he? Can he? Or will the realm of spiritual darkness prove too strong?

For the month of October 2017, J. Ellington Ashton Press, on their Wicked Little Things blog-talk radio, broadcasted a series of Halloween stories. These “Fireside Stories” (as they were called) were a big hit with the listeners, and the decision was quickly made to publish these tales of terror in an anthology.

Aurora Carter sells her pottery in an art boutique in Grand Marais, Minnesota, and she doesn’t believe in God. When Drew, her long-lost Christian cousin and an investigative journalist, mails her a package with a warning to open it at once, she ignores it. Just another attempt to save my spiritual life, she thinks. At a séance, a dark spirit warns her never to open the parcel.

Lost Futures: A Mark Fisher Podcast hosts Steven Klett and Marlowe give context, analysis and background to the writings of philosopher Mark Fisher. Season 1 takes on his book "Ghosts of my Life"

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This selection of essays from K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished Writings of Mark Fisher (2004-2016) brings together the best of Fisher's political writing. In K-Punk: Music, Fisher seamlessly blends political theory with music analysis, discussing the impact of neoliberalism and related political ideologies on the music industry and major music events such as Glastonbury.