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About Leon Horton

Leon Horton is a journalist and writer. He is a regular contributor to the Australian/worldwide alternative news and science magazine Nexusand to the US animal rights magazine The Animals’ Voice. His work has also been published in The Big Issue in the North, Old Trafford News and numerous other publications and online platforms. He blogs at Under the Counterculture.

Out to Lunch with William Burroughs: Who Owns the Dropper Owns the Fix

Leon Horton

William S. Burroughs collage (detail) by Stephen James

It was summer 1991, I think, when sharing a joint on a brick fire escape after a night of acid-tapped cartoon lunacy, my friend Steve exhaled smoke into the Manchester morning and casually asked if … [Read more...]

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Empty Mirror

Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

Each week EM features several poems each by one or two poets; reviews; critical essays; visual art; and personal essays.

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