The M.O.P. Radionic Workshop

Here’s the first trailer for  Mirage Men the Motion Picture, created by mine and John Lundberg’s new partners on the project, Roland Denning and Kypros Kyprianou.

Huge thanks are due to both of them for their amazing work.The music extracts are by Earth (‘Mirage’ from Hex or Printing in the Infernal Method) and Cyclobe (‘You’re not alone, you’re dreaming’ from Luminous Darkness), and are used with permission.

Thanks to Roland and Kyp, the film is well on its way to completion now, and we’ll have more news, clips and information about preview screenings over the coming months.

Saucer Country is a new comic book series written by Paul Cornell, drawn by Ryan Kelly and published by Vertigo.

SAUCER COUNTRY is a dark thriller that blends UFO lore and alien abduction with political intrigue, all set in the hauntingly beautiful Southwest.

The first issue has already been getting rave reviews in the comic press and the series looks set to be a sophisticated and enjoyable take on the UFO lore. With so much rich material to play with, this could really be a fun, wild ride. Writes Cornell:

To know a country, know its mythology. And this is the only modern American mythology.

I’ve also been thrilled to spot this on Paul’s blog:

I should also take this opportunity to once again thank Mark Pilkington, whose fantastic book Mirage Men is one of the few sane works about UFO mythology. Mark is one of the major influences on Saucer Country.

Shucks! I’ll hope to have a cameo appearance in a future issue!

Here’s a video of a presentation I gave at Dr David Luke’s ‘Ecology, Cosmos and Consciousness’ lecture series at London’s October Gallery in February 2011.  The talk incorporates and expands upon some of the ideas outlined in my book Mirage Men.

David is putting together an anthology based around this long-running series, to be published in the near future by Strange Attractor Press.