Ichi-go ichi-e

This was my April 2014 piece for Story­board , a writ­ing site with monthly prompts run by a friend. I couldn’t think of a story idea, so I wrote a kind of essay instead.The theme that month was “Ichi-go ichi-e”: a never again moment. I couldn’t think of a story, so I decided to talk a little about ways other writers have handled the theme. I suppose you could call this a casu­al essay. I’m afraid it won’t be closely argued or metic­u­lously foot­noted, and it is quite loosely put togeth­er, but maybe it will give people some good recom­mend­a­tions of things to read

Fanzine Ynfytyn 27

I’ve done a new zine about that time in 2006 I acci­dent­ally spent a whole summer alone in Bognor Regis. For £2.50 you get both the zine and the mini zine I made at the time for the 24 hour zine chal­lenge. Find them here.

Zine cata­logue

I have updated and created an online cata­logue of my zine projects- both the current ones, and the out of print ones. It can be found at http://www.ynfytyn.co.uk. If you have ever wondered why my zine is called that, you can also find out here.

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The Best of Fanzine Ynfytyn 1-13

I’ve been doing my zine for around 10 years now. I’ve got a lot of back issues that are no longer in print for vari­ous reas­ons. I didn’t want to reprint the whole issues, but it seemed a shame to have them completely languish­ing in a folder, so I’ve made a compil­a­tion issue with articles from the first 13 issues. 40 pages, 30 articles, 12000 words for £3.50

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Fanzine Ynfytyn 23.5

I have two new zines avail­able this month. This is a mini zine I made for the 24 hour zine project, which runs every July. You have to write and layout 24 pages with­in 24 hours. No pre-prepar­a­tion is allowed. It’s a fun chal­lenge. Avail­able from my shop for £1 (includ­ing UK post­age).

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Two new zines

I’ve got two new zines out- Fanzine Ynfytyn 23 & 25 (21 and 24 are still in the works). If you’re new to my zine, and are curi­ous about the name, the explan­a­tion is here. Both zines are £2 includ­ing UK post­age (inter­na­tion­al post­age extra), avail­able here.

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Fanzine Ynfytyn

My zine, Fanzine Ynfytyn, is named after a song by Welsh language post-punk band Datbly­gu (“Devel­op”). The name could be construed as either “Fanzine Idiot”, “Idiot Fanzine” or “Idiot’s Fanzine”. People either look at the name with baffle­ment, go “uh, is it Welsh in some way?” or are pleased because they know the song (those people get a free copy). In some ways I regret giving it a name that so many people struggle to pronounce or under­stand, but I’m on issue 22 now, so they’ll just have to get used to it. When I star­ted it, I only expec­ted to give a few copies to some friends who were already famil­i­ar with the song, so it wasn’t really a concern (I also had a mini collage zine called “Pobble Eh Come?” like a really mis-spelt version of the soap opera). Seeing as one of those people was a fellow language student penfriend who I had a running joke with of us mangling Welsh and German togeth­er to make one über­bendi­gedich language, I wasn’t too worried about the palat­ab­il­ity of the name. I was never expect­ing to get to issue 22, and have sold or traded hundreds of copies of some of the back issues and have them in librar­ies and academ­ic collec­tions. I was surprised I got to more than a couple of issues to be honest.

Two new zines

I had two never-before-seen zines to bring with me to the Shef­field Zine Fest (photos of the fest­iv­al coming later in the week). Issue 22 was new, where­as issue 14 has a bit of a history. I made no. 14 a few years ago, mislaid the pages, found them again last year and finished some bits off, made a few copies, mislaid them again moving house and then found them again recently. Now they’re safe in a folder with all my other master copies, scanned to a pdf, and avail­able to print whenev­er I want.

Fanzine Ynftyn 14- jo, frei­lich, die gnädige Frau Magister Emma ist nach Öster­reich gekom­men

I used to go to Austria quite a lot to run work­shops in schools, trav­el­ling from school to school each week. I star­ted writ­ing this zine after my first trip to Vienna in 2010, didn’t finish it, and then finished it off a couple of years later. I made a few copies at the time, but then mislaid the pages again when moving house, so barely anyone has read it. I recently found them again, and scanned them, so people can order it now!

Fanzine Ynfytyn 20

I made this zine last year, but it hasn’t been in print since Christ­mas, because I sold all the copies, and couldn’t find the masters. I found them again today though, so it’s back in print!

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New zines, after a bit of a break

I’ve got two, count ’em, two (it’s not very diffi­cult count­ing) new zines for you, that took a while to get finished. One with the usual fluff, the other about Vienna. Each is 24 pages, 1/​4 sized, and costs £1 + post­age from my website shop. I also have quite a lot of back issues on there for 80p + post­age at the moment, when they’re gone, they’re gone.

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Fanzine Ynfytyn 19

I’ve got a new zine! It’s been a bit of a break since the last one, because I was so busy. I’ve got 2 more that aren’t quite finished, but should be out soon too.

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Fanzine Ynfytyn 18

I’ve got a new zine out. It’s got:

* 80s video machines
* Giant list of small pleas­ures
* Really deli­cious lasagne recipe

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New zine time again

24-page b/​w quarter sized zine on pink paper made of marsh­mel­lows and happi­ness

What’s in this one:

* Why Mr Frosty sets are disap­point­ing as an adult
* Your Tears are Cheap: Special holi­day centre section of vitri­ol­ic negat­iv­ity
* Lists! Lots of lists.
* Extra J.Mascis and cats

Trip to, heave ho

I’ve got two new zines out, they’re up on my shop along with some riso­graph prints. (If you don’t use payp­al or you want to trade, that’s fine as well, contact me and we can sort it out)

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Zines in unlucky numbers

I’ve got 2 new zines avail­able:

Issue 13 of Fanzine Ynfytyn- 50p/$1 + post­age

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New issue

Here’s the zine I made for my second year of the 24hr zine chal­lenge (I did it early, because I’m going to be insanely busy in July). You have to make 24 pages in 24 hours, with no pre-plan­ning allowed. It’s about the best gigs I’ve ever been to, my best bargains at char­ity estate sales and cross­words.

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Fanzine Ynfytyn 10

Fanzine Ynfytyn 10
Ireland Special!

This one’s about my road/​rail/​boat trip to Co Cork in Ireland in the Septem­ber of 2009 with a 11 piece coun­try band called Dolly & the Clothespegs. Features midnight ferry rides, colcan­non and wonky Dolly Parton covers. 24 pages 1/​4 size b&w.

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New Mini Zine

I’ve done a free mini issue of Fanzine Ynfytyn about the fine city of Canter­bury. It’s free if you order any other of my zines, because char­ging inter­na­tion­al post­age for such a small zine is a bit point­less. 14 pages, 3″ x 4″. I’ll also be at the Alt Press Fair on Saturday in London.

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New zine issue

Fanzine Ynfytyn 9
A 24 page B&W zine meas­ur­ing 15cm x 11cm /​ 6″ x 4″, filled with assor­ted inter­est­ing rubbish

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