Peter Stoneman
Peter Stoneman

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Extracts and work in progress, published 6 September 2023.

A white catering trailer lettered Fast Food, parked in front of a dark green glazed office block.
  1. A wet black 1960s saloon parked on gravel in front of a pale stone country house.Across the Universe

    The Ballad of William Shears

    Everyone calls me Paul these days, but my name is William Shears.

  2. A framed BPI award for Bonkers 3, with three discs and the album sleeve on a burgundy mount.In Search of Hardcore

    Twenty Years Ago. Maybe More. Maybe Less. Inside the M25.

    Outside my window, the tree line is peppered with bright-coloured parakeets, picked out against the grey sky.

  3. A green glass office front, with rows of dark monitors visible in a beige room behind the panes.Work in progress

    The New New Guy.

    The worker bees only knew something had gone sideways when Director Hakiro broke with protocol.

  4. A black-and-white photograph of market stalls along a cobbled street, with shoppers and a Bunnards sign.A rock opera

    The Dead Famous.

    For the first three years of my life, I lived with my mother and father in a single room above a bakery.

  5. Handwritten lettering that reads Beanz Meanz Heinz.Across the Universe

    Beanz à la Ringo and Other Recipes.

    Serves one Beatle.

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