My name is Alexander New, and I write sci-fi, fantasy and weird fiction.

I like to ponder the mysteries of the universe, and I like to write stories.

My stories are about magic, dreams and what is and isn’t real. They’re about the wonderous and weird, the uncanny and surreal. If you’re into Philip K. Dick, China Mieville, Michael Moorcock, H.P. Lovecraft or Leonora Carrington, I think you’ll dig what I do.

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Articles and Nonfiction

  • Are ideas alive?

    Perhaps they are a kind of sentient life-forms, non-cellular and semi-autonomous. They do seem to feed off of our attention, going into a kind of torpor when no-one’s aware or thinking of them, ultimately dying when forgotten completely. These entities that are concepts, thoughts and idea seem to evolve with time, just like organic life…

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