Eight pages, taken from the start of my new book, A Speccy Man Has A Breakdown.
Like the book itself, the zine shows my name in the same handwritten style as my website.
This is me.
Early 20s, in a student flat with three friends and my girlfriend.
Had no idea what was coming.
But who does?
Me again, late 40s.
Getting measured up for a pair of varifocals, my first proper, full-time spectacles.
I’m smiling, because that’s what you do, in photos.
But inside I’m miserable.
Really I felt more like this.
When I saw the psychiatrist I told her what troubled me.
After about an hour she surprised me by asking if I would like to be admitted to psychiatric hospital.
And I surprised myself by saying, Oh God yes please.
“A tough, shining, fiercely charming thing” – Rhik Samadder
You can download a copy of my zine and print it using an ordinary desktop printer.
👉 Get yours here
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