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Matthew Ryalls is a writer and cultural researcher working across writing, collage and independent publishing.
His work explores sex, class, fashion and queer life.
SEXCULT is his publishing imprint.
The Desire Quartet: A series of four books by Matthew Ryalls.
The second book of the Desire Quartet.
The upcoming publication STEALING BEGGAR’S MILK is a fictional account of working at some of London’s best fashion magazines in the late 90s, then switching to academia. The narrator questions how much he’s willing to endure in his pursuit of success and dangerous sex. Trying to operate in two systems extracts a heavy price. A modern folk tale of ambition and descent.
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STEALING BEGGAR’S MILK
The first book of the Desire Quartet.
6 fragments of prose and 12 original collages exploring sex, visibility, ageing and systems of desire. DESIRE LOOP takes place in London hotel rooms, with the narrator trying to understand what is left when strange men leave.
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Buy Desire Loop
Print edition available now. Downloadable PDF edition coming soon.