Behind the Scenes at Fox Emerson
If you’ve visited the FoxEmerson.com website recently, you’ve probably noticed things look a little different.
That isn’t because I suddenly decided to redecorate. The truth is, this website had quietly outgrown itself.
When I first put it together well over a decade ago, it only had one real job: point people towards my writing. Since then, things have become… slightly more complicated. There are books, multiple story series, podcasts, a memoir, and conversations happening behind the scenes that I couldn’t have imagined even a year ago.
Rather than continuing to bolt new pages onto an increasingly confused website, I decided it was time to rebuild it properly.
The biggest change is that the Fox Emerson website now has two very distinct sides.
The Stories
One side is built around the stories themselves. Whether you’re here because you enjoy anonymous encounters behind restroom doors, slow-burn romance on a farm, science fiction, memoir, or anything in between, everything is now much easier to find. Books, stories, podcasts, and my Substack are all where you’d expect them to be.
The other side is built around everything happening beyond the stories. Over the past year, Fox Emerson has gradually become more than just a pen name. Journalists, podcast producers, collaborators, and people interested in the television adaptation of Good Luck Getting Rid of Me all arrive with different questions, so those projects now have their own dedicated home.
The new layout makes room for both worlds without either getting in the other’s way.
Of course, like everything I create, it’ll probably continue evolving. If history has taught me anything, it’s that every time I think I’ve finished building something, I immediately think of three more things I want to add.
Speaking of new things…
The Hole Book
This weekend sees the release of The Hole Book, a collection of some of my favourite stories centred around anonymous encounters, cruising, public restrooms, glory holes, and those strange moments where two complete strangers briefly connect before disappearing back into their own lives.
Some of those stories first appeared individually, but I’ve always liked the idea of bringing them together into a single collection. If you’ve been waiting for an easy way to dive into that particular corner of my writing, this is it.
You can find The Hole Book below, and I hope you enjoy spending a few anonymous hours with it. Drops Sunday 26th July and available for preorder now.
Next Stop: RISK!
Then, on 11 August, something I’ve been looking forward to for nearly a year finally happens.
My story airs on the legendary RISK! podcast.
Without giving too much away, it’s one segment from Good Luck Getting Rid of Me, told live in front of an audience. If you’ve been following the memoir, you’ll already know the broad outline. If you haven’t, it should serve as a pretty memorable introduction to the strange, stressful, occasionally ridiculous journey that eventually became the book.
I’m excited for people to hear it. I’ve been a fan of RISK! for years, so I already know they’ll edit it and somehow make me sound better than I do in real life.
There’s a lot happening behind the scenes at the moment, much of which I still can’t talk about just yet. Some projects are still finding their feet, others are quietly gathering momentum, and a few are waiting for the right moment before I can properly share them. One of those is the television adaptation of Good Luck Getting Rid of Me. We’re currently pitching it as a seven-part limited series.
A Website That Grew Up
For now, though, I’m happy to finally have a FoxEmerson.com that reflects where all of this is heading instead of where it started.
Whether you discovered me through Good Luck Getting Rid of Me, one of my fiction series, the upcoming RISK! episode, or you simply wandered in looking for something a little different, thank you. Every read, listen, subscription, recommendation, and message reminds me that there are plenty of people out there who enjoy stories most others would probably pretend they’ve never read.
The next few months should be fun, so stick around.
