Hold on! An e-mail attachment from Andrew Duncan explains the fib! He’d altered the text himself on a flyer he’d sent out about issue 19, which wasn’t included with the maga. Here’s the text:

Available now
ANGEL EXHAUST NINETEEN: INVEST IN YOUR ARCH-ENEMY
*pronounce: devastate your Aunt Jeremy

Poems by:
Joseph Macleod Adrian Clarke Alison Croggon
Kevin Nolan Peter Philpott Peter Manson
Chris Brownsword Paul Holman Jesse Glass
Kelvin Corcoran Philip Jenkins Brian Hardie
David Chaloner Wayne Clements John Muckle
Giles Goodland Ralph Hawkins
Colin Simms Elizabeth James
Andrew Duncan Harry Gilonis Marianne Morris

Edited by Charles Bainbridge and Andrew Duncan

Methan Beerlight, postmodern viral marketing consultant, talks to Manly Bannister, Angel Exhaust’s Head of Ideology, about the product conformance issues for no. 19.
Methan: So why is there no blurb?
Manly: We favour calm and serenity. Our contributors look on public image as like having a 13-year old version of yourself following you around talking egocentric nonsense.
Methan: Why did the last issue take 6 years to produce?
Manly: We had trouble finding a café to meet in.
Methan: Why is it called Invest in your arch-enemy?
Manly: We believe the unity of the poetry world is more important than quarrels about fine points of verse regulation. If you can’t kill your neighbours, you have to intermarry with them.
Methan: Did you call for the government to withdraw grants from magazines which published reviews not totally favourable to the poets you publish?
Manly: No, that was someone else.
Methan: Why is it called Devastate your Aunt Jeremy?
Manly: It was a misunderstanding between the two editors.
Methan: Could we just describe the individual poets?
Manly: Poets like Philpott and Nolan are too overwhelming and intricate to be described in a few words.
Methan: I’ve never heard of them.
Manly: Maybe you should read Angel Exhaust.

140 pages available now
ANGEL EXHAUST 19 available for £7 from 12 Eliot Hill, Lewisham, London, SE13 7EB
Cheques payable to Andrew Duncan please.

So “Jen’s” not a fibber after all! My apologies to “Jen” who was just copying from the flyer.

What’s the moral of all this? BUY ANGEL EXHAUST!!!! It’s a great read!!! Laughing, Jess