The Reality of Being Here
Nick Hunt
15th June, 2012
The second story was even more fantastic. Before there were mountains here – before there...
Nick Hunt
Nick is a writer and walker. His books include Where the Wild Winds Are, which tells the story of four walks following Europe's named winds, Walking the Woods and the Water, about a 2,500-mile walk from Holland to Istanbul, and The Parakeeting of London, a work of gonzo ornithology about feral ring-necked parakeets.
He has contributed short stories and essays to Dark Mountain since Issue 1, and is now an editor and co-director of the project. Currently he is finishing a third walking book, Outlandish, to be published in 2021, as well as working on a novel and a collection of short stories. He also performs as a storyteller. Currently he lives in Bristol.
My Posts
Wilder Country
Nick Hunt
12th May, 2012
A deep consciousness of this wildness exists in many of the Romanians I’ve met. They...
The Persenbeug Prediction
Nick Hunt
9th March, 2012
The sound it made was extraordinary. I had to keep stopping to listen. The...
In This Winter
Nick Hunt
24th February, 2012
The Alps, I knew, lay somewhere to my right, but for the past three days...
Tenuous, traceable threads
Nick Hunt
2nd January, 2012
My perceptions of distance have altered quickly. In a car, or even on a bike,...