New York Times bestselling author David Duchovny reimagines the Irish mythological figure of Emer in Miss Subways, a darkly comic fantasy love story set in New York City.
Emer is just a woman living in New York City who takes the subway, buys ice cream from the bodega on the corner, has writerly aspirations, and lives with her boyfriend, Con. But is this life she lives the only path she’s on? Taking inspiration from the myth of Emer and Cuchulain and featuring an all-star cast of mythical figures from all over the world, David Duchovny’s darkly funny fantasy novel Miss Subways is one woman’s trippy, mystical journey down parallel tracks of time and love. On the way, Emer will battle natural and supernatural forces to find her true voice, power, and destiny. A fairy tale of love lost and regained, Miss Subways is also a love letter to the city that enchants us all: New York.
“For me in terms of being an actor, Darin’s scripts — which were funny and whimsical yet very smart and rigorous — were always challenging and fun,” Duchovny said at the time. “[Series creator] Chris [Carter] really took care of the scope and the action, [but] action’s less interesting for me to play as an actor. You’ve got to be there at night, basically. And you’ve got to run to something or from something. [Laughs] That’s not a knock on Chris’ writing. But Darin’s episodes were always very verbally, often comically driven and thematically twisted.”
“It’s a song I wrote for my daughter during a tough time. I just meant to tell her not to give up, that things are never as good or as bad as they seem. And I love trains.”
– David Duchovny on his unreleased track “Stay on the Train”. (x)
He is in two minds when asked if he feels vulnerable singing lyrics he has written to an audience. He feels the need to distance himself from his words.
“It is a vulnerable position but it’s still a performance,” he explains.
“Even when I write a song I don’t feel like it’s me writing the song. Yes, it’s my point of view, but it was mine on the day that I wrote the song. Which is not necessarily my point of view now.
“So for me, all the songs are kind of characters in a way, or all of the songs from an album are similar characters from a similar time.
“I don’t feel like they are me – I feel that they were me when I wrote the song.”
I’m sure everyone told him they were not but no one can make him change his mind about it! Mulder took Scully to the Fidji for some surf vacations and they were all married in IWTB and it’ll be his final version on the subject. Period. I love him!
Just Holding Hands 