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Saturday, 24 August 2024

Polish Mania

Shortly after my Guy N Smith fanzine was published, I received a message from a prospective buyer in Poland stating their disappointment that Amazon would not ship to his country. As chance would have it, I had been frustrated at Polish bookshops refusing to ship a particular edition of a Guy N. Smith book I wanted to add to my collection. In my return message, I asked whether he would be willing to purchase the Polish book and then post it privately to me. In exchange, I would return the favour by sending him a signed copy of my zine for free. To my delight, the customer was a real gentleman and took the idea of us helping each other warmly. Two weeks later, and just a couple of days after my package arrived in Poland, the postman slid a very special delivery through my letterbox. 


What a great, and rather disturbing cover, eh? Perfect for a Guy N Smith novel, eh? And far superior to the British edition, which can be viewed on my devoted  GNS page.



Cheers Rafal. As I said, you are a true gentleman.

Friday, 23 August 2024

Seagull Snack Searching

Seagull snack searching outside my son's works:

Thursday, 22 August 2024

Tuesday, 20 August 2024

Finally More Familiar

I am finally getting inspired to do some work on my Familiar novel, and managed to grab an hour after work to do a little research.


Seeing Red on a Monday Morning

Heading to work on a typical Welsh August morning.


Friday, 16 August 2024

GNS: Come On In and Join Us

The price of Guy N Smith's books and short stories is not cheap by any stretch of my imagination. Licking my wounds after the bidding for one of his short stories quickly accelerated past my top bid, I soothed my thwarted longing by a quick search to see if the story appeared in any other publication and was delighted to discover it had been printed in a more modestly priced buy-it-now magazine. The magazine arrived yesterday, and I was pleased at the highly polished presentation it gave to Guy's work. A fiver very well spent!

To dear for my wallet :(
That's more like it :)




Tuesday, 13 August 2024

Keeping the Neighbours Away

Fudge never gets on with other cats lol!

Monday, 12 August 2024

Pswcat Pads

Sunday, 11 August 2024

Pembrokeshire Camping

We spent the past weekend camping near Newgale, Pembrokeshire:

Our tent awakening after its 6-year hibernation


Newgale Beach






Lone footprint

Sand, sunshine and seaweed





My first sunspot pic

Circling the wagons




Can anyone else see a lady in an elegant dress in this toilet stone slab?

Mrs E also took a great group pic and also did some timelapse vids - see below:

Stargazing and counting shooting stars



 

Thursday, 8 August 2024

Wednesday, 7 August 2024

Horror Pops 24

I havent bought any horror Pop Funkos for what seems like age. But, thankfully given Halloween is fast approaching and I have a tradition to keep up, these two beauts have come to live with me in the last few weeks 🙂



Look out for my out-of-the-box pics of them next month...

Tuesday, 6 August 2024

Little Sam Pedro is Chuffed

Little Sam Pedro seems well-chuffed with his flowering loph. As am I. 🙂

 

More Attic Books

Yes, I collect numerous copies of my favourite novels!