Gower Ghosts

Writing for my guidebook on Gower ghost stories has now been completed. As has the book cover design :)

Daughter of Darkness

I have been wanting to reread one of my favourite books for while now. Unfortunately, when I opened my old paperback copy of the novel I realised immediately that it would not survive the task. So now I am now the proud owner of the UK 1st edition hardcover copy of the book. I managed to snag a copy from Abebooks and paid only a few pennies over a fiver for the book. I must admit though, that I do find the American paperback edition has the better cover art:


Old Gower Ghost Stories: T-40 Days!

With just 40 days work remaining, I still seem to have one hell of a lot of work to do!



 

Old Gower Ghost Stories ~ T- 66 Days

66 days left to complete this book of Old Gower Stories.

Me sorting through my images of Gower

I have written up all the North Gower tales, and now its time to tell all about this spooky old rectory in Rhossili:

The most haunted house in Gower 


The haunted rectory overlooking Rhossili Bay

Old Gower Ghost Stories - T-72 Days

With just 72 days to go until the publication of Old Gower Ghost Stories, I guess I will be sat at my desk for most of today!




This Morning, I Be Mostly On...

This morning, I be mostly working on this image of Oxwich Church for Old Gower Ghost Stories book:

 

Knock Knock

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Taking the Office into the Garden

Far later than usual. Taking the office out into the garden for the first time in 2021. Summer weather at last!


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Me on Swansea Bay

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 Me at Whiteford, Gower:

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Me, Brecon.

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Tales From The Crypt

Look what arrived in the post for me this morning :) I have been wanting to read these stories since I was a kid.

Illustrations

 Creating some illustrations for the book of old Gower ghost stories I am working on.



On I plough...

Sometimes navigating a pen across a piece of paper feels like dragging an anchor through a rainforest. But, with just 94 days left to put this beast to bed, on I plough...


 

Morning Glory (Heavenly Blue)

Look what greeted me on a grim and gloomy morning today :)


 

Pet Cemetary

 What a lovely walk through the pet cemetery and bluebell woods 😎😎


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The Walking Dead by Guy N Smith

 Today, I finally finished reading Guy N Smith's The Walking Dead. Sadly, this highly prolific writer passed away on Christmas Eve 2020, having contracted Covid during the UK's second wave of the virus. He has left behind a rich catalogue of over 70 horror novels. Unfortunately this particular title, a sequel to his classic of the genre, The Sucking Pit, was not one of his finer works.