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I am a Preston based Manchester, England born author of science fiction, poetry, erotica, horror, non-fiction, and much more. Educated to degree level in the Humanities, I am an ex-member of an extremist religious cult, who helps warn people of the dangers such organizations present. I have been involved with historic re-enactment societies, and I am an award winning performance poet, dramatist and until my recent relocation, a community radio presenter. My first radio podcast play, as author, director and actor, Wendigo Water, was broadcast 2015. I write on a number of websites, and blogs and often get to talk on my life experiences in the media. I present talks on subjects ranging from pub sign histories, to cults, burlesque and the defin ...more

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	Pub Signs 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Watch The Signs! Watch The Signs! 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The 5-7-5 Club it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Watch The Signs! Watch The Signs!: Pub signs relating to science fiction, fantasy and horror it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What's The Frequency Arthur?: Selected Radio Stories And Poems From My Community Radio Broadcasts it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	GIRLS IN WET CLOTHES it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	RED HOT TONGUES - TWISTED TALES OF THE EROTIC it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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With 203 book reviews and additions by me, I was way overdue to create shelves and genre categories for my contributions. It was fun going through the books I have listed, with many more to go) and my listings to date threw up a few surprises for me.

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My love of science fiction means I expect that shelf to have lots of books, and it has 23 so far. There are 102 books about pubs on the l Read more of this blog post »

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Jun 27, 2019 03:12PM

ouch, I broke some toes once, in the 1970's, but very painful. Hope you heal up ok soon

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Jun 27, 2019 10:45AM

Thanks for the friending, Aruthur! I'm behind in acknowledgements...broke some toes and was flat for awhile :) Nice to meet you! :)

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Cheers Ivan, much appreciated.

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Thanks for the add at this nice site too! I'll be glad to share some experience, tips, etc here too. Best wishes! Let the wonderful noise of the sea always sound in your ears! (as my water dragons' hunters would greet :)

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