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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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	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
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	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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