tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21419169090141094412024-02-02T02:04:28.794-08:00Steven MaceHorror, Fantasy, Thriller and Speculative Fiction author. Short story writer, novelist. Author of "Staccato House", "Echoes and Exiles"; "The Splendour of Shadows"; "Beyond Twilight"; "The Pirate Princess" and "Copper Moon Rising"Steve Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106280039833965495noreply@blogger.comBlogger141125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141916909014109441.post-15711801236341742992021-11-07T12:17:00.001-08:002021-11-07T12:17:38.758-08:00My 12 Favourite Youtube channels for music<p>I thought I'd share my 12 favourite Youtube channels for music. Why twelve? Well, originally it was going to be a top ten but there were two channels I just couldn't leave out. I've listed these in no particular order.</p><p>Obviously as you can tell from my recent posts, my musical preferences are for metal/hard rock/classic rock/progressive rock/alternative rock and these are the genres that these Youtube channels specialise in.</p><p>After the linked video for each channel, I'm going to share an image of my copy of an album by a band that I had never heard of before this channel introduced me to them, and whose music I've got into purely because of the channel. These bands may be of interest to you too. I would encourage you to watch these channels if you are interested in these genres and would like to be introduced to fresh, unfamiliar rock music, both old and new- from the 1960s to the present day.</p><p><b>1. Sea of Tranquility</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/92jp-Dye1Vk" width="320" youtube-src-id="92jp-Dye1Vk"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Sea of Tranquility is one of the largest music channels on Youtube, specialising in all genres of rock. The channel is run by Pete Pardo, an American based in New York State. He creates themed videos with friends and collaborators: album rankings, reviews, lists, best songs, etc. Most of the channels I will list here follow a similar format in terms of their Youtube content. The Sea of Tranquility channel was launched from a music webzine of the same name. The channel has introduced me to lots of bands and albums that were previously unknown to me (and you can find the videos about them on his channel), such as:</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2n6BwvhCXkBa2OKSWsHgRXz_kvExYDWPnpiHJNm54Od5ccrfwmgXEvhMWpe2dHuMQm3jf1eQgjSEWnaKztceeBa8F-_rnCjRJTHt_OIm1gzVikrK69oP1rRTr6IlKaa7mBawttYODCgE/s2048/Savatage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1889" data-original-width="2048" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2n6BwvhCXkBa2OKSWsHgRXz_kvExYDWPnpiHJNm54Od5ccrfwmgXEvhMWpe2dHuMQm3jf1eQgjSEWnaKztceeBa8F-_rnCjRJTHt_OIm1gzVikrK69oP1rRTr6IlKaa7mBawttYODCgE/w400-h369/Savatage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savatage" target="_blank">Savatage</a>, 1980s-2000s, American power/progressive metal band</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGeAtIOyWU2oaoncSA1Y-Sg7cbfQv8gW9zHYlGa1yBvVuu9thp7vgIrNZU9LdRIK0BlEMuTF2XbwJbHp7gXiFJfUbLTgB4-bIomwTnektFjF60M4Sn9fss9b2G_jvWONSa4pYUG2l0IUw/s2048/Bebop+Deluxe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1812" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGeAtIOyWU2oaoncSA1Y-Sg7cbfQv8gW9zHYlGa1yBvVuu9thp7vgIrNZU9LdRIK0BlEMuTF2XbwJbHp7gXiFJfUbLTgB4-bIomwTnektFjF60M4Sn9fss9b2G_jvWONSa4pYUG2l0IUw/w354-h400/Bebop+Deluxe.jpg" width="354" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be-Bop_Deluxe" target="_blank">Be-Bop Deluxe,</a> 1970s British progressive/art rock band led by Bill Nelson</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6wuUERLpq86_JzxMieeYmJHb3U8t1Si3Qu21gzvicouhll-4HJUDKOWTWaqJzeDy1VODmRJAdcCfCp39yvjma7MGXqQjTYVoFI3A0SUnwT6RM-O5UkALIndWfN-y1ZP0gLtPAXr8KNms/s2048/Cactus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1979" data-original-width="2048" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6wuUERLpq86_JzxMieeYmJHb3U8t1Si3Qu21gzvicouhll-4HJUDKOWTWaqJzeDy1VODmRJAdcCfCp39yvjma7MGXqQjTYVoFI3A0SUnwT6RM-O5UkALIndWfN-y1ZP0gLtPAXr8KNms/w400-h386/Cactus.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cactus_(American_band)" target="_blank">Cactus,</a> early 1970s American classic hard rock band</i></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjotFHttoigPzpUiICZHxdBO_VdelOJCDuXnvkV-1NC9vkaaczW_rVGioNDjzVrM2jvNagmh5Xhyphenhyphenqvh0OsqUywoxUdejg-sUWQnf0_reYKP8u8tB3LSJwrAIS6zNF3QQkLpjxMLRC3qKPM/s2048/Gentle+Giant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1948" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjotFHttoigPzpUiICZHxdBO_VdelOJCDuXnvkV-1NC9vkaaczW_rVGioNDjzVrM2jvNagmh5Xhyphenhyphenqvh0OsqUywoxUdejg-sUWQnf0_reYKP8u8tB3LSJwrAIS6zNF3QQkLpjxMLRC3qKPM/w380-h400/Gentle+Giant.jpg" width="380" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentle_Giant" target="_blank">Gentle Giant</a>, 1970s British progressive rock band</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h5mHK8QLytDEPWqJ6TVAB-XmNKRd6QcaCnNxEAMW84HQDS0cbFwWEEkCvmLWkIeEflbEgoSz9r_xyiJrcwFWV6XGWR7AlKy_1XRvWboylvzJk6kN4mVBF2txoVnQr3PnOI5UG8r_HMg/s2048/Sir+Lord+Baltimore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1773" data-original-width="2048" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h5mHK8QLytDEPWqJ6TVAB-XmNKRd6QcaCnNxEAMW84HQDS0cbFwWEEkCvmLWkIeEflbEgoSz9r_xyiJrcwFWV6XGWR7AlKy_1XRvWboylvzJk6kN4mVBF2txoVnQr3PnOI5UG8r_HMg/w400-h346/Sir+Lord+Baltimore.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Lord_Baltimore" target="_blank">Sir Lord Baltimore,</a> late 1960s/1970s American hard rock/early heavy metal band</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>2. <b>Niamh the Prog Nerd</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P-0aRAir_eM" width="320" youtube-src-id="P-0aRAir_eM"></iframe></div><br /><p>I've mentioned Niamh the Prog Nerd on this blog before. She's a young British progressive rock and metal fan. From her channel I discovered Steve Hillage's band prior to Gong:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB7GOXL2nnOmIuAWZgITSoYRedH_-cufL9IN0jOnDVZjLRrjVKSVIghsRLuC_kMNTyt5DtzyPPA70MW0lyjl_0nLB2Cd4HMSSj6TOiwtb_Bmq1FC3oca0NvCGByQ95dhoK3N6jcbNyeaU/s2048/Khan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1877" data-original-width="2048" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB7GOXL2nnOmIuAWZgITSoYRedH_-cufL9IN0jOnDVZjLRrjVKSVIghsRLuC_kMNTyt5DtzyPPA70MW0lyjl_0nLB2Cd4HMSSj6TOiwtb_Bmq1FC3oca0NvCGByQ95dhoK3N6jcbNyeaU/w400-h366/Khan.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_(band)" target="_blank">Khan</a>, 1970s British progressive rock band from the Canterbury scene, formed by Steve Hillage.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKLk4sUGDQLqrGtZRT822ihGc453uT7d5XtuHAXV_zGMpiFGqrdMmNZRdcE1kTzbAeblRXS4dEuVMMP-16zj_kX4OqMK8aR40oQuo-yP4F_CjAs-1lLbjre2looK3ez9bccWcc_3fERM/s2048/Focus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1999" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKLk4sUGDQLqrGtZRT822ihGc453uT7d5XtuHAXV_zGMpiFGqrdMmNZRdcE1kTzbAeblRXS4dEuVMMP-16zj_kX4OqMK8aR40oQuo-yP4F_CjAs-1lLbjre2looK3ez9bccWcc_3fERM/w390-h400/Focus.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focus_(band)" target="_blank">Focus</a>, classic Dutch progressive rock band</i><br /><i><br /></i></div><p><br /></p><p>3. <b>Fairly Secret Music</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZZZpXU_Ywo8" width="320" youtube-src-id="ZZZpXU_Ywo8"></iframe></div><div><br /></div>David from Fairly Secret Music is an American drummer based in Minnesota, I believe. He has a very cool channel showing off his amazing CD collection and I've been introduced to a lot of obscurities by watching his videos and checking out bands and albums he recommends. These include:<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAddnbVHBhc_Ecij3RTsWeV_G5TsUSmlwN9V9PgstcgVOzaCJ4PSdfbWXqUzC6hO858GNZz0rlZAMVljRKVNo-TfcYE5z5er8DzTOGNEGt4-CIzR8uxzjPh08n08efjwN916uQg1eF6Ow/s2048/Lord+Weird+Slough+Feg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAddnbVHBhc_Ecij3RTsWeV_G5TsUSmlwN9V9PgstcgVOzaCJ4PSdfbWXqUzC6hO858GNZz0rlZAMVljRKVNo-TfcYE5z5er8DzTOGNEGt4-CIzR8uxzjPh08n08efjwN916uQg1eF6Ow/w400-h375/Lord+Weird+Slough+Feg.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slough_Feg" target="_blank">Lord Weird Slough Feg,</a> 1990- present American heavy metal band</i></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZhGhlwzINKjiaHjjVU3Rmb33-VzM4Z-mw3diTqgqm8Do9mWOmfQTN5NmZ7D2hHJemUp0NCANn4aNsMEhwI70KTo2kg0WQu9pXBpoR5piqdoucGguWYM0i26wmfNZKDBZhan9IBW8nFck/s2048/Hammers+of+Misfortune.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1823" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZhGhlwzINKjiaHjjVU3Rmb33-VzM4Z-mw3diTqgqm8Do9mWOmfQTN5NmZ7D2hHJemUp0NCANn4aNsMEhwI70KTo2kg0WQu9pXBpoR5piqdoucGguWYM0i26wmfNZKDBZhan9IBW8nFck/w356-h400/Hammers+of+Misfortune.jpg" width="356" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammers_of_Misfortune" target="_blank">Hammers of Misfortune</a>, 1990s- present American heavy metal band</i></div><p>4<b>. BryceTalksMetal</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EfqM4sIbq2E" width="320" youtube-src-id="EfqM4sIbq2E"></iframe></div><p>BryceTalksMetal is a young American guy from Georgia, I believe; he effectively has a PhD in most genres of metal and hard rock- extremely knowledgeable. He introduced me to a thrash metal band that I'd overlooked years ago...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRxqA69By6D1IMovOFLApt3Yy5gvJuAeObdcO7aQSVpBbjRkt_LnQUJxRKKQHiQBC5ZNEI4WReUyEqzMIuKaY0RrTbtrPpUOUsSt5825CFYMPLpSYLru0JgxsMxgv8lbBl_0gTZVYOBw/s2048/Annihilator.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1915" data-original-width="2048" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRxqA69By6D1IMovOFLApt3Yy5gvJuAeObdcO7aQSVpBbjRkt_LnQUJxRKKQHiQBC5ZNEI4WReUyEqzMIuKaY0RrTbtrPpUOUsSt5825CFYMPLpSYLru0JgxsMxgv8lbBl_0gTZVYOBw/w400-h374/Annihilator.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annihilator_(band)" target="_blank">Annihilator</a>, late 1980s-present Canadian thrash band led by Jeff Waters</i></div><p>5. <b>Quest For Metal</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8rrsiHMky8k" width="320" youtube-src-id="8rrsiHMky8k"></iframe></div><p>Questy is BryceTalksMetal in British form. Questy managed to get me into Norwegian Black Metal, such as-</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQuCh1afeF6Q6yAq6lNN83ObXp7PMhF7rOaCavMg9bTLFEcZsm6ujbl4-YIkmNnFKmoiA4h_u2acEg_aLrXKqDiB7ZwRliCFe1gyuStsHEasvMJEEWI_zRnkM4jw04JtcBuybaMfx8kGc/s2048/Emperor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2048" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQuCh1afeF6Q6yAq6lNN83ObXp7PMhF7rOaCavMg9bTLFEcZsm6ujbl4-YIkmNnFKmoiA4h_u2acEg_aLrXKqDiB7ZwRliCFe1gyuStsHEasvMJEEWI_zRnkM4jw04JtcBuybaMfx8kGc/w400-h379/Emperor.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_(band)" target="_blank">Emperor</a>, Norwegian black metal band led by Ihsahn (Vegard Sverre Tveitan)</i></div></i><p>6. <b>Classic Album Review</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/V-kWl26dCqw" width="320" youtube-src-id="V-kWl26dCqw"></iframe></div><p>Barry at Classic Album Review is a British academic who focuses on classic and progressive rock, with occasional metal/alternative music covered. He does interesting unboxings such as this one, which introduced me to</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQByJQg-74k_4Vk5zrBTSDXN30rOt8R1VAcpzKJh7dHsptxM7FH9zUMeyKl7IRtDA3YgpAp-924kcNj1NvaVUoeqaAGogmy-w8z_5K3VH5Qs8XXDMEFVnNpYOFgPPHyLFiCKkNZbmeA4/s2048/Rare+Bird.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2014" data-original-width="2048" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQByJQg-74k_4Vk5zrBTSDXN30rOt8R1VAcpzKJh7dHsptxM7FH9zUMeyKl7IRtDA3YgpAp-924kcNj1NvaVUoeqaAGogmy-w8z_5K3VH5Qs8XXDMEFVnNpYOFgPPHyLFiCKkNZbmeA4/w400-h394/Rare+Bird.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_Bird" target="_blank">Rare Bird,</a> late 1960s-mid 1970s British progressive rock band</i></div></i><p><b>7. Metal Mickey</b></p><p>Mike (Metal Mickey) is a self-described 'middle aged metal fan'. He's based in Cumbria (I believe) and he <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUqrBy8k_w8" target="_blank">answered my question in one of his recent Q & As. </a> He has a broad range of metal likes and interests, across extreme, death, black, classic and glam metal.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tG2lfZiPPXQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="tG2lfZiPPXQ"></iframe></div><p>He introduced me to this excellent band from Switzerland- Celtic Frost meets Megadeth?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWfouPRUH4dTzwxN27QHQ6tntB59vib0SGRDUHNhyA1lEHyVa84JbCGgDnegMKAAPsOzDW4CUmsW3nWuSuZ3L7FcfPMD7KZKi7puc7dtJY6Ghn8Ss-Q4vpo26bOPNAPOEv83ft2P_m7Wo/s2048/Coroner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1778" data-original-width="2048" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWfouPRUH4dTzwxN27QHQ6tntB59vib0SGRDUHNhyA1lEHyVa84JbCGgDnegMKAAPsOzDW4CUmsW3nWuSuZ3L7FcfPMD7KZKi7puc7dtJY6Ghn8Ss-Q4vpo26bOPNAPOEv83ft2P_m7Wo/w400-h348/Coroner.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coroner_(band)" target="_blank">Coroner,</a> 1980s-1990s Swiss thrash/progressive metal band</i></div></i><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>8. ClarkOVision</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jlnvyivu6PY" width="320" youtube-src-id="Jlnvyivu6PY"></iframe></div><br />Bev at ClarkOVision is based in Scotland. She is a big Def Leppard fan and a fan of Steve Clark, that band's late guitarist - hence her channel name. She specialises in a lot of power metal, symphonic metal, and melodic rock bands. She's introduced me to a number of bands I didn't know such as-<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBn_rG5XxteG80Cy1rXK6tm1DCqAB5ANWJWCipBr9jemFY1QGSQE0ma9cqIPnWMUvzm3ArOXPmtigKQW030GX9fEruyWGbFu5QVyweuBISF-f_S-FV16T2F4TlA9kauWPsLqqthq4ZVQ/s2048/Glacier.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1973" data-original-width="2048" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBn_rG5XxteG80Cy1rXK6tm1DCqAB5ANWJWCipBr9jemFY1QGSQE0ma9cqIPnWMUvzm3ArOXPmtigKQW030GX9fEruyWGbFu5QVyweuBISF-f_S-FV16T2F4TlA9kauWPsLqqthq4ZVQ/w400-h385/Glacier.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.glaciermetal.com/" target="_blank">Glacier,</a> 1980s-present American traditional heavy/power metal band</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHloAn0RHDZoAsV0We9X1wLGo9G2C8C4W8mDMfq_Rs0lUC4yigv3c23DcylwMgYiHbv-I5ljbsljhKV3Vat9n16xRQKbL1nCBmcNCH8EArJppB7-fOw-A09PBWbEpo2vd8GqYB2E2W18/s2048/Orphaned+Land.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1869" data-original-width="2048" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHloAn0RHDZoAsV0We9X1wLGo9G2C8C4W8mDMfq_Rs0lUC4yigv3c23DcylwMgYiHbv-I5ljbsljhKV3Vat9n16xRQKbL1nCBmcNCH8EArJppB7-fOw-A09PBWbEpo2vd8GqYB2E2W18/w400-h365/Orphaned+Land.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphaned_Land" target="_blank">Orphaned Land,</a> Israeli heavy metal band formed in 1991<br /><br /></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8gkAtROKPKhosThw7pIy9PS7LmUaioXdgIpLF7K2AquJCAkbsiAx2hTA0V2wqnGvuBJjqXc6VsInpUMn6PSTEH_7kQzv3nQIXQHNbg60BIwNXYpC6TXlDDme96_yPG3FxEk2ZOHAmXiA/s2048/Sabaton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1856" data-original-width="2048" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8gkAtROKPKhosThw7pIy9PS7LmUaioXdgIpLF7K2AquJCAkbsiAx2hTA0V2wqnGvuBJjqXc6VsInpUMn6PSTEH_7kQzv3nQIXQHNbg60BIwNXYpC6TXlDDme96_yPG3FxEk2ZOHAmXiA/w400-h363/Sabaton.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabaton_(band)" target="_blank">Sabaton</a>, Swedish power metal band formed in 1999</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKev3MyLdf624K9Bs405AkWcnAsH7powxb-kIit4d8X-MehT81ehcSFmZLXBcBpUQGtkV4z3njtwr8KF34OwF3EaWQClImyZNNSZV_a-5xScrFc_ucPK0YWiJyXuyxbhkuNITzq4icw_M/s2048/Screamer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKev3MyLdf624K9Bs405AkWcnAsH7powxb-kIit4d8X-MehT81ehcSFmZLXBcBpUQGtkV4z3njtwr8KF34OwF3EaWQClImyZNNSZV_a-5xScrFc_ucPK0YWiJyXuyxbhkuNITzq4icw_M/w400-h360/Screamer.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/screamer/3540323205" target="_blank">Screamer,</a> Swedish traditional heavy metal band of the 2010s</i></div></i><p style="text-align: left;"><b>9. Darcy Six Strings Nine Lives</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8N2iAJmw-f0" width="320" youtube-src-id="8N2iAJmw-f0"></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Darcy is based in Canada and a huge metal fan and a specialist in thrash! He can introduce you to many a mighty thrashterpiece....such as those from this band below, which like Annihilator I had also missed first time round-</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBxHEK-Zm5ADg8nXNVPJbtrK_Te3E9I9cTWTrIRjfohHyItDwCeFtpzSOnCfZ9Ewv22Ca7ENrAA7Gra3jZCRrzpiea5e1UA3TMwC12k3v87ueVW3f5cscp0uOZi8jfcR5uaC4hY9J-54Y/s2573/Forbidden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1222" data-original-width="2573" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBxHEK-Zm5ADg8nXNVPJbtrK_Te3E9I9cTWTrIRjfohHyItDwCeFtpzSOnCfZ9Ewv22Ca7ENrAA7Gra3jZCRrzpiea5e1UA3TMwC12k3v87ueVW3f5cscp0uOZi8jfcR5uaC4hY9J-54Y/w640-h304/Forbidden.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_(band)" target="_blank">Forbidden,</a> 1980s/1990s American thrash metal band </i></div></i><p style="text-align: left;"><b>10. Old Head</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0CEygikL8gw" width="320" youtube-src-id="0CEygikL8gw"></iframe></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Old 'Metal' Head isn't so old...he's a similar age to me and has the same first name. He's based in Houston, Texas. I really enjoy his channel - in particular his 'Cranked and Ranked' series with Eddie Sparxx and his 'Old' Headbangers Ball. He's introduced me to a couple of interesting bands I wasn't previously aware of- <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOnlO2uPsC8KlWjbfUxhDd_MyLnwHFvMJ9XPjY5LEstMOX5GDF-UtqJPADGmjvmRfVwkVCRelASVSMIJ4QM93-sWeHNLZ9JiwB8uYU-N7azaUrxq-e7lIBHStnFVpZloa4-tyS95jzd-0/s2048/Helmet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1841" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOnlO2uPsC8KlWjbfUxhDd_MyLnwHFvMJ9XPjY5LEstMOX5GDF-UtqJPADGmjvmRfVwkVCRelASVSMIJ4QM93-sWeHNLZ9JiwB8uYU-N7azaUrxq-e7lIBHStnFVpZloa4-tyS95jzd-0/w400-h360/Helmet.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmet_(band)" target="_blank">Helmet</a>, 1990s American alternative metal band</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjosM_jX4R_mdLpdWgcDFaVxU7KkHOVn6n-KPdOXMEziZe5Qof4bf4kp9OVtwTRqwUdQxN4qu4xWnxiADkYg4OXcKJ69KU548m0aCxj7woUKFTGTnbqzEZXyXVHnx33K8KilDqPm0-qH_8/s2048/Sacred+Reich.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1866" data-original-width="2048" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjosM_jX4R_mdLpdWgcDFaVxU7KkHOVn6n-KPdOXMEziZe5Qof4bf4kp9OVtwTRqwUdQxN4qu4xWnxiADkYg4OXcKJ69KU548m0aCxj7woUKFTGTnbqzEZXyXVHnx33K8KilDqPm0-qH_8/w400-h365/Sacred+Reich.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Reich" target="_blank">Sacred Reich</a>, 1980s/1990s American thrash metal band</i></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>11. The Omaha Introvert</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rgERAy1DuQg" width="320" youtube-src-id="rgERAy1DuQg"></iframe></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Hanna is the Omaha Introvert; an American based in Omaha, Nebraska. Her channel is slightly different from others mentioned so far as she does not focus on metal apart from some classic hard rock and metal. She primarily enjoys power pop, shoegaze and a wide range of alternative rock/punk/new wave/soft rock/pop genres. However, I like a lot of the bands she mentions such as The Clash, Talking Heads, The Byrds, Big Star etc. She introduced me to one artist I hadn't heard of before, Robyn Hitchcock.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQL8HfJGwOxTRGMGMFNVPMN0nGomys0iXe5TJUCCChm096E4CT91iV6utEQjwn6wUjyIhZ0zrR1vCozdtmJ51xV-IKlBNqYCUY0NKbNoawAPPbhF5kMX0qgqBW1eFaALa-ZIoo6ip47w/s2048/The+Soft+Boys.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1992" data-original-width="2048" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQL8HfJGwOxTRGMGMFNVPMN0nGomys0iXe5TJUCCChm096E4CT91iV6utEQjwn6wUjyIhZ0zrR1vCozdtmJ51xV-IKlBNqYCUY0NKbNoawAPPbhF5kMX0qgqBW1eFaALa-ZIoo6ip47w/w400-h389/The+Soft+Boys.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soft_Boys" target="_blank">The Soft Boys</a>, 1970s British rock band led by Robyn Hitchcock</i></div></i><p style="text-align: left;"><b>12. Brendon Snyder</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Last but certainly not least with his amazing music collection is an American based in New York, Brendon Snyder. He's a great person and his CD collection is very impressive.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/a47brdaSHyE" width="320" youtube-src-id="a47brdaSHyE"></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">A couple of bands I discovered from Brendon's channel were:-</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCNGGX6IYaHoaHboS0FJUHuAM3wdd0fXxiNH8ijt9JrRaBG3JXP3xoJnPAlNhZkEUrlb_b8VknGru_sa6okaMr4kf9vvk641RaTYWW4Y8RTYNdZSN2Ekr36LdyaM0x8LEz-6QGRp88JBg/s2048/Alan+Parsons+Project.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1901" data-original-width="2048" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCNGGX6IYaHoaHboS0FJUHuAM3wdd0fXxiNH8ijt9JrRaBG3JXP3xoJnPAlNhZkEUrlb_b8VknGru_sa6okaMr4kf9vvk641RaTYWW4Y8RTYNdZSN2Ekr36LdyaM0x8LEz-6QGRp88JBg/w400-h371/Alan+Parsons+Project.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alan_Parsons_Project" target="_blank">The Alan Parsons Project,</a> 1970s/1980s British progressive rock band</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhR2ltCulzMFHoXFZCtkcuNFV1ymU3dtV0pyWpok6ih0YE8I7d4dAq3FMtAswgeLJrLydOJ6XeuNAlHrIpGGiE6usXPsi5SbrvSP9VVuVBDq0wRIT4ck9lOZ3ebF_-tNuLzL_FcA2hhJQ/s2048/Spock%2527s+Beard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1860" data-original-width="2048" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhR2ltCulzMFHoXFZCtkcuNFV1ymU3dtV0pyWpok6ih0YE8I7d4dAq3FMtAswgeLJrLydOJ6XeuNAlHrIpGGiE6usXPsi5SbrvSP9VVuVBDq0wRIT4ck9lOZ3ebF_-tNuLzL_FcA2hhJQ/w400-h364/Spock%2527s+Beard.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spock%27s_Beard" target="_blank">Spocks Beard,</a> 1990s/2000s American neo-progressive rock band</i></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AhW6plr_jzI" width="320" youtube-src-id="AhW6plr_jzI"></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Old school - going to buy vinyl records or CDs from record stores- remember those?</p><p></p><p></p></div>Steve Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106280039833965495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141916909014109441.post-65956545127566668482021-10-31T14:30:00.000-07:002021-11-07T12:17:59.700-08:00Halloween Literature and Music<p>For Halloween this year, I thought I'd create a blog post celebrating horror and supernatural themed books and music that I own and enjoy, kicking off with a selection of books first:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tV-1qeMZ5wlziRfN1pkSDkzc4IcEYFH1UTfsq6LYTu08EasFC0wzQqV70YzCVp4bFJ6RUjbto8_B3A-Nhhoe_GhNvfLWwlxNyjDkDNUsT0tzrAWqPVbJz51Od2GTbzXXQPXwQIUuWMY/s2048/A+Arthur+Machen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tV-1qeMZ5wlziRfN1pkSDkzc4IcEYFH1UTfsq6LYTu08EasFC0wzQqV70YzCVp4bFJ6RUjbto8_B3A-Nhhoe_GhNvfLWwlxNyjDkDNUsT0tzrAWqPVbJz51Od2GTbzXXQPXwQIUuWMY/w412-h640/A+Arthur+Machen.jpg" width="412" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This is a very enjoyable <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/11226926-the-white-people-and-other-weird-stories" target="_blank">collection of tales</a> from the Welsh author Arthur Machen, featuring his most famous weird, sinister tale 'The White People', which I highly recommend.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV3aa7tltoODiGyRanMOjucjzjG7StDA8z5pvKmXna4eGrA61lyCeM5_zchvNDBik-N8Zfojdi9VERGeExtoGbZx-53lIBCE9kQaY-udW5iG53_Chpnf9S9Ejph_gmlX2wjB6njbXAhjM/s2048/A+Laird+Barron.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1381" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV3aa7tltoODiGyRanMOjucjzjG7StDA8z5pvKmXna4eGrA61lyCeM5_zchvNDBik-N8Zfojdi9VERGeExtoGbZx-53lIBCE9kQaY-udW5iG53_Chpnf9S9Ejph_gmlX2wjB6njbXAhjM/w432-h640/A+Laird+Barron.jpg" width="432" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I first wrote about Laird Barron <a href="http://stevemace.blogspot.com/2016/11/laird-barron-primeval-horrors.html" target="_blank">on this blog in 2016</a>. He writes in the type of weird supernatural realms that I enjoy and he is one of my favourite authors. The Croning is a very disturbing tale of cosmic horror.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbIEEqIA4KK6x5ACnPJyIvwLruauiqu-a3kBzK758MMIGCHM5lPStCwp-vcV9UCBWYgJW3dJduUM-DwogaUu7UmYXaKmIJgxmMDzWGbIuTO9jqnDFaTM3yWfN3hj6IIaMvPFEXJfgZEQ/s2048/A+Thomas+Ligotti.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1397" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbIEEqIA4KK6x5ACnPJyIvwLruauiqu-a3kBzK758MMIGCHM5lPStCwp-vcV9UCBWYgJW3dJduUM-DwogaUu7UmYXaKmIJgxmMDzWGbIuTO9jqnDFaTM3yWfN3hj6IIaMvPFEXJfgZEQ/w436-h640/A+Thomas+Ligotti.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I also <a href="http://stevemace.blogspot.com/2016/09/thomas-ligotti-dreams-are-doorways.html">wrote about Thomas Ligotti </a>in 2016. This particular collection is very strong and has some of my favourite stories by Ligotti, 'Les Fleurs'; 'Dreams of a Manikin'; 'Dr Voke and Mr Leech'; 'The Sect of the Idiot'; 'The Music of the Moon'; 'Flowers of the Abyss'; 'In the Shadow of another World'; 'The Cocoons'; 'The Glamour' and 'Miss Plarr'.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjemGv7W5vlyToJgcGBuTcJ-rMZX_O15JANt9LjDSz3sXYxs-E6ZPtxuANLKOE7yIP6U1iM5qsUO1b-S52c6idid71UCAE-Ja7WwakZvMupT9uCInDhTsRyYeeJF4tbvOpcfuNevbdMU7E/s2048/Algernon+Blackwood.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1421" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjemGv7W5vlyToJgcGBuTcJ-rMZX_O15JANt9LjDSz3sXYxs-E6ZPtxuANLKOE7yIP6U1iM5qsUO1b-S52c6idid71UCAE-Ja7WwakZvMupT9uCInDhTsRyYeeJF4tbvOpcfuNevbdMU7E/w444-h640/Algernon+Blackwood.jpg" width="444" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I recently bought this copy of Algernon Blackwood, <i>Ancient Sorceries and other Tales</i>. This collection features his classic ghost stories 'The Willows'; 'The Insanity of Jones'; 'Ancient Sorceries'; 'The Man Who Found Out'; 'The Wendigo'; 'The Glamour of the Snow'; 'The Man Whom the Trees Loved' and 'Sand'.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW89AQAP2xya7Xtehghz6C_-5ZlwiB6kZgK7ebmi3pVGjrSfQzcypRVUseJfyZpUfr4xnQhBH0at6BUV8HQhMf5E6UoGpAWIU2Ze3e_vElUd5-RWaF24dUvC02MLNA-uvUuBYF8Va2sx0/s2048/An+HP1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1344" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW89AQAP2xya7Xtehghz6C_-5ZlwiB6kZgK7ebmi3pVGjrSfQzcypRVUseJfyZpUfr4xnQhBH0at6BUV8HQhMf5E6UoGpAWIU2Ze3e_vElUd5-RWaF24dUvC02MLNA-uvUuBYF8Va2sx0/w420-h640/An+HP1.jpg" width="420" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAv9ua-YwoDP3xQzPg-Tp1B9Do3GVcYOYJyt3o-hSw5ahYdpBnVBu_q61ieG1w-I16R1g27R0sGHUvf3UHG8jZUtyiVI8Ptxt_1V73X2dvvbi0hBTocllndobcQAUA2M_mVA9X5M5-MRg/s2048/An+HP2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1317" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAv9ua-YwoDP3xQzPg-Tp1B9Do3GVcYOYJyt3o-hSw5ahYdpBnVBu_q61ieG1w-I16R1g27R0sGHUvf3UHG8jZUtyiVI8Ptxt_1V73X2dvvbi0hBTocllndobcQAUA2M_mVA9X5M5-MRg/w412-h640/An+HP2.jpg" width="412" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrdbUcV_ZiWvATZ6KmNDDws0JZyuE1aAQjuFhKME0wDj5FmsBvapkUerpSHi8DvmPXWIQ4UJcl7wUoVUANCNu_KUZNcrAfoyUrLtBv9R7yBOR7A-bFuls5CvxzyYHgQRba9ELgBcTHxhY/s2048/An+HP3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1336" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrdbUcV_ZiWvATZ6KmNDDws0JZyuE1aAQjuFhKME0wDj5FmsBvapkUerpSHi8DvmPXWIQ4UJcl7wUoVUANCNu_KUZNcrAfoyUrLtBv9R7yBOR7A-bFuls5CvxzyYHgQRba9ELgBcTHxhY/w418-h640/An+HP3.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><div>H.P Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos requires no introduction.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOeUMYB42_PbbZGN3Y94X9591_7XCsJgUOW5kfuaR68WsMn6Pv9UQsNL2IOmwXsoWsTfM2lQMoplHaSC33Vv7uIr5NonDqW93mvXui-wMygE37eZCx9WZhvhbjs7n0se1A0EvUpABqQ5U/s2048/Allan+Poe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1401" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOeUMYB42_PbbZGN3Y94X9591_7XCsJgUOW5kfuaR68WsMn6Pv9UQsNL2IOmwXsoWsTfM2lQMoplHaSC33Vv7uIr5NonDqW93mvXui-wMygE37eZCx9WZhvhbjs7n0se1A0EvUpABqQ5U/w438-h640/Allan+Poe.jpg" width="438" /></a></div><div>Neither does Edgar Allan Poe. This volume contains all his classic tales such as 'The Gold Bug'; 'The Tell-Tale Heart'; 'The Fall of the House of Usher'. This leads neatly to the vast amount of music I'd like to suggest with a Halloween theme. First up, an album with a Poe connection...</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBjDosgliNnCVWJcVcf0YZ3qEznVbOtaRxB6iyZU3Vve5ESeIifRUfdNGHZ1AJ0oMgctC7iWTFrvIrE9d-FcF44cAuCgvGCglFCOMZn1vhjFy1Lig5IN0rQffsEtlmbdG2wNBRgBsHNo/s2048/Allan+Parsons+Project.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1895" data-original-width="2048" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBjDosgliNnCVWJcVcf0YZ3qEznVbOtaRxB6iyZU3Vve5ESeIifRUfdNGHZ1AJ0oMgctC7iWTFrvIrE9d-FcF44cAuCgvGCglFCOMZn1vhjFy1Lig5IN0rQffsEtlmbdG2wNBRgBsHNo/w640-h592/Allan+Parsons+Project.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>British progressive rock band the Alan Parsons Project recorded this record, their debut album, in 1976. For this album the band created their musical interpretations of Poe's stories.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTmX045Osf_8pPRzWvL31NFmjV1nrQsrYSoSYqWoziyY6XLFIhuSa0YHWB96klvo2AJk5QQXatXfZpNOS5fnq-K7iFWsiNpNFgf5HPkC-kNj4j2kMzCYfWfm1uomBkGAIPgojVKKE2kV0/s2048/Angel+Witch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2048" height="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTmX045Osf_8pPRzWvL31NFmjV1nrQsrYSoSYqWoziyY6XLFIhuSa0YHWB96klvo2AJk5QQXatXfZpNOS5fnq-K7iFWsiNpNFgf5HPkC-kNj4j2kMzCYfWfm1uomBkGAIPgojVKKE2kV0/w640-h618/Angel+Witch.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This is British heavy metal band Angel Witch's debut from 1980. There are horror/supernatural and occult themes throughout.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQS1PJwx5QgpYLZINizN6SCc5Fj5i0NtD9GR0XzQKyda7qDhyphenhypheni0LnQkraU8-7O3XYKNg1xBiCbTQYSYyluR8RjPhBiEqfSpq0UCIzXZroxG5z7Gile6xVD19JfPNaVsJr-XRtKeYWY6Xc/s2048/Anthrax.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1859" data-original-width="2048" height="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQS1PJwx5QgpYLZINizN6SCc5Fj5i0NtD9GR0XzQKyda7qDhyphenhypheni0LnQkraU8-7O3XYKNg1xBiCbTQYSYyluR8RjPhBiEqfSpq0UCIzXZroxG5z7Gile6xVD19JfPNaVsJr-XRtKeYWY6Xc/w640-h580/Anthrax.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>'Among the Living' is American thrash metal band Anthrax's third studio album, released in 1987. The cover art reminds me of the evil preacher in Poltergeist 2, but the main reason I selected this album is that a few of the songs are based on Stephen King's work, the title track and 'A Skeleton in the Closet'.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLe1yhxH3-0hrCdME9fNR2sOvw10IHJx04eRMWg2qOuEXjB033DKDViZq6y4nfyAj0G6SnP5EnofFIsWh0dpr6FzwRqqcWTHYWN7C_WgqhClsh3UWYTeWMeJNbWBrtwSwgooG42awXtP4/s2048/Black+Sabbath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1933" data-original-width="2048" height="604" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLe1yhxH3-0hrCdME9fNR2sOvw10IHJx04eRMWg2qOuEXjB033DKDViZq6y4nfyAj0G6SnP5EnofFIsWh0dpr6FzwRqqcWTHYWN7C_WgqhClsh3UWYTeWMeJNbWBrtwSwgooG42awXtP4/w640-h604/Black+Sabbath.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Black Sabbath's debut album from 1970, included for obvious reasons! The ominous, heavy, doomy title track of this album sets a Halloween mood and is hugely influential on rock and metal music.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDEzRxLMAxpjIDvjpf0C-Tcy_1dTlmHRzgTwGgP0QqunhZozWyT4U7MwgScZTFn6goZz7uqngj67CUt2fbVnJ-lx4OqZLW6CWrDRpIH5pYjMydv9J6iqflIoGOi7igIBoPr-IaKdEOSZc/s2048/Blind+Guardian.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1849" data-original-width="2048" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDEzRxLMAxpjIDvjpf0C-Tcy_1dTlmHRzgTwGgP0QqunhZozWyT4U7MwgScZTFn6goZz7uqngj67CUt2fbVnJ-lx4OqZLW6CWrDRpIH5pYjMydv9J6iqflIoGOi7igIBoPr-IaKdEOSZc/w640-h578/Blind+Guardian.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The debut album by German speed/power metal band Blind Guardian, 'Battalions of Fear', released in 1987. There are evil themes on this and my copy has a bonus track, 'Halloween (The Wizard's Crown)'.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH9y-D-I3f-vDmGTRZNrbXI4bGsS3izq9N6vBolkmROoJE8o-ZfCYGYCsgLQHAOdNpYG5fLk3XbohfcMyHml_20zAwx1ABfxCkhKD9n8TtiRyQY8KaZtN9e7-mhu7p4ndd21XDjSiWVP8/s2048/Blue+Oyster+Cult.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1790" data-original-width="2048" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH9y-D-I3f-vDmGTRZNrbXI4bGsS3izq9N6vBolkmROoJE8o-ZfCYGYCsgLQHAOdNpYG5fLk3XbohfcMyHml_20zAwx1ABfxCkhKD9n8TtiRyQY8KaZtN9e7-mhu7p4ndd21XDjSiWVP8/w640-h560/Blue+Oyster+Cult.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>One of US classic rock/hard rock legends Blue Oyster Cult's later albums (their thirteenth), 'Heaven Forbid' (released in 1998) has a striking cover art and retains the gothic and occult themes that BOC have had throughout their career, mainly due to the 'Imaginos Mythos' created by their late former manager Sandy Pearlman. American SF and horror author John Shirley wrote lyrics to most of the songs on this album.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2oOTICM5k9Te_tRObLR_v4ZK0FWPesZWqA3QOqUgXv8Hc0JCSUixnEvnIz2ac3g67ISyBf8OGhQ_TR_fZJvWgpKDdistabXsoC4DlvlmXzt1g-nALlhJ0vg_Oo6NAOekBxE5IUX1h9CA/s2048/Bowie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1757" data-original-width="2048" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2oOTICM5k9Te_tRObLR_v4ZK0FWPesZWqA3QOqUgXv8Hc0JCSUixnEvnIz2ac3g67ISyBf8OGhQ_TR_fZJvWgpKDdistabXsoC4DlvlmXzt1g-nALlhJ0vg_Oo6NAOekBxE5IUX1h9CA/w640-h550/Bowie.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div>David Bowie's 1974 album Diamond Dogs is a worthy addition to Halloween-themed music, I think. There's something weird and sinister about this album and the opening track 'Future Legend' describes Bowie's vision of a bizarre dystopian future.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_Jqw1xaGH2k2V14AnRZMR-5MJTGnuO9_klNYbixASjFTot4557_KR2G760Omrig2u_9kxwwqpJmZ1Bj_JEqWFD4QEIvQtmzLitZPOqb44ImTkZm1gI3p0W7xWlbmOhgUgohzYW2ScTA/s2048/Candlemass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1909" data-original-width="2048" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_Jqw1xaGH2k2V14AnRZMR-5MJTGnuO9_klNYbixASjFTot4557_KR2G760Omrig2u_9kxwwqpJmZ1Bj_JEqWFD4QEIvQtmzLitZPOqb44ImTkZm1gI3p0W7xWlbmOhgUgohzYW2ScTA/w640-h596/Candlemass.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>A seminal debut album by Swedish doom metal legends Candlemass: 'Epicus Doomicus Metallicus' was released in 1986 and is exactly what the title implies- Epic Doom Metal. It is a doom metal classic and perfectly Halloween-themed.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfYDtNPEW-Z2OVnX-yIwZPAgVJawun4AulKzCr0hWKo2blS7F1O8-aN0iAdzZwvc2eB4t3D9Zni_lZq6K2ekWnlhMwBX-6fMcj4irmNNnasgee6y8RjdBugj9L1OVvRjfS9c1qHv9-YKo/s2048/Cathedral.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1842" data-original-width="2048" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfYDtNPEW-Z2OVnX-yIwZPAgVJawun4AulKzCr0hWKo2blS7F1O8-aN0iAdzZwvc2eB4t3D9Zni_lZq6K2ekWnlhMwBX-6fMcj4irmNNnasgee6y8RjdBugj9L1OVvRjfS9c1qHv9-YKo/w640-h576/Cathedral.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>British doom metal band Cathedral's 'The Carnival Bizarre' was their third album and was released in 1995, featuring lots of Halloween-themed songs including 'Hopkins (The Witchfinder General)'.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwqj-518aeO20xPU0P4CW_uxxFpF1rgTvHe54aeOat9PPLpRuaWmzG-cbldks1zotH-adCq1St5GpYF4UMs3qeKyfFi0w6sQzBl84eqjxoV2WSvJUSd6J0vT5_U-SI83C46bKLdauOvxs/s2048/Celtic+Frost.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwqj-518aeO20xPU0P4CW_uxxFpF1rgTvHe54aeOat9PPLpRuaWmzG-cbldks1zotH-adCq1St5GpYF4UMs3qeKyfFi0w6sQzBl84eqjxoV2WSvJUSd6J0vT5_U-SI83C46bKLdauOvxs/w640-h480/Celtic+Frost.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Swiss metal band Celtic Frost's fifth and final album 'Monotheist', released in 2006, is a dark and sinister classic. My favourite song is 'A Dying God Coming Into Human Flesh'.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCABukuyMj2x6-S_RPrznZqXKVMaNTbMQMAjvtyYUYKWnuQO3HuOO0Cdp7Pfm8dZKF-Ywlx2jlpqWIpmf0uPpl95bVNtGmK0aDkX1Jx9_3iRPntiIdWbyQ0Gr8VrO13k8DC1Pe8qXm_Ww/s2048/Cirith+Ungol.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1842" data-original-width="2048" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCABukuyMj2x6-S_RPrznZqXKVMaNTbMQMAjvtyYUYKWnuQO3HuOO0Cdp7Pfm8dZKF-Ywlx2jlpqWIpmf0uPpl95bVNtGmK0aDkX1Jx9_3iRPntiIdWbyQ0Gr8VrO13k8DC1Pe8qXm_Ww/w640-h576/Cirith+Ungol.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>American heavy metal band Cirith Ungol's third studio album 'One Foot in Hell' was released in 1986 and has numerous dark and supernatural fantasy themes.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiti2DKyGveFArEXRlytQNuFACILOnnv8SKAPbI1dVttD8n1bTaQwnqwX9PCZrLj4OqIRL4SERg0wfG7KGKr0UgqfM-zMSrjNKXKyupwukh_rXpno8gJDAn0YTwYv2b_0OH5fYGhfqPJ1U/s2048/Coroner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1835" data-original-width="2048" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiti2DKyGveFArEXRlytQNuFACILOnnv8SKAPbI1dVttD8n1bTaQwnqwX9PCZrLj4OqIRL4SERg0wfG7KGKr0UgqfM-zMSrjNKXKyupwukh_rXpno8gJDAn0YTwYv2b_0OH5fYGhfqPJ1U/w640-h574/Coroner.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>R.I.P is the debut album released by the Swiss thrash/progressive metal band Coroner in 1987. Heavy thrash album with nice gothic touches.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS1z8mGmVFmAnRZDLsgsLb-DnNAFtdEJuJ5IvPCrFJyiIi58r67dxaKPQxihPq7VuXNeNqRhutVAGvoqW1UAAR9f-RmVOV0HPc6B_Az4PP4dQVvHMq1zJVRyDL4kP9V3CkWuHaDL4Vfqk/s2048/Death.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1874" data-original-width="2048" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS1z8mGmVFmAnRZDLsgsLb-DnNAFtdEJuJ5IvPCrFJyiIi58r67dxaKPQxihPq7VuXNeNqRhutVAGvoqW1UAAR9f-RmVOV0HPc6B_Az4PP4dQVvHMq1zJVRyDL4kP9V3CkWuHaDL4Vfqk/w640-h586/Death.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>'Scream Bloody Gore' is the hugely influential debut album by the US death metal band Death, released in 1987 and credited with inventing the death metal genre. Heavy and brutal with shock horror/zombie themes throughout. My favourite song on this is 'Denial of Life'- fantastic guitar riffing combined with Chuck Schuldiner's growls and blood curdling shrieks.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6jXvv4a0wVcvT7lpLC3qScIkVu2ImdoH0eVI_8gxm57jwXstGgPjF29xxoBpMEM8Mti2NGImgVM8xXW3ab9TKfHHhC-foyJGhoyKPPITup5MsGxDPAl48HZoU9LY_WBgkfkbqdRtKepI/s2048/Demons+and+Wizards.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1878" data-original-width="2048" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6jXvv4a0wVcvT7lpLC3qScIkVu2ImdoH0eVI_8gxm57jwXstGgPjF29xxoBpMEM8Mti2NGImgVM8xXW3ab9TKfHHhC-foyJGhoyKPPITup5MsGxDPAl48HZoU9LY_WBgkfkbqdRtKepI/w640-h586/Demons+and+Wizards.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div>Power metal supergroup Demons and Wizards were formed by Blind Guardian vocalist Hansi Kursch and Iced Earth guitarist Jon Schaffer. 'Touched by the Crimson King' is their second album with Halloween-themed songs such as 'Wicked Witch'.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj43We7oXO2VG65yQO0EQCMrb1oRdgzSw4OBZtvCKA2VAcgRUIS1ZmZvJP2erRU-VII4fXZtf_tQ9v1eFBv4j6n8IByjG6YdR1-r5oqlHViGEIiATW12LomkU0qQQAj7Epm9yAePNAp8Tg/s2048/Dickinson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1825" data-original-width="2048" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj43We7oXO2VG65yQO0EQCMrb1oRdgzSw4OBZtvCKA2VAcgRUIS1ZmZvJP2erRU-VII4fXZtf_tQ9v1eFBv4j6n8IByjG6YdR1-r5oqlHViGEIiATW12LomkU0qQQAj7Epm9yAePNAp8Tg/w640-h570/Dickinson.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>'Tyranny of Souls' is a 2005 heavy/progressive metal solo record from Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden's vocalist/frontman. Lots of supernatural and science fiction themes.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPbFgyAIEsA5bu7LmaSimSokAVIOXMtdFSO8C0DUXtklLDFpV0kugAu-IQmjnyr3HHlvIIcZ3p_8A7_fFyQgq2CU08rTA4cUgIEo5DF3mQI2XswxhEKvuW9AF9aTfqS-P5Yi1mTvOUz8/s2048/Dio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1848" data-original-width="2048" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPbFgyAIEsA5bu7LmaSimSokAVIOXMtdFSO8C0DUXtklLDFpV0kugAu-IQmjnyr3HHlvIIcZ3p_8A7_fFyQgq2CU08rTA4cUgIEo5DF3mQI2XswxhEKvuW9AF9aTfqS-P5Yi1mTvOUz8/w640-h578/Dio.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Ronnie James Dio's classic US metal band released 'Dream Evil' in 1987. The title track is a classic Halloween-themed song about the supernatural.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSQw-M025mshrvt24cyJasVnB8yAvdAugGgKTnBxdyiJgqaOa3bp1IaZbqbHlgN3FCPzNXQOE1tjW0vh6xfczUjtpq5fIVdB0mZvcD0LfVHQpfE0CEncgzTEMakvRUppw5h-VMtdGL6k/s2048/Edguy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1878" data-original-width="2048" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSQw-M025mshrvt24cyJasVnB8yAvdAugGgKTnBxdyiJgqaOa3bp1IaZbqbHlgN3FCPzNXQOE1tjW0vh6xfczUjtpq5fIVdB0mZvcD0LfVHQpfE0CEncgzTEMakvRUppw5h-VMtdGL6k/w640-h586/Edguy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>German power/symphonic metal band Edguy released this album 'Hellfire Club' in 2004, it's their sixth album.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYi_CVu1oIKilGw1UYz-L0EgnOPp8Dppn7JegzyjTzKHLtZlored5hxF2XzXleCFOfkPFJFXv6E_KAOvd5HFsChUb7YjZ_A7hdNhmY0hIfj9yh9_Oa8Ij73ugvSy6QIj3ZfJ1Tv2VDUBg/s2048/Emperor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1856" data-original-width="2048" height="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYi_CVu1oIKilGw1UYz-L0EgnOPp8Dppn7JegzyjTzKHLtZlored5hxF2XzXleCFOfkPFJFXv6E_KAOvd5HFsChUb7YjZ_A7hdNhmY0hIfj9yh9_Oa8Ij73ugvSy6QIj3ZfJ1Tv2VDUBg/w640-h580/Emperor.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div>'In the Nightside Eclipse' is a Black Metal classic by Norwegian black metal legends Emperor, released in 1994. It sounds like a gurgling and shrieking demon choir in a vast underground cathedral, deep within the bowels of the earth.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtsL9_8tNV2P8RhAElyQh_LQA9jSvI3oOOQWdwthYbq_-Ly4j_Wqn7PHjsiESY2xzer1_XGrYv2FmDxffh90JH2hyxQumQecH_KV0SeEwtYM1deGUPSXA2lF74kRbam176mEsoQgBsIrs/s2048/Evile.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1819" data-original-width="2048" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtsL9_8tNV2P8RhAElyQh_LQA9jSvI3oOOQWdwthYbq_-Ly4j_Wqn7PHjsiESY2xzer1_XGrYv2FmDxffh90JH2hyxQumQecH_KV0SeEwtYM1deGUPSXA2lF74kRbam176mEsoQgBsIrs/w640-h568/Evile.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div>'Hell Unleashed' is the fifth studio album by British thrash metal band Evile, released this year.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8yOv9FKNN1tXxs-D6VQEn5hx1rA3UYjuF4PF__OTqE4g_as4iix4KBK7v0Ol0OFPrQWXKRRFYWiKqPNaoQuGoIHE-SPgeVWrF1pbZaFmpLPaqoXLwwZZO7LZwt5lOJDHSrKaV6Z7dsE/s2048/Fall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1811" data-original-width="2048" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8yOv9FKNN1tXxs-D6VQEn5hx1rA3UYjuF4PF__OTqE4g_as4iix4KBK7v0Ol0OFPrQWXKRRFYWiKqPNaoQuGoIHE-SPgeVWrF1pbZaFmpLPaqoXLwwZZO7LZwt5lOJDHSrKaV6Z7dsE/w640-h566/Fall.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I'm including 'The Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall', released in 1984 by British post-punk/alternative rock band The Fall. Mainly for the occult chanting and ominous feel of the opening track 'Lay of the Land'.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWq9Rkj6W25o_RUgEA0DUmDhPOSO9wb_fhEkSQ_fGFJIwMZ0ub6zTztmIG3LopXHSsWu4xrSh5SRRLg6ARMp1aHEyl_T3ApGoChIjc3Kv-m8MFxi1IdGt0FVqeRgW-0yaFxngIv-kv_8g/s2048/Fates+Warning.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1813" data-original-width="2048" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWq9Rkj6W25o_RUgEA0DUmDhPOSO9wb_fhEkSQ_fGFJIwMZ0ub6zTztmIG3LopXHSsWu4xrSh5SRRLg6ARMp1aHEyl_T3ApGoChIjc3Kv-m8MFxi1IdGt0FVqeRgW-0yaFxngIv-kv_8g/w640-h566/Fates+Warning.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div>'The Spectre Within' is the second studio album by US progressive metal band Fates Warning, released in 1985.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxK6sjZ2eBO5np23Yj29ZyEVYnvpSUjKtmJ6RDM5hVIWyPsbJbsJfaQWhdKcmWhyhoBDp5p_m34oXg_0tlZ4sYmmhKJyQt1UFH2sOGG0aqBcUVoY1XtalRv9xr0BuHpoYT-sDtvrXf7I0/s2048/Forbidden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1789" data-original-width="2048" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxK6sjZ2eBO5np23Yj29ZyEVYnvpSUjKtmJ6RDM5hVIWyPsbJbsJfaQWhdKcmWhyhoBDp5p_m34oXg_0tlZ4sYmmhKJyQt1UFH2sOGG0aqBcUVoY1XtalRv9xr0BuHpoYT-sDtvrXf7I0/w640-h560/Forbidden.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>'Forbidden Evil' is the debut album by US thrash metal band Forbidden, released in 1987.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR-xUnu-wievMSbGrNIyQZ4d9DxslqqY4MduJ255FQ5_ESzAbPFLbi6ygvMZXSyA0MS9t6YF_2TKf5QtaZtu9ZXTBztgyMoA3ZdePs9TOKC7aTZaoDn5ihJENefddgqw6QwYjprGMVN80/s2048/Ghost.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1907" data-original-width="2048" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR-xUnu-wievMSbGrNIyQZ4d9DxslqqY4MduJ255FQ5_ESzAbPFLbi6ygvMZXSyA0MS9t6YF_2TKf5QtaZtu9ZXTBztgyMoA3ZdePs9TOKC7aTZaoDn5ihJENefddgqw6QwYjprGMVN80/w640-h596/Ghost.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div>Swedish rock band Ghost are the perfect Halloween band. This is their debut album released in 2010.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2PX6MVYrAtp9GbsuZlcp0j2mhyAxc1kIkSnqU16vnYkzJg_Gb4mLYgZNxc_Pz3LggPhBpbarteLg1dOnPqMoi2VtnZkEf781XbV8oAJkHZJDy6-ID4ZeO3rRKfx-c1Jd2sH7YKCTLh70/s2546/Graveyard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1235" data-original-width="2546" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2PX6MVYrAtp9GbsuZlcp0j2mhyAxc1kIkSnqU16vnYkzJg_Gb4mLYgZNxc_Pz3LggPhBpbarteLg1dOnPqMoi2VtnZkEf781XbV8oAJkHZJDy6-ID4ZeO3rRKfx-c1Jd2sH7YKCTLh70/w640-h310/Graveyard.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div>The self titled debut album by another Swedish hard rock band, Graveyard; released in 2007.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXEKbqMUj8O8zAsTz8VkE5fthStFtGGyLLB0Dp894xeA_4GzUnMi7f2z8PKeveww6UU63gcIThKbtPcEFZKJZjSEeYjnhzrZE5Hv1qJJH3ItllcKTb7xg3RhYS8RMSDlUY5OJxodNvrP0/s2048/Haunt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1986" data-original-width="2048" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXEKbqMUj8O8zAsTz8VkE5fthStFtGGyLLB0Dp894xeA_4GzUnMi7f2z8PKeveww6UU63gcIThKbtPcEFZKJZjSEeYjnhzrZE5Hv1qJJH3ItllcKTb7xg3RhYS8RMSDlUY5OJxodNvrP0/w640-h620/Haunt.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>'Beautiful Distraction' is the 2021 album by US heavy metal band Haunt.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTGGgoXsWuHD7FFIPfnN1x4ioWSE6mDnHM88ayNAqW_s6TDMnTO_sZUVQQ3RL00-nyChZE8hCxbUnlGiSGDlzXQMmmYpvOo_0XCeXdAA5IdvWpv2NrESubZCS9sjsAHYvOzrjFq6DXTUY/s2048/Helloween.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1841" data-original-width="2048" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTGGgoXsWuHD7FFIPfnN1x4ioWSE6mDnHM88ayNAqW_s6TDMnTO_sZUVQQ3RL00-nyChZE8hCxbUnlGiSGDlzXQMmmYpvOo_0XCeXdAA5IdvWpv2NrESubZCS9sjsAHYvOzrjFq6DXTUY/w640-h576/Helloween.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>No list of Halloween music would be complete without German heavy/power metal legends Helloween. This album 'Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 1' was released in 1987 and contains the epic song 'Halloween'.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid9Lz49CHKJyCKONDgvDI__BJiSiPhyV2RTw5MUrqWnp5vn6jdTBx6HTwnuOexzXW89b_e6ef4sEKd5WzAtW-mPF74_v830FWkkp-7kW-AKWOMXKE3szd78rastGP7Gs-ScllnsbjIHkk/s2048/Helstar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1796" data-original-width="2048" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid9Lz49CHKJyCKONDgvDI__BJiSiPhyV2RTw5MUrqWnp5vn6jdTBx6HTwnuOexzXW89b_e6ef4sEKd5WzAtW-mPF74_v830FWkkp-7kW-AKWOMXKE3szd78rastGP7Gs-ScllnsbjIHkk/w640-h562/Helstar.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">US heavy metal band Helstar's classic horror-themed album 'Nosferatu', released in 1989.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBiB7IRuwbKo2cm13kGLYRK9NDVY2w-v-nHXRpfSjU_766mQQKHNlVJb-GBUE99Cmg-zyfwuuQd5f7ljrL7MtISF9ai9twsCIbj0U2Y9dPQ2uw0FJi6kDak5_T__nBBuLOwlFo9_5J3jk/s2048/Iced+Earth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1882" data-original-width="2048" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBiB7IRuwbKo2cm13kGLYRK9NDVY2w-v-nHXRpfSjU_766mQQKHNlVJb-GBUE99Cmg-zyfwuuQd5f7ljrL7MtISF9ai9twsCIbj0U2Y9dPQ2uw0FJi6kDak5_T__nBBuLOwlFo9_5J3jk/w640-h588/Iced+Earth.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>US heavy/power metal band Iced Earth released this horror-themed album 'Horror Show' in 2001.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS0YG-DxNqQZzeYNByMTlLAhbxLq7PQPL3LdDr4m9kGZL1bpz11E-TIwQ65kxpPJnY6-mVSGaM9SWm8RBf1_SiiHmmXy8dPr28XVM-OADeauyLQjX0F2mE4k-IXd3zScgSRMfOJ2XUi1M/s2048/Iron+Maiden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1826" data-original-width="2048" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS0YG-DxNqQZzeYNByMTlLAhbxLq7PQPL3LdDr4m9kGZL1bpz11E-TIwQ65kxpPJnY6-mVSGaM9SWm8RBf1_SiiHmmXy8dPr28XVM-OADeauyLQjX0F2mE4k-IXd3zScgSRMfOJ2XUi1M/w640-h570/Iron+Maiden.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Any Iron Maiden album or single could have made this Halloween blog article. I selected the single 'Purgatory' (from their 1981 album 'Killers') for the striking cover art.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicQ1EBKYupNuHXkFZ3gmaO4FxBCJ6Wm7w62XSRaU8CGPjjgUinr3HwY2Y1kqB4P92A1Se-8dibLd_J1L5N67k0bbvZ0hLlY7hh9X9G864y29v1o7RTroi3W-vOLnmsdZHGkRoBKZTu7IE/s2048/King+Diamond.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2040" data-original-width="2048" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicQ1EBKYupNuHXkFZ3gmaO4FxBCJ6Wm7w62XSRaU8CGPjjgUinr3HwY2Y1kqB4P92A1Se-8dibLd_J1L5N67k0bbvZ0hLlY7hh9X9G864y29v1o7RTroi3W-vOLnmsdZHGkRoBKZTu7IE/w640-h638/King+Diamond.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div>No Halloween themed music list would be complete without Danish metal legend King Diamond. Any album by King Diamond would have been suitable but I chose their fourth album 'Conspiracy', released in 1989.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNFgcX_SdMf_ipA7Nr6D9Sejtwev-lcDNj4rVOq-mc6DzGz3NZx0q5r80Fik-WjVTqnpyH0JcdKaoKXomQo5kOdf6zs8E4KAXlm_vFtZqEq-3un2_Ck0VTVzzNMICrrPEmZaHrPV_TtuI/s2048/King+Gizzard+and+the+Lizzard+Wizzard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1861" data-original-width="2048" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNFgcX_SdMf_ipA7Nr6D9Sejtwev-lcDNj4rVOq-mc6DzGz3NZx0q5r80Fik-WjVTqnpyH0JcdKaoKXomQo5kOdf6zs8E4KAXlm_vFtZqEq-3un2_Ck0VTVzzNMICrrPEmZaHrPV_TtuI/w640-h582/King+Gizzard+and+the+Lizzard+Wizzard.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard are an Australian psychedelic rock band, this is their 2014 release 'I'm in Your Mind Fuzz'.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Wd6KxrMbbHd83tHyBXMcJ900p4gFB-eDmg0R2iltRKjwQJX6rjQm5HB958XF3LvrBvBiVtete6X0eNeL3fFosFi4AjE8NAMbOMH5PNamg7dgpV5zRgppJjEPjF99_NqiKWQocWzh4zQ/s2048/Kiss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1851" data-original-width="2048" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Wd6KxrMbbHd83tHyBXMcJ900p4gFB-eDmg0R2iltRKjwQJX6rjQm5HB958XF3LvrBvBiVtete6X0eNeL3fFosFi4AjE8NAMbOMH5PNamg7dgpV5zRgppJjEPjF99_NqiKWQocWzh4zQ/w640-h578/Kiss.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kiss are difficult to take seriously but their costumes and make-up fit the Halloween theme. I chose to feature their second album 'Hotter than Hell', released in 1974, as Gene Simmons looks impressively sinister on the cover.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjW1qNb8GgIQX0iqaufIDddtpkhmA2eQCdvGKeR3pfj4HKhqvD42R3Fyt_HkgABamRFVAz7VJcE3P6cu9ZOCr9tEsOUfJwjTCAHXaWeNJZQ6t24kJhKFap3_UPoxvf8oTueJzbShfzC2A/s2048/Kreator.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="2048" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjW1qNb8GgIQX0iqaufIDddtpkhmA2eQCdvGKeR3pfj4HKhqvD42R3Fyt_HkgABamRFVAz7VJcE3P6cu9ZOCr9tEsOUfJwjTCAHXaWeNJZQ6t24kJhKFap3_UPoxvf8oTueJzbShfzC2A/w640-h574/Kreator.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Coma of Souls is the fifth studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator, released in 1990. </div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeu2rEu1UaWYl0FMONQ-e7OALDNRwV_pu9E5AV8bpqrwpV5XxyJS0f7NCzc32t4CTPMA2e-qjKKBoqtitBAK-hAau5k5922UAUL3649EiteGMjOpAcp-VZaNzVeHwv-RrgR5JcvMbrC-w/s2048/Lord+Weird+Slough+Feg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1827" data-original-width="2048" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeu2rEu1UaWYl0FMONQ-e7OALDNRwV_pu9E5AV8bpqrwpV5XxyJS0f7NCzc32t4CTPMA2e-qjKKBoqtitBAK-hAau5k5922UAUL3649EiteGMjOpAcp-VZaNzVeHwv-RrgR5JcvMbrC-w/w640-h570/Lord+Weird+Slough+Feg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>'Twilight of the Idols' is US metal band Lord Weird Slough Feg's second album, released in 1999.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih345Iyq48JfH0cP7W9Mg0pxRaMipB6yAyjVrSRqjPjX2WqB4aBiBjcbu_XCCXkg-IyKZgCf0zNIp_F4_E_B7YstexaBDhEKSyxnBZyrX-EWk6NTuuQc73eJdDo2Ww7AayVfvG2mwWI8c/s2048/Manilla+Road.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1873" data-original-width="2048" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih345Iyq48JfH0cP7W9Mg0pxRaMipB6yAyjVrSRqjPjX2WqB4aBiBjcbu_XCCXkg-IyKZgCf0zNIp_F4_E_B7YstexaBDhEKSyxnBZyrX-EWk6NTuuQc73eJdDo2Ww7AayVfvG2mwWI8c/w640-h586/Manilla+Road.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div>'Mystification' by US metal band Manilla Road was originally released in 1987. This is another album based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsB6CdA5YS-xNXFO8ibsrCjCc6KWVUgfGMc893A9BWtJtbARPQG0i6uvlqkCqpG5QIWoSTt81cpZggagdM_Yao4UiXa5iAdBLNYHGAx0vdgms2NA5XQFUWh0PaJtoM34AoJRQpi0lyI-U/s2048/Marilyn+Manson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1843" data-original-width="2048" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsB6CdA5YS-xNXFO8ibsrCjCc6KWVUgfGMc893A9BWtJtbARPQG0i6uvlqkCqpG5QIWoSTt81cpZggagdM_Yao4UiXa5iAdBLNYHGAx0vdgms2NA5XQFUWh0PaJtoM34AoJRQpi0lyI-U/w640-h576/Marilyn+Manson.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>US alternative rock, the second album by Marilyn Manson released in 1996. Lots of occult/supernatural themes.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXTuAbypDxkuWd7KpJZVy-FnSdDF449QChLbCtSkhIgmpDB9s-ll6r1AAz_Qo2qT7AnoZwOv4NI2iD9sZBmXmp7iYEiIQja7GyB0VF9ivQHcqdVSyd_IghSRfROI2oNHI7f_yo25liBP4/s2048/Mastodon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1883" data-original-width="2048" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXTuAbypDxkuWd7KpJZVy-FnSdDF449QChLbCtSkhIgmpDB9s-ll6r1AAz_Qo2qT7AnoZwOv4NI2iD9sZBmXmp7iYEiIQja7GyB0VF9ivQHcqdVSyd_IghSRfROI2oNHI7f_yo25liBP4/w640-h588/Mastodon.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div>US metal band Mastodon released 'Once More Round the Sun', their sixth studio album, in 2014. It also contains a song titled 'Halloween'.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5BSBSg9UkeBudGXgy2-r9rfZ1xhGG_GdLe6ArNpPOKaRqNhJw4JBU4Tn2Gu2Gr7Pglz6_5arEEhYsAAs_1I5yjsXCe7ix1SKoUPEd024dUjcpQvWXfHx_thK2l_mNgoOT-4AnM8DMNsU/s2048/Megadeth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1884" data-original-width="2048" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5BSBSg9UkeBudGXgy2-r9rfZ1xhGG_GdLe6ArNpPOKaRqNhJw4JBU4Tn2Gu2Gr7Pglz6_5arEEhYsAAs_1I5yjsXCe7ix1SKoUPEd024dUjcpQvWXfHx_thK2l_mNgoOT-4AnM8DMNsU/w640-h588/Megadeth.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>'Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?' is the second album of US thrash metal band Megadeth, released in 1986. A few songs with Halloween-related themes such as 'The Conjuring', Bad Omen'.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRVJ8FkACeCbxsHB81TuCF2MU03A6gJafsAASmYXY5QjNIwMPgM4i2n5B3dIjXghJZDo0NXokYdFH1Bu2GILWN0wOEmQZvZ6g7Duxh8q271FuLIVZXoeJRr1HasXKi-8nnB5QHBh71yWM/s2048/Mercyful+Fate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1826" data-original-width="2048" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRVJ8FkACeCbxsHB81TuCF2MU03A6gJafsAASmYXY5QjNIwMPgM4i2n5B3dIjXghJZDo0NXokYdFH1Bu2GILWN0wOEmQZvZ6g7Duxh8q271FuLIVZXoeJRr1HasXKi-8nnB5QHBh71yWM/w640-h570/Mercyful+Fate.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Danish metal band Mercyful Fate are the original band of King Diamond, who already featured on this list. This album '9' was released in 1999.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2u2h83tzd_IeFheccCU2UIc81vHg7u_xlk62NFwAeRfs4lx9gTixJ6hiQDTnsQr5NZiba_hGIrAubkIWpOfJRyU4dtV1-qS5ivjkMOQWYp3moUCwcr1qMv-8c6kmP2JL7-_cjrMAmH84/s2048/Offspring.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1941" data-original-width="2048" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2u2h83tzd_IeFheccCU2UIc81vHg7u_xlk62NFwAeRfs4lx9gTixJ6hiQDTnsQr5NZiba_hGIrAubkIWpOfJRyU4dtV1-qS5ivjkMOQWYp3moUCwcr1qMv-8c6kmP2JL7-_cjrMAmH84/w640-h606/Offspring.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This is the 2021 release by US rock band The Offspring, lots of dark themes.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjswyVQwzPmAzK_sIiT9caLReEdYbwl7Bm9WiCHsi8aLbr-f1d8cZaRKCM51imv-8WGQkrnpIaSj70Ah5gVjUYYrsYEb4aTfri7lM-OIEgqwmN7KWc20pYaVDib1xcr8rINkZSJvoqeYKU/s2048/Opeth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1762" data-original-width="2048" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjswyVQwzPmAzK_sIiT9caLReEdYbwl7Bm9WiCHsi8aLbr-f1d8cZaRKCM51imv-8WGQkrnpIaSj70Ah5gVjUYYrsYEb4aTfri7lM-OIEgqwmN7KWc20pYaVDib1xcr8rINkZSJvoqeYKU/w640-h550/Opeth.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This list would not be complete without an Opeth album, I chose 'Still Life' by the Swedish progressive-death metal legends.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Bh9f1bgNlouo4NfQcpHTpi-juYGFRoTSV_fuXPPaeKO_R526sSji3F0FzuyFh7rBDP6liBqsFN5JvzXqyhf4G3ezG6qdtcg1Dmii0MSN-hL2GKjwBQymT1kA0X91S-FdWGitVTWeeLc/s2048/Overkill.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1796" data-original-width="2048" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Bh9f1bgNlouo4NfQcpHTpi-juYGFRoTSV_fuXPPaeKO_R526sSji3F0FzuyFh7rBDP6liBqsFN5JvzXqyhf4G3ezG6qdtcg1Dmii0MSN-hL2GKjwBQymT1kA0X91S-FdWGitVTWeeLc/w640-h562/Overkill.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>US thrash metal legends Overkill released this album 'Horrorscope' in 1991, complete with their cover of the Edgar Winter song 'Frankenstein'.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz1AXfo9R_Clel3WP8Zu8ScJ0h7qSrano0tFjUBtqAAIMvqGzjiov4Loe2vI9mB2tp6KMoHDOsaUg5jHiFlduC8RkQYmjz6GCOKMPWFEsmIsoaaMOqguISQZZp7qT0o9TLFUdPeiIfcsw/s2048/Ozzy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1818" data-original-width="2048" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz1AXfo9R_Clel3WP8Zu8ScJ0h7qSrano0tFjUBtqAAIMvqGzjiov4Loe2vI9mB2tp6KMoHDOsaUg5jHiFlduC8RkQYmjz6GCOKMPWFEsmIsoaaMOqguISQZZp7qT0o9TLFUdPeiIfcsw/w640-h568/Ozzy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Another natural choice for a Halloween music list, rock legend Ozzy Osbourne experimenting with lycanthropy on his third studio album released in 1983, 'Bark at the Moon'.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI9Pe2NEHg-IeUHl6EPePMtGoorBRqBuwO2hQbJ-MfHe7g4oG-bTOhYYWxI7vGnrcMchXUiaQ2AfGhiOdRZrEXUibq9Ki3dfVouMqwsPiwvO6mU7ZkeuMgYo_Y3wxEYKPREsNJRyxbvaA/s2048/Paradise+Lost.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1883" data-original-width="2048" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI9Pe2NEHg-IeUHl6EPePMtGoorBRqBuwO2hQbJ-MfHe7g4oG-bTOhYYWxI7vGnrcMchXUiaQ2AfGhiOdRZrEXUibq9Ki3dfVouMqwsPiwvO6mU7ZkeuMgYo_Y3wxEYKPREsNJRyxbvaA/w640-h588/Paradise+Lost.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div>'Obsidian' is the 16th studio album by British gothic metal band Paradise Lost, released in 2020.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIBnSjI7gCYCndPLThUx6kEB_Vsj1hyphenhyphen89sH7A596ZX5N1yTYPTKeJb1YJQEviNevlwsNVeT2GZBChtlLo3j9GWlThAvlHL4LuUekpzcJiZXs8Gvl57KgW6hfM2cOhGdCAAuzLSE_2PyLY/s2048/Possessed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1791" data-original-width="2048" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIBnSjI7gCYCndPLThUx6kEB_Vsj1hyphenhyphen89sH7A596ZX5N1yTYPTKeJb1YJQEviNevlwsNVeT2GZBChtlLo3j9GWlThAvlHL4LuUekpzcJiZXs8Gvl57KgW6hfM2cOhGdCAAuzLSE_2PyLY/w640-h560/Possessed.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>A 'blackened thrash' classic by thrash metal pioneers Possessed, released in 1985. The album begins with a sample of the Mike Oldfield music from Tubular Bells which was used for The Exorcist movie.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8Z5HFY6mQyYa1VMTkl65xSgTM-8VWnjp-UkpC0OZIyT4wu7OCdDGTdUwuKyFpAjVJdyiCwG_zSyGT_PRNH7DwEtgbIsVlcyQ0KwoIZi5YsrLckm9VHw7QYqGniY5z3QPGqySnMMG28Q/s2048/Running+Wild.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1852" data-original-width="2048" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8Z5HFY6mQyYa1VMTkl65xSgTM-8VWnjp-UkpC0OZIyT4wu7OCdDGTdUwuKyFpAjVJdyiCwG_zSyGT_PRNH7DwEtgbIsVlcyQ0KwoIZi5YsrLckm9VHw7QYqGniY5z3QPGqySnMMG28Q/w640-h578/Running+Wild.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>German power/pirate metal band Running Wild released this, their seventh studio album 'Pile of Skulls', in 1992.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3xUGylrCIhr3Gt1_tEKLQy4bCVydfNs0mTD5GAErX87sGihFKep2UUWR7U8G2ko7dE9G4mTV5m9LJyVSWihS0wtz6bc-SmloAuQCT0mbFRDyPbZFBzU8rBtgMgqmUHay5_VqNnMJg5B8/s2048/Slayer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1822" data-original-width="2048" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3xUGylrCIhr3Gt1_tEKLQy4bCVydfNs0mTD5GAErX87sGihFKep2UUWR7U8G2ko7dE9G4mTV5m9LJyVSWihS0wtz6bc-SmloAuQCT0mbFRDyPbZFBzU8rBtgMgqmUHay5_VqNnMJg5B8/w640-h570/Slayer.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>US thrash metal legends Slayer need no introduction. 'Hell Awaits' was their second studio album released in 1985 and containing satanic and demonic themes.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGW8uewRNdgfn8_vRa9cAXQUcJXVqhuqMtWXXY5vxzsmISplm0_JC-S8E651bG9YMG5F5JyX0Y41HPvrp4V1ox0QsESk2KRJE8ssZ3IT8mHcS_POgesFvD29xJ_YDIVkUuCH52gQvr6f0/s2048/Tangerine+Dream.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1896" data-original-width="2048" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGW8uewRNdgfn8_vRa9cAXQUcJXVqhuqMtWXXY5vxzsmISplm0_JC-S8E651bG9YMG5F5JyX0Y41HPvrp4V1ox0QsESk2KRJE8ssZ3IT8mHcS_POgesFvD29xJ_YDIVkUuCH52gQvr6f0/w640-h592/Tangerine+Dream.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div>This is a sinister and creepy-sounding album by the German progressive rock/electronica band Tangerine Dream, released in 1974.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFc99cEdhznB0m7lXtlV8UlX2aJ6YO-6w31hAXcwhtpVRcAq1Vj-pXn708xM5y8c3WAJM_ItpBGOwmIWQ8I8_Qc6HnFHH99MrctNqPO_ba-G5oL51vyOAuZRvtwn7r42RhQ-exfUtgIs/s1836/Uncle+Acid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1590" data-original-width="1836" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFc99cEdhznB0m7lXtlV8UlX2aJ6YO-6w31hAXcwhtpVRcAq1Vj-pXn708xM5y8c3WAJM_ItpBGOwmIWQ8I8_Qc6HnFHH99MrctNqPO_ba-G5oL51vyOAuZRvtwn7r42RhQ-exfUtgIs/w640-h554/Uncle+Acid.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats are a British stoner/psychedelic rock band. 'Blood Lust' is their second studio album from 2011. They use plenty of gothic and occult themes in their music.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj66ujlmaL4I-D7K2eRC8zbRGxoNkB3HqJNVaTLzIncfj8CPYfpBuvCGcLAvGpqJL-uo0W26Gqi77gwZJw6F6bKkvwztcYpTqQFX09EHecgwnvPKQCglTGvXoPPpPWRaLWbcffCGrmFhl8/s2048/Uriah+Heep.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1128" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj66ujlmaL4I-D7K2eRC8zbRGxoNkB3HqJNVaTLzIncfj8CPYfpBuvCGcLAvGpqJL-uo0W26Gqi77gwZJw6F6bKkvwztcYpTqQFX09EHecgwnvPKQCglTGvXoPPpPWRaLWbcffCGrmFhl8/w352-h640/Uriah+Heep.jpg" width="352" /></a></div><div>'Very Eavy, Very Umble' is the debut album by British hard rock/progressive rock legends Uriah Heep, released in 1970. The album has an eerie, atmospheric feel emphasised by the cover art and 'Dreammare' is a good example of the best song to fit the Halloween theme.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCoCows3KUNyr_9hhyphenhyphenPQy-XU-l-uCosFfaqnd7MQjk-jH7-KlzLOfd1cNoBeIyJl3xDoan5qhY51LXz4T78UECkRnqc7v0yAbL7M8wDN0hwzUR33F71ek83kjwhDvtfiOaceUTIlzKTXk/s2048/Wraith.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1844" data-original-width="2048" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCoCows3KUNyr_9hhyphenhyphenPQy-XU-l-uCosFfaqnd7MQjk-jH7-KlzLOfd1cNoBeIyJl3xDoan5qhY51LXz4T78UECkRnqc7v0yAbL7M8wDN0hwzUR33F71ek83kjwhDvtfiOaceUTIlzKTXk/w640-h576/Wraith.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div>US heavy metal band Wraith released this, their second full length studio album, in 2019.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9Rzko7d-Aaw0avbJBQ8lv-1-n7C-e3h_flLd8y_RpzFp5jNxHBLC0GTzfs-jZ2inxJdla99j8dtFA_GehXEapXxdy3FLkOaVNmIW78ufppnyv8qlSNV25-2ZJ87uZk0ZRTZr6UDM9bs/s2048/Xentrix.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1808" data-original-width="2048" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9Rzko7d-Aaw0avbJBQ8lv-1-n7C-e3h_flLd8y_RpzFp5jNxHBLC0GTzfs-jZ2inxJdla99j8dtFA_GehXEapXxdy3FLkOaVNmIW78ufppnyv8qlSNV25-2ZJ87uZk0ZRTZr6UDM9bs/w640-h566/Xentrix.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">British thrash metal band Xentrix released this album 'Bury the Pain' in 2019.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWxFVLQXxVali4ng6S3yeV3ZwoKv0ZQDf8rc_9JlbksA0Fcw8RqgbmpT6-rD4_D7ceOhWbGK3pq1QjsGNXSDWX_mOkubl9TybaxO6HCbDD08_06hVg4lMOQuQpF8SIp8Xd_IORvWxKis/s2048/ZCompilation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1738" data-original-width="2048" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWxFVLQXxVali4ng6S3yeV3ZwoKv0ZQDf8rc_9JlbksA0Fcw8RqgbmpT6-rD4_D7ceOhWbGK3pq1QjsGNXSDWX_mOkubl9TybaxO6HCbDD08_06hVg4lMOQuQpF8SIp8Xd_IORvWxKis/w640-h544/ZCompilation.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Finally, this is an extreme metal compilation that I own. The cover art is a perfect piece of Halloween cover art. I decided to quickly run through these but I hope you enjoying looking through this list of books and records- I would encourage you to check them all out, not just at Halloween but all year round. Admittedly, this is perfect reading and listening for autumn and winter!</p>Steve Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106280039833965495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141916909014109441.post-4650847199754820242021-07-03T05:50:00.004-07:002021-07-03T05:50:42.919-07:00Notes Reviews Vinyl Tag via Niamh the Prog Nerd<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8WX5xPvHi9U" width="320" youtube-src-id="8WX5xPvHi9U"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p>Yesterday Niamh the Prog Nerd did another vinyl tag video, this one from Notes Reviews. I follow her channel so I have decided to jump on board for fun and do the same thing on my blog with the CDs and cassettes I own.</p><p>The questions this time were:</p><p>1. An album you got for free (bonus points if it was from the band)</p><p>2. A 'rainy day' album</p><p>3. An album that has grown on you (didn't like when you first heard it, now you do)</p><p>4. An album that has a female member in the band that doesn't sing lead vocals</p><p>5. A 'cottage vibes' album</p><p>6. An album that has Mike Portnoy on drums (bonus points if it is NOT Dream Theater)</p><p>7. A Side Project album</p><p>8. First album purchased with own money</p><p>9. A 'nostalgic' album</p><p>10. An album obtained at a concert</p><p>11. A quintessential summer album</p><p>12. Most expensive single record bought (not a box set or double/triple CD)</p><p>13. An album you own more than once (across the same format)</p><p>14. A quintessential Canadian</p><p>15. An album that marked a stark change in musical style</p><p>16. A Feel Good album</p><p>17. An album you inherited from family members</p><p>18. An album bought solely on the basis of the cover art</p><p>19. A high school/secondary school flashback album</p><p>20. An album that tells an epic story</p><p>OK here we go...</p><p><b>1. An album you got for free (bonus points if it was from the band)</b></p><p>No bonus points- I have a handful of free CD compilations that came with the magazine <i>Classic Rock</i> when I used to buy it. So I paid for the magazine but the CDs were a nice free addition.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ0zeTQIqjJI1U9c6fF-kml-OZUgCMuzmOFUOx4C-jAn80yXYDzpV8og1k-7XwBRa_FZbKLtWB245-e_qd9eR7CUdl5PBx84PEyPQ-lbJ3LkP-PLLpLBDxkf4BnVaufzivjvQNg3NCNTE/s2048/Free+albums1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ0zeTQIqjJI1U9c6fF-kml-OZUgCMuzmOFUOx4C-jAn80yXYDzpV8og1k-7XwBRa_FZbKLtWB245-e_qd9eR7CUdl5PBx84PEyPQ-lbJ3LkP-PLLpLBDxkf4BnVaufzivjvQNg3NCNTE/w640-h360/Free+albums1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGtpnS6TQNPOIai2T28jYdLaypVahdjQGOx_hUif_hDj3BzhjOOmIhJpoYVbf5Q0GzfWNCBq1pYP7HAAf4UibGK7ShL_QaLWk0aOrSHfAo3KgJLHlc-V7TWZyelFy2f38OPBuq0-3ITy4/s2700/Free+albums2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1164" data-original-width="2700" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGtpnS6TQNPOIai2T28jYdLaypVahdjQGOx_hUif_hDj3BzhjOOmIhJpoYVbf5Q0GzfWNCBq1pYP7HAAf4UibGK7ShL_QaLWk0aOrSHfAo3KgJLHlc-V7TWZyelFy2f38OPBuq0-3ITy4/w640-h276/Free+albums2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>(the 'coffee cup stain' on the sleeve on the right is part of the actual artwork on it, by the way!)<br /><p><b>2. A 'rainy day' album</b></p><p>This could encompass a broad range of choices. I went for a Led Zeppelin album, but not one that has 'The Rain Song' on it! I went for <b>Led Zeppelin- Presence</b> because the album sounds like unsettled, stormy weather and it has a rock sound for a bleak rainy day. 'Achilles Last Stand' is thunder, 'Tea for One' is stuck inside while gloomy drizzle is outside.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh83wZW9g5WNsPJvjGa55ohHrAcpxzJy5kVUAg7E2e_qF0VzHfoqFKs8CjTb74htitPpSd8ZxMgfzklhGQucVJuGn3T8PavTneoUI4YbeAshhakRTe9s7eK3N_Y6QAh3Yecxe0dhyphenhyphenN8Vek/s2048/Rainy+day.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1745" data-original-width="2048" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh83wZW9g5WNsPJvjGa55ohHrAcpxzJy5kVUAg7E2e_qF0VzHfoqFKs8CjTb74htitPpSd8ZxMgfzklhGQucVJuGn3T8PavTneoUI4YbeAshhakRTe9s7eK3N_Y6QAh3Yecxe0dhyphenhyphenN8Vek/w640-h546/Rainy+day.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>3. An album that has grown on you (didn't like when you first heard it, now you do)</b></p><p>I am going to pick exactly the same album and band that Niamh did, <b>King Crimson- Lark Tongues in Aspic</b> as I had precisely the same reaction to it. I couldn't think of an alternative because I don't buy a lot of albums/CDs by artists or bands that I don't like or that I know I won't. King Crimson are not an immediately accessible band. I did like <i>Red</i> immediately, with its heavy guitar sound, but both <i>In the Court of the Crimson King</i> and <i>Lark Tongues in Aspic</i> took longer to get into, particularly the latter.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIK60BuwibzVYPHY1YhvNZgPx5Gh-s9KTgpkUtJgXjlI9I5vFbCthkef1V9uewYjV5A_Ph7M0HTg_XF8E5168-MOniXzZXdIYogSPGWYP60vNEOI9EM4vaVdNbRki4rx35KvCVnTkZ1CQ/s2048/album+took+a+while+to+like.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1683" data-original-width="2048" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIK60BuwibzVYPHY1YhvNZgPx5Gh-s9KTgpkUtJgXjlI9I5vFbCthkef1V9uewYjV5A_Ph7M0HTg_XF8E5168-MOniXzZXdIYogSPGWYP60vNEOI9EM4vaVdNbRki4rx35KvCVnTkZ1CQ/w640-h526/album+took+a+while+to+like.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>4. An album that has a female member in the band that doesn't sing lead vocals</b></p><p>I thought of Talking Heads and Tina Weymouth first of all as well, but after the last question I will have to go differently in terms of what I own; I eventually picked <b>David Bowie</b>'s band on <b>Earthling</b>. Gail Ann Dorsey plays bass and sings backing vocals.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm8QY3nZ_47SxjMNwWOa3991H2ZgxZ2i7ogJA2sdcp9QXIvSpVvmC8sMiVzzgUZmMZxjSPPeaJj58hZx3V5toDBRJAvFCJWp-vxWASEjHV-_XY16xpEjtITr83oNRyc1xPpCUwG-yVq_g/s2048/album+with+female+member+in+the+band.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1872" data-original-width="2048" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm8QY3nZ_47SxjMNwWOa3991H2ZgxZ2i7ogJA2sdcp9QXIvSpVvmC8sMiVzzgUZmMZxjSPPeaJj58hZx3V5toDBRJAvFCJWp-vxWASEjHV-_XY16xpEjtITr83oNRyc1xPpCUwG-yVq_g/w640-h584/album+with+female+member+in+the+band.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcijOHvCrB7g9Lp1bcyY_HnKwyoT5F_xsXtChux0E8TADF7gNqR2SouXVlKYMdSvO_pjao1lj2dtW9EhR-osgtUdiDrGHJs64DwaUPvdKugrR9KGT61wrG8zzynNodi1mc31oJzLNvV4M/s2048/album+with+female+member+in+the+band2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcijOHvCrB7g9Lp1bcyY_HnKwyoT5F_xsXtChux0E8TADF7gNqR2SouXVlKYMdSvO_pjao1lj2dtW9EhR-osgtUdiDrGHJs64DwaUPvdKugrR9KGT61wrG8zzynNodi1mc31oJzLNvV4M/w640-h360/album+with+female+member+in+the+band2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>5. A 'cottage vibes' album</b></p><p>I'll pick <b>Fleetwood Mac </b>and <b>Kiln House</b>. This is where the album was recorded and the album cover art (by Christine McVie) speaks for itself:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw8gQBO5m67fMdTmQljhI3bL707zKA9DL65hbr6nu_jZQSt9D5xcit2G9iYmLoaS12pKGnUt36eeF0HO0sJNsLmnvJqs346RFhAtr43oBQ144D7YhiU-yDr_Yc-PA7k19a0w1ojn-p54c/s2048/cottage+album.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw8gQBO5m67fMdTmQljhI3bL707zKA9DL65hbr6nu_jZQSt9D5xcit2G9iYmLoaS12pKGnUt36eeF0HO0sJNsLmnvJqs346RFhAtr43oBQ144D7YhiU-yDr_Yc-PA7k19a0w1ojn-p54c/w640-h360/cottage+album.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>6. An album that has Mike Portnoy on drums (bonus points if it is NOT Dream Theater)</b></p><p>I get bonus points- <b>Liquid Tension Experiment</b>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ6PnbMBcJsMckDMAr8cI6JbSILLwh2gQAdHUvc9hytFdYRWMCfD07uHEgr8wyieVr_O245ssG-WiSV25vted2PY-gZtkWJktewPFYyJpgArZ5cpRFDn7Yy2rFzXrZ8TiL8rc5jZdmCMI/s2048/mike+portnoy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1713" data-original-width="2048" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ6PnbMBcJsMckDMAr8cI6JbSILLwh2gQAdHUvc9hytFdYRWMCfD07uHEgr8wyieVr_O245ssG-WiSV25vted2PY-gZtkWJktewPFYyJpgArZ5cpRFDn7Yy2rFzXrZ8TiL8rc5jZdmCMI/w640-h536/mike+portnoy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMf1J4xV3KpDra-Xgc-IhimfDky5avPHuqSehInjLRdxQIM03jss8zsUA9lUTwZsJdxUEUhoSdQMLPX1CrFzCewLCc9TXAqDSYZsWPgEmCoYsTrF1bWCwC95kxnxfcGQYlBcwAxGOCUWQ/s2048/mike+portnoy2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1711" data-original-width="2048" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMf1J4xV3KpDra-Xgc-IhimfDky5avPHuqSehInjLRdxQIM03jss8zsUA9lUTwZsJdxUEUhoSdQMLPX1CrFzCewLCc9TXAqDSYZsWPgEmCoYsTrF1bWCwC95kxnxfcGQYlBcwAxGOCUWQ/w640-h534/mike+portnoy2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>7. A Side Project album</b></p><p>I'll pick the 1995 side project by Suede's Bernard Butler and David McAlmont from Thieves, <b>The Sound of McAlmont and Butler</b>. They'd left their bands at this point but they have mainly had solo careers, they've never committed to being a full time duo, so I'm counting it as a side project. I only have this, I haven't got the follow-up album from when they reunited in 2002. I only bought it because of the Suede connection and the single 'Yes' from it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69PRUieT6HchrXg4EZWKBv61eHpfNwJhURKqqEfAhOEsO4RilCvzh6S9gxoUX_0UeCti0qNYeehBoiJh7XSgXpeOl3hvtcmqLH1T3dW0QQGfBLOc5VxXxyi_8bGPRB3s-UmXFY3nyVMw/s2048/side+project+album.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1758" data-original-width="2048" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69PRUieT6HchrXg4EZWKBv61eHpfNwJhURKqqEfAhOEsO4RilCvzh6S9gxoUX_0UeCti0qNYeehBoiJh7XSgXpeOl3hvtcmqLH1T3dW0QQGfBLOc5VxXxyi_8bGPRB3s-UmXFY3nyVMw/w640-h550/side+project+album.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>8. First album purchased with own money</b></p><p>I bought a batch of cassettes in the late 1980s that were my first purchases with 'pocket money'. I showed Iron Maiden-<i>Killers </i>in the last blog post. Another one from this batch was <b>Queen- <i>Sheer Heart Attack</i></b>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwKjh2s9iSYN0UUkpLy402F3pJGdN3pOSSjK7idSnsA3xGd9BOKNxF477ikdABRi8Int3XgLvwAMtCX7-kOzwks9jyTtn4ty6Zilqa5R0TJoTQxHXbagDLqlHxDpu3CH8HrxNuS7ud7pk/s2048/first+album+bought.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1802" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwKjh2s9iSYN0UUkpLy402F3pJGdN3pOSSjK7idSnsA3xGd9BOKNxF477ikdABRi8Int3XgLvwAMtCX7-kOzwks9jyTtn4ty6Zilqa5R0TJoTQxHXbagDLqlHxDpu3CH8HrxNuS7ud7pk/w564-h640/first+album+bought.jpg" width="564" /></a></div><br /><p><b>9. A 'nostalgic' album</b></p><p>This can be taken two ways I guess- either an album that has a musical feel of nostalgia; or one that makes me feel nostalgic. An album I own with a nostalgic, timeless and evocative kind of sound is XTC <i>Skylarking</i>, but I am not going to feature that one. I decided instead to go with an album that makes me specifically think back to the past. So I decided to pick <b>Def Leppard- Hysteria</b>. It's one of the first albums I bought along with the ones I mentioned previously, it just sounds very 1980s and has that 80s production sound, and I remember listening to it at the time. I had it on cassette previously, but I now have it on CD.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXz_Mc7YCL9yAh5tqyF28BNzd86H51-vcwTFxkVmwozw44-O1niY3W5JJo7eXOhEpwpqdt3S-nrDTLzG8GLVwx8NS9W0J5RfwSThfEaljbXTvTF9WymkcfSiuPMA1BfDlffM2cp9O3_wI/s2048/nostalgic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1766" data-original-width="2048" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXz_Mc7YCL9yAh5tqyF28BNzd86H51-vcwTFxkVmwozw44-O1niY3W5JJo7eXOhEpwpqdt3S-nrDTLzG8GLVwx8NS9W0J5RfwSThfEaljbXTvTF9WymkcfSiuPMA1BfDlffM2cp9O3_wI/w640-h552/nostalgic.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>10. An album obtained at a concert</b></p><p>Can't answer this one, never have got a cassette or CD at a concert. Moving swiftly on...</p><p><b>11. A quintessential summer album</b></p><p>I'll go with a late 1990s indie rock/Britpop album, <b>Suede- Head Music</b>. It has a very summery feel, more like breezy power pop more than the indie rock of Oasis at the time.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnck_XwOdrAqTlMEcUhOE9HP_v2mHmIzW4vRY6epyDKWN1O8qjoLpO-p_V5E2mIMenKUvswxdliDHDznjcVoekMVVMUe_iafO_UVm704tccSAoRozBRUhrQZGpUIurRC-ApC-1MQTkKws/s2048/summer+album.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2048" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnck_XwOdrAqTlMEcUhOE9HP_v2mHmIzW4vRY6epyDKWN1O8qjoLpO-p_V5E2mIMenKUvswxdliDHDznjcVoekMVVMUe_iafO_UVm704tccSAoRozBRUhrQZGpUIurRC-ApC-1MQTkKws/w640-h546/summer+album.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>12. Most expensive single record bought (not a box set or double/triple CD)</b></p><p>The most expensive single CD I have bought cost me 28 euros for the CD and for the postage/packaging combined, and that was the only album released by an early 1970s hard rock band called <b>Jerusalem</b>. It cost so much because it's relatively difficult to get hold of, without ordering from Japan or paying well over the odds for it, but I found it at that price on Discogs.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rs9cXhLBGlUDyNd70xtDpOg9_YNyynEn55qEzkyFSL1AQxzqw_v9oOPNPIgYizu-xiD__xdv8w4Ou6uZKUtrSeeG3M-NbO2_7OfYWpCPB7PexgIuiftLPdc0rViKHRfi9_9TuPfts54/s2048/expensive.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1820" data-original-width="2048" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rs9cXhLBGlUDyNd70xtDpOg9_YNyynEn55qEzkyFSL1AQxzqw_v9oOPNPIgYizu-xiD__xdv8w4Ou6uZKUtrSeeG3M-NbO2_7OfYWpCPB7PexgIuiftLPdc0rViKHRfi9_9TuPfts54/w640-h568/expensive.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>13. An album you own more than once (across the same format)</b></p><p>I own original issue Megadeth CDs and the later remixed & remastered versions that Dave Mustaine did in 2004(?). So I have Megadeth - Rust in Peace in both the original and the remix/remaster version, both on CD format.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg1K5BL_PHhrUfQc4f6h__0_nH4cXrYZ53KKPUacRgtgxgqK3Htr7wjDg8NzQCO_4GOEbNKeNCD4Td-Q80bRsJU82030XlkHwVYzFzyeVsR4Q5sOAzQAGO_8aCDfk-Nyt1Xkt6Tt-whIs/s2568/more+than+once1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="2568" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg1K5BL_PHhrUfQc4f6h__0_nH4cXrYZ53KKPUacRgtgxgqK3Htr7wjDg8NzQCO_4GOEbNKeNCD4Td-Q80bRsJU82030XlkHwVYzFzyeVsR4Q5sOAzQAGO_8aCDfk-Nyt1Xkt6Tt-whIs/w640-h306/more+than+once1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tHl28738AKCjpYI2GyXqC8LuTXJpBM0e4lLSuimRfFJEbSZBk2AwwSJzbHA01qPS05Fx5wgTnT4u1m0gRA7CwoxzERmAGUycZI15Ivub6xQsJFxBIXT3oE5xnAGvEQ16yFmqIdeniGI/s2048/more+than+once2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tHl28738AKCjpYI2GyXqC8LuTXJpBM0e4lLSuimRfFJEbSZBk2AwwSJzbHA01qPS05Fx5wgTnT4u1m0gRA7CwoxzERmAGUycZI15Ivub6xQsJFxBIXT3oE5xnAGvEQ16yFmqIdeniGI/w640-h360/more+than+once2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>14. A quintessential Canadian</b></p><p>I could have gone with members of Rush too, but instead I'll go with <b>Neil Young- Harvest</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj92Pjz1lRMOuHAqn3H8Md5I6zfEqXdi9q0dfYROOqR6i2e0Dr_QkkiHrkBlxQk9Ivz-oqXxyGBUV2BacerLVHmmVAt6tMTI6JDqIkcLOAVMu_U4QbkAW86WSMh0jQHdInCVrc4GGE6jog/s2048/quintessential+canadian.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1708" data-original-width="2048" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj92Pjz1lRMOuHAqn3H8Md5I6zfEqXdi9q0dfYROOqR6i2e0Dr_QkkiHrkBlxQk9Ivz-oqXxyGBUV2BacerLVHmmVAt6tMTI6JDqIkcLOAVMu_U4QbkAW86WSMh0jQHdInCVrc4GGE6jog/w640-h534/quintessential+canadian.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>15. An album that marked a stark change in musical style</b></p><p>I had a tie on this. I also thought about David Bowie, <i>Young Americans</i> but I already featured <i>Earthling</i> in this. As two great examples I could not separate <b>Radiohead- Kid A</b>; and <b>Rush- Signals</b>. So two for the price of one. Radiohead went deeper into electronica and experimental rock with <i>Kid A</i>, and Rush completed their transition from 70s progressive hard rock and metal to 80s synthesiser-driven soft pop-rock with <i>Signals</i>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDuj6Auv4nllVND65n57MBYDAPCPJR5HVKPJyd-BwmowtLUgkPFqDSRsrrl2nPLtdUTdiY2AglO9pSHwjjZxPJ5k1t-K7OYyxZvKoT-zflR_9rCWLSjkE9QRV-z73ODDPL2f2Dei9yWTI/s2048/change+in+style.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDuj6Auv4nllVND65n57MBYDAPCPJR5HVKPJyd-BwmowtLUgkPFqDSRsrrl2nPLtdUTdiY2AglO9pSHwjjZxPJ5k1t-K7OYyxZvKoT-zflR_9rCWLSjkE9QRV-z73ODDPL2f2Dei9yWTI/w640-h360/change+in+style.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>16. A Feel Good album</b></p><p>I'll pick the most positive and feel good progressive rock band that there is. In relation to positivity, the clue is in the name. Yes.<b> Yes- Fragile</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnuxDX0gjiJsp4k65SxXYm0DO-x-njr-1dX6ttbRldTFwBcTIk2zLY-Ysvoe7yKF4WxlMwj9t5_LI-vhab5HSqsXXTktGR4cS2iNEK3RnnQNQ7UnudvC_NUoFe-CNR1zwCTaW_-KS1u8Y/s2048/feel+good+album.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1694" data-original-width="2048" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnuxDX0gjiJsp4k65SxXYm0DO-x-njr-1dX6ttbRldTFwBcTIk2zLY-Ysvoe7yKF4WxlMwj9t5_LI-vhab5HSqsXXTktGR4cS2iNEK3RnnQNQ7UnudvC_NUoFe-CNR1zwCTaW_-KS1u8Y/w640-h530/feel+good+album.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b>17. An album you inherited from family members</b></p><p>My parents kindly gave me this. <b>The Best of the Kinks</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2dFDtZc0HfPC9TbZ3P4DYQ_ieub7xDg4Ee-LDFYRZJDLe1b0ahWgO_xT1zobBpZEh0mhb4kosN8BOi-en6_v35nOJjGaNQz49iIMQF0T-5k35jrUmlOPHAkCswoGTe1FQQpD-0siRTiY/s2048/family+members.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1732" data-original-width="2048" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2dFDtZc0HfPC9TbZ3P4DYQ_ieub7xDg4Ee-LDFYRZJDLe1b0ahWgO_xT1zobBpZEh0mhb4kosN8BOi-en6_v35nOJjGaNQz49iIMQF0T-5k35jrUmlOPHAkCswoGTe1FQQpD-0siRTiY/w640-h542/family+members.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p><b>18. An album bought solely on the basis of the cover art</b></p><p>I don't usually make blind buys, but <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/ClarkOVision" target="_blank">ClarkOVision</a> showed this album by <b>Screamer</b> on her Youtube channel. I knew they were a band I would like and I thought the cover was awesome, and it's titled <b>Hell Machine,</b> how could it possibly be bad?...went out and ordered it purely on that basis. No regrets.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJHmRd26f_jf4h9PF-ee8aFGlyKPTKVxzYWfjykkp5Ftx7nFTJ69G8Udl769fHjBwL-phZBilnvNDExKP9vQUbUpd0T8WhyEAht4khomqtNbduZADqfod-UbYp9bELwM-IZ-q2KALHdas/s2048/cover+art.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1679" data-original-width="2048" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJHmRd26f_jf4h9PF-ee8aFGlyKPTKVxzYWfjykkp5Ftx7nFTJ69G8Udl769fHjBwL-phZBilnvNDExKP9vQUbUpd0T8WhyEAht4khomqtNbduZADqfod-UbYp9bELwM-IZ-q2KALHdas/w640-h524/cover+art.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>19. A high school/secondary school flashback album</b></p><p>I think everyone in my school sixth form went out and bought this album when it came out in 1995, including myself. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIPiwwPucgVONTIaTD5j817-FcwhsVtUxYTlkpnCFPUuwxE0e67ce0KUKb6QVwzjj9c_5B77uiD7Xi9Ktzl89g4_NRgteGcRV6L4wbhKXWpkX3oQ7EOKpWvgGafYd6SD1m6NU2_bS5x1A/s2048/secondary+school+flashback.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1666" data-original-width="2048" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIPiwwPucgVONTIaTD5j817-FcwhsVtUxYTlkpnCFPUuwxE0e67ce0KUKb6QVwzjj9c_5B77uiD7Xi9Ktzl89g4_NRgteGcRV6L4wbhKXWpkX3oQ7EOKpWvgGafYd6SD1m6NU2_bS5x1A/w640-h520/secondary+school+flashback.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>20. An album that tells an epic story</b></p><p>I had a tie on this one too, so I've picked both. Niamh picked Dream Theater so I decided that I couldn't go with <i>Metropolis Part 2: Scenes from a Memory</i> or <i>The Astonishing</i>. Instead it's a tie between two classics, one from the 1980s and one from the 1970s: <b>Queensryche- Operation Mindcrime</b> and <b>Genesis- The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway</b>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTOiEbTnQ9GqrB3be8L2wW3RD8iSlidSJDoLk2bXPXNrzYEi_0UZIqWfcn-2d4fELhjVfoVaJKVG9JXt9byTKX15EI4d1nls7psXzeh2jI7wqIPMKGaOIKCMrvuklmXeb8M0y5fMtV9UY/s2048/epic+story.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTOiEbTnQ9GqrB3be8L2wW3RD8iSlidSJDoLk2bXPXNrzYEi_0UZIqWfcn-2d4fELhjVfoVaJKVG9JXt9byTKX15EI4d1nls7psXzeh2jI7wqIPMKGaOIKCMrvuklmXeb8M0y5fMtV9UY/w640-h360/epic+story.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Steve Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106280039833965495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141916909014109441.post-63880292796714051692021-06-21T14:26:00.007-07:002021-06-21T14:28:09.561-07:00New Helloween album arrived<p>I decided to pick up the <a href="https://www.helloween.org/" target="_blank">new Helloween album which was released on June 18th</a>. It features both the returns of key founding member Kai Hansen and legendary singer Michael Kiske. I ordered the limited CD digibook edition with a nice slipcase.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6fo0hKq0VG5WtNA9afiqke56df4zKF6qYx4VfCaHecPLvramOWD2VwPtx94gViWUCuw-g_sOazTpLpkZBHuOom3ZrSTueJ1Z8DFzLUgAAuKzfShWNOZup-7w55j2qv7uLbtm3nb-pcY/s2048/Helloween+Case1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1942" data-original-width="2048" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6fo0hKq0VG5WtNA9afiqke56df4zKF6qYx4VfCaHecPLvramOWD2VwPtx94gViWUCuw-g_sOazTpLpkZBHuOom3ZrSTueJ1Z8DFzLUgAAuKzfShWNOZup-7w55j2qv7uLbtm3nb-pcY/w640-h606/Helloween+Case1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Brand spanking new and wrapped with hype sticker.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtJNtpBIlEfyLXrbwnCxR_yz0RU-iiRcgAR3BhWEoobKtdF9_2uY6goRRScR6nawfKXyZCT2DFsmny_zEjwhCUoHok0rGan1IZGq8VSqxDVnWxpl-ZYXZOTcfhGv4leaw_FQmc-_TT1qw/s2048/Helloween+Case2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1863" data-original-width="2048" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtJNtpBIlEfyLXrbwnCxR_yz0RU-iiRcgAR3BhWEoobKtdF9_2uY6goRRScR6nawfKXyZCT2DFsmny_zEjwhCUoHok0rGan1IZGq8VSqxDVnWxpl-ZYXZOTcfhGv4leaw_FQmc-_TT1qw/w640-h582/Helloween+Case2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Unwrapped but still inside the slip case.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglfeigeoMzz6MAQy0ubuyT29Z4XgMV-vR8U9TImO8E0ecuCs_PeymV6e9-DfbePvriHQBOxuHeFEv77aIZ-_NarHuBygnnPAbUpVupNHfkoqW6yUQVqycSVT8lqcIkQVrU_PEkDx5YCss/s2048/Helloween+Case3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1585" data-original-width="2048" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglfeigeoMzz6MAQy0ubuyT29Z4XgMV-vR8U9TImO8E0ecuCs_PeymV6e9-DfbePvriHQBOxuHeFEv77aIZ-_NarHuBygnnPAbUpVupNHfkoqW6yUQVqycSVT8lqcIkQVrU_PEkDx5YCss/w640-h496/Helloween+Case3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Back of the case with track detail (all courtesy of Nuclear Blast).</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGFawHoeRLabTv3K_a-xyzT3uPzCPWQ5NieK1gfrQWeRwe8tLnWmzRjYMjivbdHvY4GOS_m3HHbuQmeUD20OSTEy02SeKUyvMzHqpP0y5LfKtx6oPToKtCiYHd_U8wapGlideMq86_kF8/s2048/Helloween+Case4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGFawHoeRLabTv3K_a-xyzT3uPzCPWQ5NieK1gfrQWeRwe8tLnWmzRjYMjivbdHvY4GOS_m3HHbuQmeUD20OSTEy02SeKUyvMzHqpP0y5LfKtx6oPToKtCiYHd_U8wapGlideMq86_kF8/w640-h360/Helloween+Case4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The CD Digibook is inside, like so<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9unp0s0pfOWoo89beymvFPzUnnCXL9MtjI59ll1nrpX_DbD_GcB-ieXC_lGKbFs_djQtXYqP8pqQoNRsYO2-jEMKsh6ouDsKTgT5XFDZ78SvtpBcRn5pkqELWncbhUb-DwzHb4PkhH3s/s2048/Helloween+CD+Cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1862" data-original-width="2048" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9unp0s0pfOWoo89beymvFPzUnnCXL9MtjI59ll1nrpX_DbD_GcB-ieXC_lGKbFs_djQtXYqP8pqQoNRsYO2-jEMKsh6ouDsKTgT5XFDZ78SvtpBcRn5pkqELWncbhUb-DwzHb4PkhH3s/w640-h582/Helloween+CD+Cover.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>Here's the cover of the album in full, with artwork.</div><div><br /></div><div>Below are images of the CD booklet: featuring more artwork, photographs of the band, lyrics, designs and even a riddle/puzzle to solve.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSrnUpdQ9yvGxqvpd3A1m7Znmb-YKozNvnuzwxx8mzDBHdFkLOPE2uNNka6W2teBeuhZPoEXsYXtehqI9b4GxWxN8eu7mBLVcL6GW_SwnTrrtzuu8in0BZtT9yf6fN29cftxcwj_GRYxc/s2048/Helloween+CD+Booklet1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSrnUpdQ9yvGxqvpd3A1m7Znmb-YKozNvnuzwxx8mzDBHdFkLOPE2uNNka6W2teBeuhZPoEXsYXtehqI9b4GxWxN8eu7mBLVcL6GW_SwnTrrtzuu8in0BZtT9yf6fN29cftxcwj_GRYxc/w640-h360/Helloween+CD+Booklet1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiyJkT8zGOeQBGZdONqfmqUZoVTCECXr_vZZzeSCKj8-erToWvIVagMkGOMDxllJK7W2VBA6e-E2kslN3OfIaOb3mf_QAkU8AbjiQAbI8U5WjZUDKYEaWNWOj2n6OwWV8oP7h-WTPkVIg/s2048/Helloween+CD+Booklet2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiyJkT8zGOeQBGZdONqfmqUZoVTCECXr_vZZzeSCKj8-erToWvIVagMkGOMDxllJK7W2VBA6e-E2kslN3OfIaOb3mf_QAkU8AbjiQAbI8U5WjZUDKYEaWNWOj2n6OwWV8oP7h-WTPkVIg/w640-h360/Helloween+CD+Booklet2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_w9USLMvdkpNcYpXla58-7VzujBISH1ydKKn3_rp_f5ffrsGQ5jYtp5M-KPZ6lKpXgkdTsPOutjwfVuWyNBHQj3DYikVYrJ_B3zNcgjkBK6sIw2TXZnKdsZLKavZxooByCnarBWQJTZk/s2048/Helloween+CD+Booklet3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_w9USLMvdkpNcYpXla58-7VzujBISH1ydKKn3_rp_f5ffrsGQ5jYtp5M-KPZ6lKpXgkdTsPOutjwfVuWyNBHQj3DYikVYrJ_B3zNcgjkBK6sIw2TXZnKdsZLKavZxooByCnarBWQJTZk/w640-h360/Helloween+CD+Booklet3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT6r78GvnShF87wy3chcd-pt0_VyVJ6V2EKpParzoqZdACTgszKtVwGXuBf0UXzByR7SOxsn_Y-OWSrJQjCeHFnYGyn-S1J2i4r54bVf644uPvoemHF_kqQLrF2kybeJ5uw91SXR7WC70/s2048/Helloween+CD+Booklet4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT6r78GvnShF87wy3chcd-pt0_VyVJ6V2EKpParzoqZdACTgszKtVwGXuBf0UXzByR7SOxsn_Y-OWSrJQjCeHFnYGyn-S1J2i4r54bVf644uPvoemHF_kqQLrF2kybeJ5uw91SXR7WC70/w640-h360/Helloween+CD+Booklet4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-vSq35q3lT02Iw48C8GQUPbBsTh4OU6wcgZl8LWKPz3zlEeymCTA6Ol8_20lgk0UGdDx033DespEV0xtHW92X28cxJx_PLGqvurKPfpQQY_PVrYiClVOiCHeZ1nA8s4-TY6X9rz_iGs/s2048/Helloween+CD+Booklet5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-vSq35q3lT02Iw48C8GQUPbBsTh4OU6wcgZl8LWKPz3zlEeymCTA6Ol8_20lgk0UGdDx033DespEV0xtHW92X28cxJx_PLGqvurKPfpQQY_PVrYiClVOiCHeZ1nA8s4-TY6X9rz_iGs/w640-h360/Helloween+CD+Booklet5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5IRYBMoD3TbDCLETq59_G1g9j7Q7XBYrAIMzShabh9rifhBsABm-URH5gsncpZrCNQp84qKrT4Ai1CyGxVTK1cDT7lmf_vRKEBFrJ-0MxkfIgplQijSsWkvXMA5tCFsZuPp61N4fZR4k/s2048/Helloween+CD+Booklet6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5IRYBMoD3TbDCLETq59_G1g9j7Q7XBYrAIMzShabh9rifhBsABm-URH5gsncpZrCNQp84qKrT4Ai1CyGxVTK1cDT7lmf_vRKEBFrJ-0MxkfIgplQijSsWkvXMA5tCFsZuPp61N4fZR4k/w640-h360/Helloween+CD+Booklet6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ThyYYzP6n8qMOj_X3LT4GiBMR_1V0nnJnU3knF2KiblEGJPq-UpbBH-QJVbptCLoMLRLmY9FS5OZZmX5fyPYMtcctMnIm0poGwy1vVSx0IYNhrq_n24nw-Dp7dpydh9JrlDbTtuH4WE/s2048/Helloween+CD+Booklet7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ThyYYzP6n8qMOj_X3LT4GiBMR_1V0nnJnU3knF2KiblEGJPq-UpbBH-QJVbptCLoMLRLmY9FS5OZZmX5fyPYMtcctMnIm0poGwy1vVSx0IYNhrq_n24nw-Dp7dpydh9JrlDbTtuH4WE/w640-h360/Helloween+CD+Booklet7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7mxU-KS5fBODaYoseHHt7IiNXoLb6HQKagw9eoq65gmF34mCwjmb0E8JTXKPkZIy5mA-4m3a3nqWwB7bjceDUBAoll3bDjqi9grKZfqHajMeeh4bFD5VoatKFy-enyeV7jo_g3Psh5ZY/s2048/Helloween+CD+Booklet8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7mxU-KS5fBODaYoseHHt7IiNXoLb6HQKagw9eoq65gmF34mCwjmb0E8JTXKPkZIy5mA-4m3a3nqWwB7bjceDUBAoll3bDjqi9grKZfqHajMeeh4bFD5VoatKFy-enyeV7jo_g3Psh5ZY/w640-h360/Helloween+CD+Booklet8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj832Z-Zf91dO09Jm-RobSBIwJdIFwJFVYSUhFoaNhtaMANBtOhssQm3ZeOP_qJuaFLUka5vnmTTc7N20BtM8LrT3R5hJ4kTfQZ_iX8raENikP7Zye-zmmf-LqpMSN2JTs0dwzPvxXAD3k/s2048/Helloween+CD+Booklet9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj832Z-Zf91dO09Jm-RobSBIwJdIFwJFVYSUhFoaNhtaMANBtOhssQm3ZeOP_qJuaFLUka5vnmTTc7N20BtM8LrT3R5hJ4kTfQZ_iX8raENikP7Zye-zmmf-LqpMSN2JTs0dwzPvxXAD3k/w640-h360/Helloween+CD+Booklet9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiigavzx4xY2Frsrl24g_kguulAg-PdecFsiZ0c8wvVFm68JHd9Z4vVuBmuKZ_MFNYCOTgo3rSWpMe-4vSfb5nijMlouxDiKiYQgLnV5B25QXyu9N0NHhGFgAdhRIoGTcnrRmfwHtunTUU/s2048/Helloween+CD+Booklet10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiigavzx4xY2Frsrl24g_kguulAg-PdecFsiZ0c8wvVFm68JHd9Z4vVuBmuKZ_MFNYCOTgo3rSWpMe-4vSfb5nijMlouxDiKiYQgLnV5B25QXyu9N0NHhGFgAdhRIoGTcnrRmfwHtunTUU/w640-h360/Helloween+CD+Booklet10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4CadGb6RLSXdxYXG1SDMNpapNBEM4tv3BRoIJmbuWK27qDaKNMlH_nIU4_HnlAlKiKRB_KRwc1GKfo3QZXZ4B6LKI1hBnXmM6Ru-V_4i59mKPyPDRBH-23zbP41b4LTcUhBDk3TW0nCM/s2048/Helloween+CD+Booklet11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4CadGb6RLSXdxYXG1SDMNpapNBEM4tv3BRoIJmbuWK27qDaKNMlH_nIU4_HnlAlKiKRB_KRwc1GKfo3QZXZ4B6LKI1hBnXmM6Ru-V_4i59mKPyPDRBH-23zbP41b4LTcUhBDk3TW0nCM/w640-h360/Helloween+CD+Booklet11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><p>I'm very pleased with this packaging and this limited edition of the album- I can't wait to listen to the music. This is a good example of why its still fun and rewarding to own and to continue to buy music in a physical format, be it CD, vinyl or even cassette.</p></div>Steve Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106280039833965495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141916909014109441.post-29213311108177883752021-06-19T03:34:00.002-07:002021-06-19T03:34:28.092-07:00Niamh the Prog Nerd - Vinyl Tag 2021 (but with CDs! and...cassettes)<p>In the past few years I've begun subscribing to a number of YouTube channels themed around physical music collecting, music discussions, album rankings etc. I've been following these channels and watching videos while I've expanded my own collection. I was originally a heavy metal fan, and during the 90s and 00s I started listening and buying to a lot of alternative/indie rock, and then classic rock. In the past ten years, I've started to get heavily into progressive rock. There are some great channels focusing on these genres which I'll do a blog post in the future about.</p><p>I started buying my own music with my pocket money in the late 1980s. Of course, back then it was all physical format rather than streaming/downloads/digital. My format of choice initially was cassette so my early purchases were all on cassette tape. In about the mid 1990s I started buying CDs, and I've never stopped collecting albums in this format despite the advent of digital downloads. I've never bought any vinyl, despite vinyl revival- it's just a way of listening to music that I never really took to, and record players and vinyl records require much more maintenance and care than CDs do. So, I haven't jumped on board the vinyl bandwagon as yet.</p><p>Despite that, I'm going to do my response to a Youtuber called "Niamh the Prog Nerd" who has 23 questions about people's progressive rock collections as a 'vinyl tag':</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rFOGus9BB1g" width="320" youtube-src-id="rFOGus9BB1g"></iframe></div><br /><p>I'm going to cheat though- firstly, I'm going to do it with CDs (and cassettes); as Fairly Secret Music (another awesome Youtube channel by the way) did in his response:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/d35dlYPCOwY" width="320" youtube-src-id="d35dlYPCOwY"></iframe></div><div><br /></div>and I'm going to cheat by doing it in a blog post as I don't make videos (yet).<div><br /></div><div>I am also going to cheat by including some classic rock/indie rock in there to answer all of the questions, as my CD collection only included those options. But where I could, I picked a prog answer!<div><br /></div><div>Here are the full list of questions:</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b>1. An 80s prog record from a band that formed in the 80s<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>2. An album by a three piece band<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>3. A Canterbury Scene record<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>4. An impulse buy record<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>5. An album people wouldn’t suspect that you own<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>6. An album with great keyboard work<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>7. An album by a non-prog band that made a ‘proggy’ album<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>8. The album that got you into progressive rock<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>9. Pick an album from a discography of 5 or less album<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>10. An album you HAVE to crank the volume up for<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>11. A chill out album<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>12. An album you play when you’re angry<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>13. An album you have more than one copy of<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>14. An instrumental album<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>15. An album by a band you love that disappointed you<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>16. An album that sounds better on CD<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>17. A new prog rock discovery<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>18. An album you had to buy the deluxe edition for<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>19. Triple albums: pick one STUDIO and one LIVE triple album<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>20. An album with the best bass<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>21. An album you have pre-ordered<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>22. The first album you ever bought<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>23. An album by a band more people should know about</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">And my responses are...</p><p class="MsoNormal">1. <b> An 80s prog record from a band that formed in the 80s</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">I'm going to go with 'progressive metal' and pick Dream Theater, who formed in 1985 and released the album <i>When Dream and Day Unite</i> in 1989:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgwvg3RHdYagPqImWDuxZBVpblQJgIdvGV_bmiFRUSWJ_3oQktXUamLqGsHvXerq0KP2Jn-XUw4nE445YuFH4HAyqzWYskgianNSP00bPCla19X4kzp56Dp0kn3za_LPY7IXCQKJqTD-o/s2048/80s+prog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1903" data-original-width="2048" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgwvg3RHdYagPqImWDuxZBVpblQJgIdvGV_bmiFRUSWJ_3oQktXUamLqGsHvXerq0KP2Jn-XUw4nE445YuFH4HAyqzWYskgianNSP00bPCla19X4kzp56Dp0kn3za_LPY7IXCQKJqTD-o/w640-h594/80s+prog.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><b>2. An album by a three piece band</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">This would also have qualified as an answer to the first question. I'm picking an album by the Texas trio Kings X, "Out of the Silent Planet":</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Ha87JIQHZ3XLRlbX2dGDlm4dAS-oIPmxsQ2IjF99HVo7VA7_lVZ0CNF4huiQHv0QjGqgM2rd4ICz1Bjtg9YngdabYQAUYpq6EoWSlEm4smhbxHEGMJx-Ox67xEu-S0zUnuk0ny-rn-o/s2048/three+piece+band.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1841" data-original-width="2048" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Ha87JIQHZ3XLRlbX2dGDlm4dAS-oIPmxsQ2IjF99HVo7VA7_lVZ0CNF4huiQHv0QjGqgM2rd4ICz1Bjtg9YngdabYQAUYpq6EoWSlEm4smhbxHEGMJx-Ox67xEu-S0zUnuk0ny-rn-o/w640-h576/three+piece+band.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><b>3. A Canterbury Scene record</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">I'll pick Steve Hillage's band Khan and their album "Space Shanty":</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh42EXgOg4H8Ez1L_bu3AhL4A0GfQzP75jwz_QDU7Yw1MVhq6KD_-urOBnH2mOglHrciOQHMMboFDAnuv0A2Q1fGzytQCTn6VrkdhKB1j7T6KF3KgKVBFFKjcDvnMp9YtMqzWBZ2flgJaY/s2048/Canterbury+scene.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1075" data-original-width="2048" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh42EXgOg4H8Ez1L_bu3AhL4A0GfQzP75jwz_QDU7Yw1MVhq6KD_-urOBnH2mOglHrciOQHMMboFDAnuv0A2Q1fGzytQCTn6VrkdhKB1j7T6KF3KgKVBFFKjcDvnMp9YtMqzWBZ2flgJaY/w640-h336/Canterbury+scene.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><b>4. An impulse buy record</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">The answer to 3. also relates to this answer. After listening to "Space Shanty", on impulse I recently bought an album by another Steve Hillage project, Arzachel. This is their only album (not listened to it yet).</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPrwbFcofEPDwGIyVohjTIX4Vl0Mwv8Wv73mGjRsMxKXMS_sOQiK53dLnd2XAbuK4fPhyuLNtnEgthHSrzaPqLrV5H1lCiczDDbO7hSAJm0XHIUs2oqINzvpfgVEwfNdiQrj-uwRFQJO4/s2048/impulse+buy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1817" data-original-width="2048" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPrwbFcofEPDwGIyVohjTIX4Vl0Mwv8Wv73mGjRsMxKXMS_sOQiK53dLnd2XAbuK4fPhyuLNtnEgthHSrzaPqLrV5H1lCiczDDbO7hSAJm0XHIUs2oqINzvpfgVEwfNdiQrj-uwRFQJO4/w640-h568/impulse+buy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p><b>5. An album people wouldn’t suspect that you own</b></p><p>I own this CD of Turkish Anatolian belly-dance music, that I purchased in Istanbul.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQNTznVVa4umJf8U2KuEnMlBEiqvH4Kym8fB5sEcH_C_UI2grtSiwKnpkw9hilF3N2yhRQjTNAYbEYOjOMM0j8jbJG3-wBrGLVryn8JAYTTN9sv8CcAGYejArukQyWCKOA7QllStX5nkI/s2048/would+not+suspect+I+own.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1760" data-original-width="2048" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQNTznVVa4umJf8U2KuEnMlBEiqvH4Kym8fB5sEcH_C_UI2grtSiwKnpkw9hilF3N2yhRQjTNAYbEYOjOMM0j8jbJG3-wBrGLVryn8JAYTTN9sv8CcAGYejArukQyWCKOA7QllStX5nkI/w640-h550/would+not+suspect+I+own.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><b>6. An album with great keyboard work</b><p></p><p>This is a standard choice but in prog can't look beyond the great late Keith Emerson on Emerson, Lake & Palmer's "Tarkus":</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAO1tRfPV3PCe0hK875l0eCMQITX41POILpG7GUErvM3i5LLUj6T8xCiB5TGEeJARyU6XqVj0g9h4JHRT_242AwiE-QY3DTPg1qleg6QnPbKQb3NGt9D1iqFmc20a4D_UbIiNgHelE9Hc/s2048/great+keyboards.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1762" data-original-width="2048" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAO1tRfPV3PCe0hK875l0eCMQITX41POILpG7GUErvM3i5LLUj6T8xCiB5TGEeJARyU6XqVj0g9h4JHRT_242AwiE-QY3DTPg1qleg6QnPbKQb3NGt9D1iqFmc20a4D_UbIiNgHelE9Hc/w640-h550/great+keyboards.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p><b>7. An album by a non-prog band that made a ‘proggy’ album</b><br />Do Opeth count? They have now made a number of 'prog rock' albums, when originally they were a metal band. Of their proggy albums I'll pick <i>Sorceress</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiyJQuTQfViJYUuepRdwvFVelC8K-J751mU0efBuqncTEnNDqDLAIHi_OYiTDgrlozW8ua0oAgMcCpV8F3f8HBxjIkmD-YZ3JZhpulcCknIdWj1p3-RBMBSxHky57bNI6_HKYutWBQJW8/s2048/non+prog+band+proggy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1764" data-original-width="2048" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiyJQuTQfViJYUuepRdwvFVelC8K-J751mU0efBuqncTEnNDqDLAIHi_OYiTDgrlozW8ua0oAgMcCpV8F3f8HBxjIkmD-YZ3JZhpulcCknIdWj1p3-RBMBSxHky57bNI6_HKYutWBQJW8/w640-h552/non+prog+band+proggy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>8. The album that got you into progressive rock</b></p><p>The first 'prog rock' album that I bought was Pink Floyd's <i>Dark Side of the Moon</i>. Pink Floyd and Rush were the first 'prog' bands I listened to.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaDy6mcoSaQg20vtIj5ePXLgAK5aiz16CDFDFdL_rK8yStUMWW2WiBqKNHSWbimO8PwCIAMOi0sxehA6dHuy9GulRMzuo4InBQ_6UJzoyyprrBQRHXaunpsB6gJH7MAPGMdqWq_BrJzV0/s2048/album+got+me+into+progressive+rock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1757" data-original-width="2048" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaDy6mcoSaQg20vtIj5ePXLgAK5aiz16CDFDFdL_rK8yStUMWW2WiBqKNHSWbimO8PwCIAMOi0sxehA6dHuy9GulRMzuo4InBQ_6UJzoyyprrBQRHXaunpsB6gJH7MAPGMdqWq_BrJzV0/w640-h550/album+got+me+into+progressive+rock.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>9. Pick an album from a discography of 5 or less album</b></p><p>This was a difficult one within my collection for prog bands, and I had already picked a couple that qualify. In the end I went for a French psychedelic space rock band called Slift. I think they only have a couple of albums and an EP. I have one of theirs, <i>Ummon</i>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_t8J6wF1t6guK2uvXgLd6UKGNJRAYK7EpjBqe9fnkE_QcVnnRmn-Gkeiqo81_9tE6qGFhgLVZuS8rS3qmFwUQA53SszrcYC8_55UKXX3LRGsOQ9R3jS9UsrXrS627GBetC0tb9XdAx6c/s2048/discography+of+5+or+less.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1025" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_t8J6wF1t6guK2uvXgLd6UKGNJRAYK7EpjBqe9fnkE_QcVnnRmn-Gkeiqo81_9tE6qGFhgLVZuS8rS3qmFwUQA53SszrcYC8_55UKXX3LRGsOQ9R3jS9UsrXrS627GBetC0tb9XdAx6c/w640-h320/discography+of+5+or+less.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>10. An album you HAVE to crank the volume up for</b></p><p>A lot of albums in other genres qualify but within progressive rock I think <i>Red</i> by King Crimson sounds great if you turn it up to 11</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5PUnHgsOMntgsRrFa0Vx5hVhDPOBvGoDI9sKdHH_fnRpcr3wgk4YsOcWKNhmZ5Bo9A2UgyF2M6JgWMr6otssw3RGVWJwXUPKR_NyefDWDkEIFHPFX3PqgBgD8CaC4NLaVYMP5Mkg44Co/s2048/volume.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2015" data-original-width="2048" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5PUnHgsOMntgsRrFa0Vx5hVhDPOBvGoDI9sKdHH_fnRpcr3wgk4YsOcWKNhmZ5Bo9A2UgyF2M6JgWMr6otssw3RGVWJwXUPKR_NyefDWDkEIFHPFX3PqgBgD8CaC4NLaVYMP5Mkg44Co/w640-h630/volume.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>11. A chill out album</b></p><p>I think <i>Wake of the Flood</i> by the Grateful Dead is a moody, reflective chill-out album.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfFJkKCXRflCmCy-G2yhHWV60pmXNg7gX-O7ZTf32XNVSBRfJE3WzuWC9UdQticMEKUlpzR5vsf6L7aXnzhrLaI6oOaWVRBaDEboNch0J9avKsTzHFZ9gkFvY73d7XKJ5P2SFHl8BFoTI/s2048/chill+out.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1869" data-original-width="2048" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfFJkKCXRflCmCy-G2yhHWV60pmXNg7gX-O7ZTf32XNVSBRfJE3WzuWC9UdQticMEKUlpzR5vsf6L7aXnzhrLaI6oOaWVRBaDEboNch0J9avKsTzHFZ9gkFvY73d7XKJ5P2SFHl8BFoTI/w640-h584/chill+out.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p><b>12. An album you play when you’re angry</b></p><p>I couldn't pick a progressive rock album for this question. There's only one album for 'angry' and that's Megadeth's debut album. This is the 2018 reissue/remix of <i>Killing is my Business...and Business is Good...The Final Kill</i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK9q9xfLCyJDQzDoq4HF9p2GH4LmI369PKKAVhTOXzL9mhaCRJLaRuu0mEQVE-GbKq7ll6-JVF0skD5OM1d0DC1Alc00in5O4f43fg10IWU4q2RxMQj91i7_hdHEkCBHwMuCNT1YVz3O8/s2048/angry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1768" data-original-width="2048" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK9q9xfLCyJDQzDoq4HF9p2GH4LmI369PKKAVhTOXzL9mhaCRJLaRuu0mEQVE-GbKq7ll6-JVF0skD5OM1d0DC1Alc00in5O4f43fg10IWU4q2RxMQj91i7_hdHEkCBHwMuCNT1YVz3O8/w640-h552/angry.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p><b>13. An album you have more than one copy of</b></p><p>This is also non-progressive rock. I have more than one copy of Gentle Giant <i>Octopus</i>; Rush <i>Farewell to Kings</i>, and some Iron Maiden albums but Rush and Maiden I want to use for a later question. I'm going to pick Oasis <i>Definitely Maybe</i> because I have three copies of it. My original cassette from 1994; a standard CD version I bought in 2011 and a deluxe 3CD version I bought in 2014. It's not so amazing that you have to have it three times, but just the way it turned out.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSbZZehmGWMdX3553jMs5CqtBiLeI-d4aXms9SFzBNsrFVzA3FTo1eyoBmGQFfXyVn-LNOHm7F3S3_GbvyceQTBltyuYdokau1fd_qwgyE7RWYmgHqIz8EH0XfAjjxi9ijJjKBlYY2fKY/s2048/more+than+one+copy1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1657" data-original-width="2048" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSbZZehmGWMdX3553jMs5CqtBiLeI-d4aXms9SFzBNsrFVzA3FTo1eyoBmGQFfXyVn-LNOHm7F3S3_GbvyceQTBltyuYdokau1fd_qwgyE7RWYmgHqIz8EH0XfAjjxi9ijJjKBlYY2fKY/w640-h518/more+than+one+copy1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhArkwFpNpxkWyNxcyJmVaxgjM-vbUZc4HvH1UiV-led6_BWchE8ruH3MpxbWRSfr-35jARg9exk-oZLupFPOs7WpbCBpk2YGCRbXnCNCtHG6KTOk2TXJWSZ5qCL0hRIOgA3UQxTHwF_8I/s2048/more+than+one+copy2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1658" data-original-width="2048" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhArkwFpNpxkWyNxcyJmVaxgjM-vbUZc4HvH1UiV-led6_BWchE8ruH3MpxbWRSfr-35jARg9exk-oZLupFPOs7WpbCBpk2YGCRbXnCNCtHG6KTOk2TXJWSZ5qCL0hRIOgA3UQxTHwF_8I/w640-h518/more+than+one+copy2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>14. An instrumental album</b></p><p>This was a recent prog find. PFM, <i>Stati di Immaginazione</i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvOdk8KSYxNeGF4UdsmpWDmEDbh0xWB0VIbCy9a7_ODz0Dsqf60NQ1jSI896Sb2AS4HonAiEjK36AIftQvnPegFkMSCwThJK9Vl2M4gWcnU6_P70s6a-xm3WHF0unmx9nYsmdKGyoJIo/s2048/instrumental.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1835" data-original-width="2048" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvOdk8KSYxNeGF4UdsmpWDmEDbh0xWB0VIbCy9a7_ODz0Dsqf60NQ1jSI896Sb2AS4HonAiEjK36AIftQvnPegFkMSCwThJK9Vl2M4gWcnU6_P70s6a-xm3WHF0unmx9nYsmdKGyoJIo/w640-h574/instrumental.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><p><b>15. An album by a band you love that disappointed you</b></p><p>I really like Genesis, with Peter Gabriel/Steve Hackett and even also during a lot of the Phil Collins as front-man era. This is their worst album, I think.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqcK6cJgsT2GiFwsT1il_5CHhPXplTMkjRchaIrMxzPnw6LfyxRGnzmximnVBC12GdEMZ6QwjsAKrYedpZfYdIB2gpGVDtFXBc8NMC_FM0p_SCGv8JW-a7RSH51ov1G9XzmixbZkfoJVI/s2048/disappointing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1835" data-original-width="2048" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqcK6cJgsT2GiFwsT1il_5CHhPXplTMkjRchaIrMxzPnw6LfyxRGnzmximnVBC12GdEMZ6QwjsAKrYedpZfYdIB2gpGVDtFXBc8NMC_FM0p_SCGv8JW-a7RSH51ov1G9XzmixbZkfoJVI/w640-h574/disappointing.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>16. An album that sounds better on CD</b></p><p>Everything I have is on CD. I will cheat and select a classic rock compilation because I have it on both cassette and CD. And it definitely sounds better on CD. <i>The Best of The Doors</i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf5eQODcwZ-O4ohWZN_-yAlVAZANOZcNT8HKnD0PxO7k9DenWKVsjOyqqhNgPng93glHN2RGYS0oWpsYvEKvhKoNwUTLUaPIfwHyyXXPdVIhSjq-mAF-u941Udq8Wnik5V1QxdWMRvRZA/s2048/better+on+CD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf5eQODcwZ-O4ohWZN_-yAlVAZANOZcNT8HKnD0PxO7k9DenWKVsjOyqqhNgPng93glHN2RGYS0oWpsYvEKvhKoNwUTLUaPIfwHyyXXPdVIhSjq-mAF-u941Udq8Wnik5V1QxdWMRvRZA/w640-h360/better+on+CD.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p><b>17. A 'new' prog rock discovery</b></p><p>I recently bought <i>Phantasmagoria</i> by Curved Air. They are a 1970s progressive rock band of course, but I only just started listening to them.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoL6BbGzupPitQ9hQ_9z6ueB6SP8lFOLRnZRvdUm2i3VQmz60kv_Rcg5QO_pCBIftEmTDR4UeQgKz1osuPQ4jZmKk_P6w5qygMY-6MSjCVPx6yB3IsQCBMZDg1T1PDoQS4cNpUp9qrvNE/s2048/new+discovery.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1804" data-original-width="2048" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoL6BbGzupPitQ9hQ_9z6ueB6SP8lFOLRnZRvdUm2i3VQmz60kv_Rcg5QO_pCBIftEmTDR4UeQgKz1osuPQ4jZmKk_P6w5qygMY-6MSjCVPx6yB3IsQCBMZDg1T1PDoQS4cNpUp9qrvNE/w640-h564/new+discovery.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>18. An album you had to buy the deluxe edition for</b></p><p>I have Rush, <i>Farewell to Kings</i> in standard CD format too but I decided to buy the 40th anniversary deluxe edition with live CDs (performances from 1978) and some cover versions by other bands included:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-QlfpsfsqqSEvMsg6m6pvZCzM39Fcayj6ELTDitrAEKlwufBremqWlj8-uSb8w5r_RP3goy6JEYUrPWrCDFAACZi0v-TVrYri0o5nfOo8JoLTe355NZ_rfbeZ9OBswH1ov8mn78mnj50/s2048/deluxe1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1724" data-original-width="2048" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-QlfpsfsqqSEvMsg6m6pvZCzM39Fcayj6ELTDitrAEKlwufBremqWlj8-uSb8w5r_RP3goy6JEYUrPWrCDFAACZi0v-TVrYri0o5nfOo8JoLTe355NZ_rfbeZ9OBswH1ov8mn78mnj50/w640-h538/deluxe1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_rqc4k5apdWwonm0XjUkNqg-MXOTxBS4oUoUNLJNsUWYtBjWIxdJ9lzf-HYc48EruymOxgw3my8q5ML4y-k_znVZ5wJQJ8kBoz18qu0oQXCQDWcyWW91vqN4qeQ4US-ru3wsF73r8oYQ/s2048/deluxe2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1676" data-original-width="2048" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_rqc4k5apdWwonm0XjUkNqg-MXOTxBS4oUoUNLJNsUWYtBjWIxdJ9lzf-HYc48EruymOxgw3my8q5ML4y-k_znVZ5wJQJ8kBoz18qu0oQXCQDWcyWW91vqN4qeQ4US-ru3wsF73r8oYQ/w640-h524/deluxe2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p><b>19. Triple albums: pick one STUDIO and one LIVE triple album</b></p><p>I don't own any progressive rock triple albums, studio or live, in CD format. So I had to turn to classic rock for The Beatles - <i>White Album</i> (triple studio CD with the Esher Demos included) and Led Zeppelin's <i>How The West Was Won</i> (triple live CD).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQoNeVwJ0wgvFWPgZ97eZi-uL2-nHiRdWIMmuWmoTctAXkVpzayUp1OaQLowyL8GRM0OkESrxjnTMBvxB3Uwtn_u0IOagZHZfTqHNA2x387lff0nyM6zhYBcnansEbSSYgx8X7mEpFF2o/s2048/triple+albums.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1051" data-original-width="2048" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQoNeVwJ0wgvFWPgZ97eZi-uL2-nHiRdWIMmuWmoTctAXkVpzayUp1OaQLowyL8GRM0OkESrxjnTMBvxB3Uwtn_u0IOagZHZfTqHNA2x387lff0nyM6zhYBcnansEbSSYgx8X7mEpFF2o/w640-h328/triple+albums.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>20. An album with the best bass</b></p><p>In progressive rock, I will go for Yes, <i>Fragile</i> featuring the playing of the late, great Chris Squire:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaLXwa0EbrjP1Z0Vc360hS47mU_bgSpDm24ZM6EsnRedHoqQfXl629u3ksEtpN7mtDfg1oGrIwe9TuY7gSdygjqrfuLrL9CaJ1hDjGPfalkgXmCs9pcYayXp2GUVWWm7NzP6B1QKcW2Z4/s2048/great+bass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1709" data-original-width="2048" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaLXwa0EbrjP1Z0Vc360hS47mU_bgSpDm24ZM6EsnRedHoqQfXl629u3ksEtpN7mtDfg1oGrIwe9TuY7gSdygjqrfuLrL9CaJ1hDjGPfalkgXmCs9pcYayXp2GUVWWm7NzP6B1QKcW2Z4/w640-h534/great+bass.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p><b>21. An album you have pre-ordered</b></p><p>I have to cheat here, I have nothing on pre-order at the moment. I did put a new box set from Cherry Red Records, Rare Bird's <i>Beautiful Scarlet: The Recordings 1969-75</i> on pre-order from them a couple of months ago. It's already arrived but it was the last pre-order I made and was waiting for.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjox-lrnApzd7pqX-UyxpQMm4WJjKTkvRIgAgdelkktGHdVH4ZWCCtI3AW8uXIACP1XHQ3hAcwSgm4znmNRmj9BGSTowrkPUHzoJzJBMvNAk07lWrw_ZhN2n7HxFpuInvlSU_NkiRpbhZE/s2048/Pre+order.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2033" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjox-lrnApzd7pqX-UyxpQMm4WJjKTkvRIgAgdelkktGHdVH4ZWCCtI3AW8uXIACP1XHQ3hAcwSgm4znmNRmj9BGSTowrkPUHzoJzJBMvNAk07lWrw_ZhN2n7HxFpuInvlSU_NkiRpbhZE/w636-h640/Pre+order.jpg" width="636" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p><b>22. The first album you ever bought</b></p><p>The first album I ever chose to buy for myself, with my pocket money, was <i>Killers</i> by Iron Maiden. This is the original cassette I bought in the late 1980s, which I still own.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiAFtAfRtI9HV54ITCxFLN1bsRnqRvEIEt07dvhvCE-65nNvyId3oMkY2ssAIHwWV5WV6cBOW8m8HlFyp3926oD-mV6nBLUrBSRpjha4jLhELUeKxj4_eV9s2I4-tR0UFVk4gRyrkon7w/s2048/first+album+I+bought1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1451" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiAFtAfRtI9HV54ITCxFLN1bsRnqRvEIEt07dvhvCE-65nNvyId3oMkY2ssAIHwWV5WV6cBOW8m8HlFyp3926oD-mV6nBLUrBSRpjha4jLhELUeKxj4_eV9s2I4-tR0UFVk4gRyrkon7w/w454-h640/first+album+I+bought1.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEignWpcPetsOgtULO5uNXJRpKcSgtsW1pyQeQMya7kUg4z-LqdppC7BdbDkBQsrtHh_vBxEoSx3xFPyuw4hyphenhyphenamGCXS6uTSaQgMAuhR3r8UTpa0sZ200oNxPQGGbUoADGmRXI83PO32YSdM/s2048/first+album+I+bought2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1631" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEignWpcPetsOgtULO5uNXJRpKcSgtsW1pyQeQMya7kUg4z-LqdppC7BdbDkBQsrtHh_vBxEoSx3xFPyuw4hyphenhyphenamGCXS6uTSaQgMAuhR3r8UTpa0sZ200oNxPQGGbUoADGmRXI83PO32YSdM/w510-h640/first+album+I+bought2.jpg" width="510" /></a></div><br /><p><b>23. An album by a band more people should know about</b></p><p>More people should check out Haken, a British progressive-metal band. This is their latest release, the appropriately titled <i>Virus</i>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAvDoANrKa3sboOXgaymugUljc3vaofD-WD6FiZJawtJ6IlLK87uJQM-Nr5sCuB8dH2KOQP2og3Yhve6VY6gsmv13qmQUyu-HDSVkhzuZRp7dQP3MuMLXC2A_jbjQWZRz1JEmpHT9ZSXA/s2048/more+people+should+know.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2048" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAvDoANrKa3sboOXgaymugUljc3vaofD-WD6FiZJawtJ6IlLK87uJQM-Nr5sCuB8dH2KOQP2og3Yhve6VY6gsmv13qmQUyu-HDSVkhzuZRp7dQP3MuMLXC2A_jbjQWZRz1JEmpHT9ZSXA/w640-h544/more+people+should+know.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Those are my answers! I've decided I am going to do more music-themed and music-related blog posts, in addition to literary, fiction and writing posts and articles; so look out for all of those.</p></div></div>Steve Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106280039833965495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141916909014109441.post-89317593134835484862021-06-01T14:43:00.001-07:002021-06-19T14:52:48.816-07:00Cirith Ungol - Half Human EP<p>I picked up the latest Cirith Ungol release, an EP entitled <i>Half Past Human</i>, released this year on Metal Blade Records. It has four songs on it, 'Route 666'; 'Shelob's Lair', 'Brutish Manchild' and the title track 'Half Past Human'.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij9tCSMo48kf2E0yHU1hPfrDTgIk2refaolECsNAb-fVr975TwXQvAKxOCTuxNZpdpBxhvXqwIUkLBCfkcB9wOXFVmceCrAwsJ9JOpSLQ8CiZ50D3-LeCn3YN-8lussNRSU5kbYE7rf3U/s2048/Cirith+Ungol.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1749" data-original-width="2048" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij9tCSMo48kf2E0yHU1hPfrDTgIk2refaolECsNAb-fVr975TwXQvAKxOCTuxNZpdpBxhvXqwIUkLBCfkcB9wOXFVmceCrAwsJ9JOpSLQ8CiZ50D3-LeCn3YN-8lussNRSU5kbYE7rf3U/w640-h546/Cirith+Ungol.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>I was very pleased to add this to my expanding music collection. During the lockdown months, I have enjoyed the pleasures of listening to music while working, writing and exercising. I've been discovering, and re-discovering, a lot of classic rock and metal bands. Cirith Ungol are a band I particularly like for Tim Baker's distinctive vocals, and their heavy sound combined with fantasy 'sword and sorcery' lyrics and themes. They are named after the mountain pass Cirith Ungol in J.R.R Tolkien's <i>Lord of the Rings, </i>along which is the lair of Shelob the spider. </p><p>The band were formed in 1972 and released their first studio album, <i>Frost and Fire</i>, in 1981. However, they broke up in 1992 and were inactive until 2016, when they reformed (however without founding guitarist Jerry Fogle who died of liver failure in 1998). Since then, there has been a new album, <i>Forever Black</i>, which was released last year and now this limited edition EP release.</p><p>Another notable feature of Cirith Ungol, and another fantasy fiction connection, is their album artwork. Each one of their album's cover art is taken from DAW Books editions of the novels in Michael Moorcock's <i>Elric of Melnibone</i> saga. The artist is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Whelan" target="_blank">Michael Whelan.</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RphW2V9iagtrwtRvdaRSYqhpxbAEFBLwZeK-q9Wsa4C8xRskZkIPhMWGfiUbXBe4RFTC6ziV7FNuAO4citxCKmIHkSEHSLqaD_8_9k3XtuJ3tfZsE7fd36ta7h6vJVwi55A8nU8_aTI/s2048/Cirith+Ungol2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1270" data-original-width="2048" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RphW2V9iagtrwtRvdaRSYqhpxbAEFBLwZeK-q9Wsa4C8xRskZkIPhMWGfiUbXBe4RFTC6ziV7FNuAO4citxCKmIHkSEHSLqaD_8_9k3XtuJ3tfZsE7fd36ta7h6vJVwi55A8nU8_aTI/w640-h396/Cirith+Ungol2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Steve Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106280039833965495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141916909014109441.post-29675584489237809162021-06-01T14:08:00.000-07:002021-06-01T14:08:41.561-07:00March 2020- May 2021: More images of the lockdown era in London<p>I have a host of photographs that I've taken over the past 15 months, that I didn't include in my previous post back at the end of last year. They've been taken from various trips and rambles around Greater London, and unfortunately haven't been labelled. Nevertheless I thought I'd post on my blog again and share them all. If you're familiar with London environs then you will probably recognise many of the places. I quite like documenting my travels but I'm not particular about captioning everything, and it would take too much time to do so now. Instead, I will let the images speak for themselves.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3Nml5BoJhb1yL_uwEuhFwybNanwxdERSbpzn4-Lox1NhCXZ0hVjML6PHJ_48WDVKv9xwv6s2vIiE3B9d3NnJ0KIIHNMz_ID2Q3CXfNBRlKLnCy4eIR41wuUov3REYZek9aBOlhg9o10/s2048/20200519_150814.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3Nml5BoJhb1yL_uwEuhFwybNanwxdERSbpzn4-Lox1NhCXZ0hVjML6PHJ_48WDVKv9xwv6s2vIiE3B9d3NnJ0KIIHNMz_ID2Q3CXfNBRlKLnCy4eIR41wuUov3REYZek9aBOlhg9o10/s320/20200519_150814.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAcrTU12K4HCvFusFtzV1b35JjylODY3lE0Xb65xaqdEZdhZpud3kjB1TPmF3RiUi9-UbeBSDm-wylSXkLUUyqoymJeaXZf2teFn4dOreirFyNyDKtAjXBPK0FyHGisAfEqEYpQk3PVt8/s2048/20200519_150906.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAcrTU12K4HCvFusFtzV1b35JjylODY3lE0Xb65xaqdEZdhZpud3kjB1TPmF3RiUi9-UbeBSDm-wylSXkLUUyqoymJeaXZf2teFn4dOreirFyNyDKtAjXBPK0FyHGisAfEqEYpQk3PVt8/s320/20200519_150906.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6CDC2I8-42fqtLxxyuF3cUxzU4PKbpp_y6MYouQGhl2V1SwtyIEUHICYpL2a5Jm-p6_Ye33qDc8qOD4E1UaJO1Td7olaetPBdq-gMX4xF-gMLldXtUXV6_ewSW0ghsKariNnVmBsiqo/s2048/20200519_152800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6CDC2I8-42fqtLxxyuF3cUxzU4PKbpp_y6MYouQGhl2V1SwtyIEUHICYpL2a5Jm-p6_Ye33qDc8qOD4E1UaJO1Td7olaetPBdq-gMX4xF-gMLldXtUXV6_ewSW0ghsKariNnVmBsiqo/s320/20200519_152800.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgLqnqVzonogWiLeXdf2PqXfV5Sg3kGih2PAKUYK-D8ZrtF4efOhgWsrUE0xYYQ8dRA-eqZU-mq335gc98F0sivWNwhDsB_gZHjV7_t8ks0CVHscmxQCM2aY89dqj4_-VbhgUTV0p9Lcc/s2048/20200519_153023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgLqnqVzonogWiLeXdf2PqXfV5Sg3kGih2PAKUYK-D8ZrtF4efOhgWsrUE0xYYQ8dRA-eqZU-mq335gc98F0sivWNwhDsB_gZHjV7_t8ks0CVHscmxQCM2aY89dqj4_-VbhgUTV0p9Lcc/s320/20200519_153023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJq8xfBy4uqmLMwZqYrc13AiMgEX_G7Ypa00TiDnpPR8IZI-UUuE_PK1SKxUdtP1Vg96cFVrF1ogzy5nfXsa4f0dzIZByqNienMMR09JggvP3P1pfJMCFjTkSseiwpG51HsTk1HQ6mC4Q/s2048/20200519_155021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJq8xfBy4uqmLMwZqYrc13AiMgEX_G7Ypa00TiDnpPR8IZI-UUuE_PK1SKxUdtP1Vg96cFVrF1ogzy5nfXsa4f0dzIZByqNienMMR09JggvP3P1pfJMCFjTkSseiwpG51HsTk1HQ6mC4Q/s320/20200519_155021.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg79rTPRz9EJUbSTRDykFbumPqFROi762FFq6rUk9qyFQ3zuPXLDFkTKO7kekhpkR6JwNa2Xi0wdfsGVjGYENyq8nRDTKq9LOqihS9hHHWCiJq0GLenob4ab_l4nVqVOVeIBS4nxUCPxGs/s2048/20200522_131135.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg79rTPRz9EJUbSTRDykFbumPqFROi762FFq6rUk9qyFQ3zuPXLDFkTKO7kekhpkR6JwNa2Xi0wdfsGVjGYENyq8nRDTKq9LOqihS9hHHWCiJq0GLenob4ab_l4nVqVOVeIBS4nxUCPxGs/s320/20200522_131135.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGb-t6XVCH_dZWWIhisPJ_VK2jPpL-xepZSKbntPbW3Dn_W7n1H6woidKLNK9F5K1u1e2sK_USBo63CrKfSYHMrKe8TVHjMEa-3LO7JoHkLge5aqgLOFWRQoRTl20qb-mq3zmcQoZC0kE/s2048/20200525_112800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGb-t6XVCH_dZWWIhisPJ_VK2jPpL-xepZSKbntPbW3Dn_W7n1H6woidKLNK9F5K1u1e2sK_USBo63CrKfSYHMrKe8TVHjMEa-3LO7JoHkLge5aqgLOFWRQoRTl20qb-mq3zmcQoZC0kE/s320/20200525_112800.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXuXuOhSpwuFj3LdF4bPLUdgnHbBaBL40whgCB0YXypBHRkfmOQURVA3Z7mPeJu-w9sq4Doz1hBi_2yK4bqXZlBzPvHd9xpB0ZVpH_Tg59d6_oKaNNg1naDkOTZB9Ll10Nmk1Q48kyDTY/s2048/20200525_120414.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXuXuOhSpwuFj3LdF4bPLUdgnHbBaBL40whgCB0YXypBHRkfmOQURVA3Z7mPeJu-w9sq4Doz1hBi_2yK4bqXZlBzPvHd9xpB0ZVpH_Tg59d6_oKaNNg1naDkOTZB9Ll10Nmk1Q48kyDTY/s320/20200525_120414.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJ09FJ3HXBBblGkP3j3e40FClYveeFdoIa2LxqTg9Vxr3dVDga42MFQfWnDz3TyeMC75fl45dKLrA4D_d2ze7E8EYWrxHIn0mLiG82BhVsnVoDZNoEJxHDff5e21VVFXdRmYy_4RF-vs/s2048/20200525_120838.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJ09FJ3HXBBblGkP3j3e40FClYveeFdoIa2LxqTg9Vxr3dVDga42MFQfWnDz3TyeMC75fl45dKLrA4D_d2ze7E8EYWrxHIn0mLiG82BhVsnVoDZNoEJxHDff5e21VVFXdRmYy_4RF-vs/s320/20200525_120838.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhStY-DGgxdNrrxhOt71Gd-EMykbxDac9Vf0AY6e5JEs-nN2m3wFa8mkdg_Hc9MG0Xt5G1yGOUf90ttDTEh9HbxK2UczfV1ZatbDgBvPsq_9GBlPqNsof-qBZCotPdmtZ1obk6z3QOwhVE/s2048/20200525_123234.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhStY-DGgxdNrrxhOt71Gd-EMykbxDac9Vf0AY6e5JEs-nN2m3wFa8mkdg_Hc9MG0Xt5G1yGOUf90ttDTEh9HbxK2UczfV1ZatbDgBvPsq_9GBlPqNsof-qBZCotPdmtZ1obk6z3QOwhVE/s320/20200525_123234.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYX0Suw55FZLWD00AGCW00ihctPzAXq2AAjp9_-Lfa2AY7ALVtfMhxNIi6KofhpnCFPE53eLH7CJwH8kyY3ZPaWqoann6yGcOX_cwK6lCtP10Jf03W8J_WkmWO_-tvS2MiuUF9Re7RPmM/s2048/20200525_123718.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYX0Suw55FZLWD00AGCW00ihctPzAXq2AAjp9_-Lfa2AY7ALVtfMhxNIi6KofhpnCFPE53eLH7CJwH8kyY3ZPaWqoann6yGcOX_cwK6lCtP10Jf03W8J_WkmWO_-tvS2MiuUF9Re7RPmM/s320/20200525_123718.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Hlj5nUF9BHJxiCR5qcNtbAndm0Pdmffru9IhvT7aLfewCp7jjsIS11-INHc4n58BZ_oGXuSivYj7qXNuWOIiH-jpu55ISj7Zq-sMmBTcQtoEw_u4p8KOhXWPeL-v2dWQK74Rq3O8MsM/s2048/20200525_124352.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Hlj5nUF9BHJxiCR5qcNtbAndm0Pdmffru9IhvT7aLfewCp7jjsIS11-INHc4n58BZ_oGXuSivYj7qXNuWOIiH-jpu55ISj7Zq-sMmBTcQtoEw_u4p8KOhXWPeL-v2dWQK74Rq3O8MsM/s320/20200525_124352.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_ZISqBwZTcRmwoYIW-fHjIwNyvId-sf8Z4dOcINVWAbKNbat5J5tjfTigatXFQYq7IRU5BcykLexgchvwFrnkXuCpgl89xM_bm59Clpm3UER9_pck__F24-dtqEZv7UIVyz2tbwXnXE/s2048/20200525_124406.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_ZISqBwZTcRmwoYIW-fHjIwNyvId-sf8Z4dOcINVWAbKNbat5J5tjfTigatXFQYq7IRU5BcykLexgchvwFrnkXuCpgl89xM_bm59Clpm3UER9_pck__F24-dtqEZv7UIVyz2tbwXnXE/s320/20200525_124406.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOuNmkVWnMmaNBTWEBtweMcgIGSxNGjYy2DQHv-IiXvqAIxMORmDfZ5X0BwvWpPYhwwcGcNR3NMFDmMVHA31XDu007Qr6ZFRbvZUOKjn8OjTgdhpogO7PBb28LzKsYVMTch8J5POJrSUE/s2048/20200525_124511.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOuNmkVWnMmaNBTWEBtweMcgIGSxNGjYy2DQHv-IiXvqAIxMORmDfZ5X0BwvWpPYhwwcGcNR3NMFDmMVHA31XDu007Qr6ZFRbvZUOKjn8OjTgdhpogO7PBb28LzKsYVMTch8J5POJrSUE/s320/20200525_124511.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR9ZN357iYYbbTAr5gdtaEmeUqvi0Ff9AqsiaGPKT71OPp6KYM62g3Gx1UiJuDddSX6KYX9TiQUWRTVMq86wlSFjPl9zbDD616fZAOvOdxb3SMLmyDbnbkI3j9IHtSN5UBTEHTXt2MqyE/s2048/20200525_124607.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR9ZN357iYYbbTAr5gdtaEmeUqvi0Ff9AqsiaGPKT71OPp6KYM62g3Gx1UiJuDddSX6KYX9TiQUWRTVMq86wlSFjPl9zbDD616fZAOvOdxb3SMLmyDbnbkI3j9IHtSN5UBTEHTXt2MqyE/s320/20200525_124607.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-WassyyOQP-f_GKx1j0HTIvL2G2V0si9WCduR2jtRgLLbYCcigTHHsfil2_y183uxF_138-iutyOP6hUROegnwpjw396o6EbHDp5oluHYH5yvPj_MlhCa8y23zzHijrEG-5SqZmekwPg/s2048/20200525_124748.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-WassyyOQP-f_GKx1j0HTIvL2G2V0si9WCduR2jtRgLLbYCcigTHHsfil2_y183uxF_138-iutyOP6hUROegnwpjw396o6EbHDp5oluHYH5yvPj_MlhCa8y23zzHijrEG-5SqZmekwPg/s320/20200525_124748.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW5jBspl_8TroJtSZnM9YgsMkmxLRYEonB-Vbo3y7cm3xtfQjZz9zdqYE-bdfdLbLxo63a9jgwG2BhVFUHFWr36Q_fh9gAb0EyNs83hqDcmcGrDfDm3KkUBs4eIkv2Tt2_ZEow_bDyJ3I/s2048/20200525_125048.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW5jBspl_8TroJtSZnM9YgsMkmxLRYEonB-Vbo3y7cm3xtfQjZz9zdqYE-bdfdLbLxo63a9jgwG2BhVFUHFWr36Q_fh9gAb0EyNs83hqDcmcGrDfDm3KkUBs4eIkv2Tt2_ZEow_bDyJ3I/s320/20200525_125048.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNJ_BRzql5IgrhE0EQNkJb2Aeo95XRZTaEtkOYxaH86yKo9ru04RMtIRhyR4gC65DxSt09t92K755Enbg74pUoHC_nH-zYbM26pnjIUUHNQ-7K7YDJd93brS6n0Ieb6156sWvb2UhVb00/s2048/20200525_125204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNJ_BRzql5IgrhE0EQNkJb2Aeo95XRZTaEtkOYxaH86yKo9ru04RMtIRhyR4gC65DxSt09t92K755Enbg74pUoHC_nH-zYbM26pnjIUUHNQ-7K7YDJd93brS6n0Ieb6156sWvb2UhVb00/s320/20200525_125204.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-qa9XLVo2Zr1STOAkzsXehbKWuTol0lCsSKQR-Uu09zW8Hr7WYIYeZuZp6yZFjihdL8HHw6T7SEs1h9BmeIVPrZLggIM0uFrBnOyCLiNxFXawFvCB99bOhgeCyK0cvbEgHMU6ky6bthQ/s2048/20200525_125925.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-qa9XLVo2Zr1STOAkzsXehbKWuTol0lCsSKQR-Uu09zW8Hr7WYIYeZuZp6yZFjihdL8HHw6T7SEs1h9BmeIVPrZLggIM0uFrBnOyCLiNxFXawFvCB99bOhgeCyK0cvbEgHMU6ky6bthQ/s320/20200525_125925.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjgLlK9DqwAZtQxOCh6ao4hzegB8u5Qq_R0YSLXo2z19DEV1ANmawbp-4F5-vM1FtV6TtojWGU6yrDljgxS7Q7lMOh_vKUISglq0Q1LOtpvjJBwszv322UrKscZ5aKExc9f4f-ADh7UlI/s2048/20200525_130024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjgLlK9DqwAZtQxOCh6ao4hzegB8u5Qq_R0YSLXo2z19DEV1ANmawbp-4F5-vM1FtV6TtojWGU6yrDljgxS7Q7lMOh_vKUISglq0Q1LOtpvjJBwszv322UrKscZ5aKExc9f4f-ADh7UlI/s320/20200525_130024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv5GSaGYTS7OdJtD8ptoC-kBuPe2fao7fqMqAqbiKD-6AuncwfF9YNEpBZZMgfd2WGA3Qz2N4U93GQfjfHAZ-84H0p9LTKRFN3qqLv1kHdbjakVS4b3-GeifrUsyCMrqlbObE2kV9Kcks/s2048/20200525_131253.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv5GSaGYTS7OdJtD8ptoC-kBuPe2fao7fqMqAqbiKD-6AuncwfF9YNEpBZZMgfd2WGA3Qz2N4U93GQfjfHAZ-84H0p9LTKRFN3qqLv1kHdbjakVS4b3-GeifrUsyCMrqlbObE2kV9Kcks/s320/20200525_131253.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-JpGhz_2psesN5h4Fva8a2q5Su9bg0ajm40lkW5Q-tbYXwXb23We1AOc7zaiCD5E0DBC21d2Varnb4UGGpcRG3pwB5AYHwjI37QAvlO52VcYaeS4bXulVPe5K_Hoty8-REhznHGSbbI/s2048/20200525_133408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-JpGhz_2psesN5h4Fva8a2q5Su9bg0ajm40lkW5Q-tbYXwXb23We1AOc7zaiCD5E0DBC21d2Varnb4UGGpcRG3pwB5AYHwjI37QAvlO52VcYaeS4bXulVPe5K_Hoty8-REhznHGSbbI/s320/20200525_133408.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFIv_SqwVrpeT1QjkI2qe9oHEFpS_5eSAAeox_ghmh43BToNWbi-aU9cIpWVIFRWvYmp_2ISE72N-jRKQfpeScuQJqLvlyjJcWBvupqturkKq3NgAIQjS-aWLkg5IwaJCINBjN8EJ9VBY/s2048/20200525_134324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFIv_SqwVrpeT1QjkI2qe9oHEFpS_5eSAAeox_ghmh43BToNWbi-aU9cIpWVIFRWvYmp_2ISE72N-jRKQfpeScuQJqLvlyjJcWBvupqturkKq3NgAIQjS-aWLkg5IwaJCINBjN8EJ9VBY/s320/20200525_134324.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsJuRuEFJXoHOmrycQYSsML0mrfAPwBfwvyQzhWUtBUsllHwvx_YPulT5O0pM1fFCv1fmeNLrypgD4CJjAV3eEmEF2lC6BBrEjoB1AXyZJUsaI4o1LzJIJQNZllMNV7zzhaBCBSVNqEgQ/s2048/20200525_134644.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsJuRuEFJXoHOmrycQYSsML0mrfAPwBfwvyQzhWUtBUsllHwvx_YPulT5O0pM1fFCv1fmeNLrypgD4CJjAV3eEmEF2lC6BBrEjoB1AXyZJUsaI4o1LzJIJQNZllMNV7zzhaBCBSVNqEgQ/s320/20200525_134644.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjHt5uTB81jyV_SwNOOY0g0LlRwixt4Viv52oKXkGr1zap63l1ji8Gj6oNOaNqblEkAU6cfrDNd7PAVzrnWOq6cTN87k6-165GfDjVt9TRoBhvy7_BVKSlEVkRGE36JLm2f_lIJRZIyg/s2048/20200525_134723.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjHt5uTB81jyV_SwNOOY0g0LlRwixt4Viv52oKXkGr1zap63l1ji8Gj6oNOaNqblEkAU6cfrDNd7PAVzrnWOq6cTN87k6-165GfDjVt9TRoBhvy7_BVKSlEVkRGE36JLm2f_lIJRZIyg/s320/20200525_134723.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91JZzrTVtr7Qj-yRdl3_dFzQ9wXYJmL86nYRPKi2mtpcdAD2ifJcR__Cnv_sdRAePmb3rV9lzI-wkd8KORS-jJTEfh5_0wAqVHBoBoLEHStBkfYARLLKSS2fqa10sozhYMaTuOZvlbus/s2048/20200525_135205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91JZzrTVtr7Qj-yRdl3_dFzQ9wXYJmL86nYRPKi2mtpcdAD2ifJcR__Cnv_sdRAePmb3rV9lzI-wkd8KORS-jJTEfh5_0wAqVHBoBoLEHStBkfYARLLKSS2fqa10sozhYMaTuOZvlbus/s320/20200525_135205.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho54WBlZyc2hob0g_ePI-XhikGekBhUAgWkA9TXBXuhlZRkE8rhdJNYrs2hgk2Og02Ung4p-j2ZZn3sFC4X3Rc6jaUE95vCVa1J2w7IDsTP1-xzkIwnjlHJNAMnXX1YBj1gELuzrKVeVY/s2048/20200525_141007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho54WBlZyc2hob0g_ePI-XhikGekBhUAgWkA9TXBXuhlZRkE8rhdJNYrs2hgk2Og02Ung4p-j2ZZn3sFC4X3Rc6jaUE95vCVa1J2w7IDsTP1-xzkIwnjlHJNAMnXX1YBj1gELuzrKVeVY/s320/20200525_141007.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVIAgJWaZm3sMS-ZPIVqdaFE0Fc2iAARmiz-hKkSR6fFoRmDBKdiq78pHvK_lJ-9ghSbtyor44cdMnEU5K2GausCogxzuo1BHOW0WBW-fTQAiu0TFV0yJfnXTIDTMfWjANW3o529sfgRA/s2048/20200525_142055.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVIAgJWaZm3sMS-ZPIVqdaFE0Fc2iAARmiz-hKkSR6fFoRmDBKdiq78pHvK_lJ-9ghSbtyor44cdMnEU5K2GausCogxzuo1BHOW0WBW-fTQAiu0TFV0yJfnXTIDTMfWjANW3o529sfgRA/s320/20200525_142055.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5N3p6hud_9ZoiFhmGbsm1cFLERnf2dvsi5UdwYh7cgwYEJdSTu-p1RR3lZOSDykn6iTSH9vTl-Y_qMxYVPBDBn7JHuuaS28JXkwwNjZ1chAS71tMf5pIEMKi1_qqINblV3-gF7ix19dw/s2048/20200525_142735.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5N3p6hud_9ZoiFhmGbsm1cFLERnf2dvsi5UdwYh7cgwYEJdSTu-p1RR3lZOSDykn6iTSH9vTl-Y_qMxYVPBDBn7JHuuaS28JXkwwNjZ1chAS71tMf5pIEMKi1_qqINblV3-gF7ix19dw/s320/20200525_142735.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv-FgSNwoAP9PcYAa3c589-EYJyi1ra8OExSty-XxPU37kJ746x8SDQcRn6KZvZKINzQkPkFA6PpzgQXc-BZNmOUfVm_rk-nVsEO3bGyK5Rd5pVkXub1w5XLTmpK_Ip2JaDXZmi1UDALs/s2048/20200525_142741.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv-FgSNwoAP9PcYAa3c589-EYJyi1ra8OExSty-XxPU37kJ746x8SDQcRn6KZvZKINzQkPkFA6PpzgQXc-BZNmOUfVm_rk-nVsEO3bGyK5Rd5pVkXub1w5XLTmpK_Ip2JaDXZmi1UDALs/s320/20200525_142741.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NU9ZgOGfz2MIVraBGweZtrrJJpPztWWtgNmz4NWJ3edrvLImk8f6QLWeBSWS9SOeQ7mPR4VtflNXE2EeTNRI26L9IuFC_igFTn7Lg7giz5qyIBdxnB-OWpfcK4RNuJwIRAnxtelCljc/s2048/20200525_142807.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NU9ZgOGfz2MIVraBGweZtrrJJpPztWWtgNmz4NWJ3edrvLImk8f6QLWeBSWS9SOeQ7mPR4VtflNXE2EeTNRI26L9IuFC_igFTn7Lg7giz5qyIBdxnB-OWpfcK4RNuJwIRAnxtelCljc/s320/20200525_142807.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr6vQnxUj5yjeKAOlVRii9z8vvGYyWiN1mT7KM_KmoH2MDfs3SkzozhOBH6bXtU_cOY_NLGC8TluRGI-eXbH1uqhpu6ybFFxeWay1SY_UWjLKptR-BGbOKaGdXNnuj_2Y93i9uAMSsGSg/s2048/20200525_142857.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr6vQnxUj5yjeKAOlVRii9z8vvGYyWiN1mT7KM_KmoH2MDfs3SkzozhOBH6bXtU_cOY_NLGC8TluRGI-eXbH1uqhpu6ybFFxeWay1SY_UWjLKptR-BGbOKaGdXNnuj_2Y93i9uAMSsGSg/s320/20200525_142857.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCowYnKnsM4y-5ataidU19gjXN1xJK6yhiQ5X7mdp_3Wb8kWpe7l9BwdoV0c1-SrlmnfnsFIs2FMCrdzV2cxpztNo96-T25y3ifYQm5PRE5sCQtXWW9I1Pn_IHgd2ctjYNFCo_8g4Oih4/s2048/20200526_164622.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCowYnKnsM4y-5ataidU19gjXN1xJK6yhiQ5X7mdp_3Wb8kWpe7l9BwdoV0c1-SrlmnfnsFIs2FMCrdzV2cxpztNo96-T25y3ifYQm5PRE5sCQtXWW9I1Pn_IHgd2ctjYNFCo_8g4Oih4/s320/20200526_164622.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_rfFTzokJHu0YVOldbSqz1DAk7Woa4Z2mDLDBDcRYXjTwc7v8BI0Vr5pwOkSEo8lT_KCs0xLkv4J8TbNkYfe0pdh4ngVX70up5RmdaC7e-ON-rFJ4dEaC_hxjYAZNnm0mz6w77gGUEA/s2048/20200526_170514.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_rfFTzokJHu0YVOldbSqz1DAk7Woa4Z2mDLDBDcRYXjTwc7v8BI0Vr5pwOkSEo8lT_KCs0xLkv4J8TbNkYfe0pdh4ngVX70up5RmdaC7e-ON-rFJ4dEaC_hxjYAZNnm0mz6w77gGUEA/s320/20200526_170514.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3fEeljhHHPAfVruYWrgysFyPByCEP3lqB32M_ojFi3kjf_aIg1NHEHgpsuvLIj6smTSePsZ5YihlqYbcT41CUcMv09tPnuTiaF90UDvThNKc23J5eiFcV65xsh-LbOBfSrPQKLBxCHc/s2048/20200526_171018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3fEeljhHHPAfVruYWrgysFyPByCEP3lqB32M_ojFi3kjf_aIg1NHEHgpsuvLIj6smTSePsZ5YihlqYbcT41CUcMv09tPnuTiaF90UDvThNKc23J5eiFcV65xsh-LbOBfSrPQKLBxCHc/s320/20200526_171018.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZ0C4XZAtrgX5-dqo6H-UHC4xmoyXC2UV4OuRfwZ-YUVVvdWumMRYzaAIMD38bJFSoKlhf3gekuhwvdLhJ_L3foaoOO3P1qmOLTV4nAZ1n-GUL6pewU-w3b7WEAuw-XZeO-X6nwyKDN0/s2048/20200526_171223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZ0C4XZAtrgX5-dqo6H-UHC4xmoyXC2UV4OuRfwZ-YUVVvdWumMRYzaAIMD38bJFSoKlhf3gekuhwvdLhJ_L3foaoOO3P1qmOLTV4nAZ1n-GUL6pewU-w3b7WEAuw-XZeO-X6nwyKDN0/s320/20200526_171223.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5ayRIqUsTK2aH-tQr_91IZk0LwnE8BQdlzmuHxr-Sm28YWMR1Z1CHE75U3eztKbE3PVNfFqcR92Ofa626OMBTNygi-lbNLp9Ot0j2-lPMfvB3uuR92B_ukuN5wAP6fvp2AhZe9Ffs44/s2048/20200526_171324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5ayRIqUsTK2aH-tQr_91IZk0LwnE8BQdlzmuHxr-Sm28YWMR1Z1CHE75U3eztKbE3PVNfFqcR92Ofa626OMBTNygi-lbNLp9Ot0j2-lPMfvB3uuR92B_ukuN5wAP6fvp2AhZe9Ffs44/s320/20200526_171324.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCihbSRjuXo0Fg-oQGrvZVaCM_41OmGUpHavvd5y0qCgsTUPOAic5Yj6igY9PWulb5SUZmVU-bOqb3n5Pkx1Ri2Hq6cm2OOYtY6f9I-RZ8q1ojcbGkbh6Sdpr8pS96Zbk2VYorepdpmvI/s2048/20200527_112006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCihbSRjuXo0Fg-oQGrvZVaCM_41OmGUpHavvd5y0qCgsTUPOAic5Yj6igY9PWulb5SUZmVU-bOqb3n5Pkx1Ri2Hq6cm2OOYtY6f9I-RZ8q1ojcbGkbh6Sdpr8pS96Zbk2VYorepdpmvI/s320/20200527_112006.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVicRB-1uXw0Sxm9C7zJCX4ukeybBnvROVdmYiYXpzFW42angGeXly1ALGl02d_bl-iYD1B0XAXvZplgKvYv1QvFndOU65nC1rkiB6nweToVh9qbEnvdpNeWxZgaywcuuRyLmIP9hw8cE/s2048/20200527_112012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVicRB-1uXw0Sxm9C7zJCX4ukeybBnvROVdmYiYXpzFW42angGeXly1ALGl02d_bl-iYD1B0XAXvZplgKvYv1QvFndOU65nC1rkiB6nweToVh9qbEnvdpNeWxZgaywcuuRyLmIP9hw8cE/s320/20200527_112012.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqSH3DAhzoV7rGHHMwbXD8qYAvbeC_eGKQAqfYYQtflr_Rk2a3fkfAVK0qoOs_ydisXJRmen5uxXhVDjBaDy1QQHphOoU1MTR6l6BAU7vO-pNoJhr7jS0ZqjxezHIK6OjBk4CoJ0QaJDo/s2048/20200527_112714.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqSH3DAhzoV7rGHHMwbXD8qYAvbeC_eGKQAqfYYQtflr_Rk2a3fkfAVK0qoOs_ydisXJRmen5uxXhVDjBaDy1QQHphOoU1MTR6l6BAU7vO-pNoJhr7jS0ZqjxezHIK6OjBk4CoJ0QaJDo/s320/20200527_112714.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjylOa3ueG6V_N0I2i02fJo11athh1goSaQo8x9QuKRoUsDuWzx8_oCTIY0AH5b4CSs3jK0YtG5DOKvFWWy_8xDZbP4f5XS0DF5CUV4-8CD-UfXzgAgdpZ2vamj4bdLzAPSVsDKzuPTsAk/s2048/20200527_112839.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjylOa3ueG6V_N0I2i02fJo11athh1goSaQo8x9QuKRoUsDuWzx8_oCTIY0AH5b4CSs3jK0YtG5DOKvFWWy_8xDZbP4f5XS0DF5CUV4-8CD-UfXzgAgdpZ2vamj4bdLzAPSVsDKzuPTsAk/s320/20200527_112839.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTtRGrZZ-vl4lyYjlhECcorbZ1nVM-tN3BiAOShztQkoWXs8oRs-lDh9xlLCyEm4xmMUwGbmjavTsj0ll1hN0FgeIrPcRRoXeCSCKKEEoJDxmSl7yJvUIbc4geTIzO2-kY-UNU9kht7jQ/s2048/20200527_112937.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTtRGrZZ-vl4lyYjlhECcorbZ1nVM-tN3BiAOShztQkoWXs8oRs-lDh9xlLCyEm4xmMUwGbmjavTsj0ll1hN0FgeIrPcRRoXeCSCKKEEoJDxmSl7yJvUIbc4geTIzO2-kY-UNU9kht7jQ/s320/20200527_112937.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwy5rj-7aZ07izMYnDFwAA7yrcnjVcdPVd9ny_GwidtDmWgCYqsbzR0Cjj7lpjRpzy2UH57lwJmyh9C7iq2prM2N8npsyZyKhoBD3ivZHRH0v6dacRv5FAYz9K5wNQVjdwUW1Jk4G6Gwg/s2048/20200527_113151.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwy5rj-7aZ07izMYnDFwAA7yrcnjVcdPVd9ny_GwidtDmWgCYqsbzR0Cjj7lpjRpzy2UH57lwJmyh9C7iq2prM2N8npsyZyKhoBD3ivZHRH0v6dacRv5FAYz9K5wNQVjdwUW1Jk4G6Gwg/s320/20200527_113151.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFd5xmL3ShDetzr6sDzCF9kMiwk2Z3Ay9z8zqN4NE2IbffIYYE7wA9bd0QsKYZbKV0eO92G8C9a3ONcelXwoS2LjD8ENfrMctCbui1Si73W6L8G7IYfUK_xQLzyw24bZj56qak_uuTJlA/s2048/20200527_113303.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFd5xmL3ShDetzr6sDzCF9kMiwk2Z3Ay9z8zqN4NE2IbffIYYE7wA9bd0QsKYZbKV0eO92G8C9a3ONcelXwoS2LjD8ENfrMctCbui1Si73W6L8G7IYfUK_xQLzyw24bZj56qak_uuTJlA/s320/20200527_113303.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwgM4YEdiCco5OHEstazEF9nhB29-Mi0d7TAYN2EqYpfUErBty-aIbt4eXmxZOlvBHOeRN93FQJl0K2AUQbjsOGJ02NIZwNot83lr-hNcH2WMUcp4EkoLiP9Rx3YMn9iTOszze6oLCfb8/s2048/20200527_113448.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwgM4YEdiCco5OHEstazEF9nhB29-Mi0d7TAYN2EqYpfUErBty-aIbt4eXmxZOlvBHOeRN93FQJl0K2AUQbjsOGJ02NIZwNot83lr-hNcH2WMUcp4EkoLiP9Rx3YMn9iTOszze6oLCfb8/s320/20200527_113448.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj459JgNCL2Aud27HV0sP0-aVw9BNRPBaWo7-BuV1M9yzRlh8cJG6Lnu9to7yMTm2n76k2_t4HW_Zyyk4T1UXI13NHaeDEkm-P_o209NmeTquID84AA_niYRdIUXOfvTmoS-4a2hYUXBRs/s2048/20200527_113702.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj459JgNCL2Aud27HV0sP0-aVw9BNRPBaWo7-BuV1M9yzRlh8cJG6Lnu9to7yMTm2n76k2_t4HW_Zyyk4T1UXI13NHaeDEkm-P_o209NmeTquID84AA_niYRdIUXOfvTmoS-4a2hYUXBRs/s320/20200527_113702.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipH3k0Wld5gOufk5FKQaQ-TyvBseqHZu-Hmt8_8mEJ8MYKxlH17Jl9278zbAWFhI5xW7vLMPcP6TqHMmThGV2NtIrwmlH66R7f8yGre5ftqQSefRqX8JSkhFOWVjPZFsEfp_pbF3eZyS8/s2048/20200527_113802.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipH3k0Wld5gOufk5FKQaQ-TyvBseqHZu-Hmt8_8mEJ8MYKxlH17Jl9278zbAWFhI5xW7vLMPcP6TqHMmThGV2NtIrwmlH66R7f8yGre5ftqQSefRqX8JSkhFOWVjPZFsEfp_pbF3eZyS8/s320/20200527_113802.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjH0L72u9UBFGua5pku5pYqn05XC_om-pVaWzFqbzNdQ3lTH8iimkzh2Dzi_9PkN7m_MNjEu2cDsHTQMY0nGiITvmHKtuiDAtEWBvkv_JNPjgZQYHnFNAvTTAOFyV9VqCMXbfL-TEIv-w/s2048/20200527_114146.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjH0L72u9UBFGua5pku5pYqn05XC_om-pVaWzFqbzNdQ3lTH8iimkzh2Dzi_9PkN7m_MNjEu2cDsHTQMY0nGiITvmHKtuiDAtEWBvkv_JNPjgZQYHnFNAvTTAOFyV9VqCMXbfL-TEIv-w/s320/20200527_114146.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3_AE8j12i2-kS6RubRGSbRHSjKv4lmhlRGtzA8Ls-W0wD1cJBZ67YP3_IzzSd88-aBIR9T_xmctJtoG-B8Vglu8rlVHKGI0j95fMJ-V1rgxXpO6Iw9BiqlccFcGta7M-O3ZpJ766LhQ/s2048/20200527_114150.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3_AE8j12i2-kS6RubRGSbRHSjKv4lmhlRGtzA8Ls-W0wD1cJBZ67YP3_IzzSd88-aBIR9T_xmctJtoG-B8Vglu8rlVHKGI0j95fMJ-V1rgxXpO6Iw9BiqlccFcGta7M-O3ZpJ766LhQ/s320/20200527_114150.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvCojUlmwJAerAHwPGn_zhPdhhwI2XSd81pB0JpnY4B5unURXRiLmzf3ZDqojDAMpl59yu1VsmVJsRRnu2sv7hNq5uNF0LBMZcMj6RFvauua2IL8gE6BwjX_efa3e7DcSbggHrIyBzIT0/s2048/20200527_120435.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvCojUlmwJAerAHwPGn_zhPdhhwI2XSd81pB0JpnY4B5unURXRiLmzf3ZDqojDAMpl59yu1VsmVJsRRnu2sv7hNq5uNF0LBMZcMj6RFvauua2IL8gE6BwjX_efa3e7DcSbggHrIyBzIT0/s320/20200527_120435.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUS6a-mQAgZQSs82ELpjtYeqog8Wz5wSXsxsUZFyI5BRbO1jsK_y5uJOfILjR6CBiMlUn7-IG9n57LHkwvAjILeDIyZBvTaGTuRazjM6oNnsL7LoC27dhFQigeXQQ6SS_AyYX24ZDdqh8/s2048/20200527_120604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUS6a-mQAgZQSs82ELpjtYeqog8Wz5wSXsxsUZFyI5BRbO1jsK_y5uJOfILjR6CBiMlUn7-IG9n57LHkwvAjILeDIyZBvTaGTuRazjM6oNnsL7LoC27dhFQigeXQQ6SS_AyYX24ZDdqh8/s320/20200527_120604.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOcxbg6993o1QYjeuXc1aVMHooU9OWDJj4SNV1CNxjWSrNmPorvpwKcOi2yTHTLbZmEQ4VrzoHpTst2PEY1yL5woiJynvtuci94Q2OfBfAXRDgCCRmj9zBSnF4II2SrowVrEK9mYSu2BE/s2048/20200527_122254.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOcxbg6993o1QYjeuXc1aVMHooU9OWDJj4SNV1CNxjWSrNmPorvpwKcOi2yTHTLbZmEQ4VrzoHpTst2PEY1yL5woiJynvtuci94Q2OfBfAXRDgCCRmj9zBSnF4II2SrowVrEK9mYSu2BE/s320/20200527_122254.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLXok1BE2-M6XaFb1BnadppQEE9Ar6zywaFlU2TdZK6OL_oWq4sN1mkDsKItA_ZMh7sxX4HTWfhNjhfSL2bJgxAvsGHoApgqFcK5x5SAPzjMOuu8EA7xvL9XoCOayi6c4XmGXkDmqLjl0/s2048/20200527_122315.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLXok1BE2-M6XaFb1BnadppQEE9Ar6zywaFlU2TdZK6OL_oWq4sN1mkDsKItA_ZMh7sxX4HTWfhNjhfSL2bJgxAvsGHoApgqFcK5x5SAPzjMOuu8EA7xvL9XoCOayi6c4XmGXkDmqLjl0/s320/20200527_122315.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQN7OHaorCDvQRBg5lddCEI1OfmKNlNGD0K5Al855zhThKCkozSNsAK8HJVzLNEKf03T9YyC9ZrCwR6cV7U5CEN1sR8vWCMeKRYIzejlXxNptdYsxtoPkwPfsThXzlUmheI2xUMiilxZQ/s2048/20200527_122430.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQN7OHaorCDvQRBg5lddCEI1OfmKNlNGD0K5Al855zhThKCkozSNsAK8HJVzLNEKf03T9YyC9ZrCwR6cV7U5CEN1sR8vWCMeKRYIzejlXxNptdYsxtoPkwPfsThXzlUmheI2xUMiilxZQ/s320/20200527_122430.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYoVNnPi-sQ1SH7IwN6JKxB42M74DLzqjQgjqVz8Dm-aq7jlicMMhxhCq1p0HlB-XnfITFOHKO_crDSG1ZfWVuv6DahfUW5dZYuEzhbRjAUqjmXwtF6kJYhE6zGWHEUMgi6_Cq9rpKPxo/s2048/20200527_122457.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYoVNnPi-sQ1SH7IwN6JKxB42M74DLzqjQgjqVz8Dm-aq7jlicMMhxhCq1p0HlB-XnfITFOHKO_crDSG1ZfWVuv6DahfUW5dZYuEzhbRjAUqjmXwtF6kJYhE6zGWHEUMgi6_Cq9rpKPxo/s320/20200527_122457.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLo9A4Pk_LEJPG6GNaU7gHYXx8KBDS10RaT_CQD9NN0JvJaPn_RFTgcnPMzHOVl39nidu6rkDDwBOOlmercpWuFFIpJdiwYfWjSg25I-IiEmQpVSdprKEndosE64ulkCzP66XehcWTqM/s2048/20200527_122641.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLo9A4Pk_LEJPG6GNaU7gHYXx8KBDS10RaT_CQD9NN0JvJaPn_RFTgcnPMzHOVl39nidu6rkDDwBOOlmercpWuFFIpJdiwYfWjSg25I-IiEmQpVSdprKEndosE64ulkCzP66XehcWTqM/s320/20200527_122641.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNDJCMWFTQYL-EAr2bHT_BY0nj8BQoKgMN5AdKVuGr8td8eY9__NUFUEd-MgrnbU5YBssLSSPXqqAxb-dq28wzl6vGqByJ_fbqWa_wcMzfzD1LcQlMGU0ZtRfhiJbqHZb_I7VPE1zUozQ/s2048/20200527_122846.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNDJCMWFTQYL-EAr2bHT_BY0nj8BQoKgMN5AdKVuGr8td8eY9__NUFUEd-MgrnbU5YBssLSSPXqqAxb-dq28wzl6vGqByJ_fbqWa_wcMzfzD1LcQlMGU0ZtRfhiJbqHZb_I7VPE1zUozQ/s320/20200527_122846.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYDXb0caKHF6koTeoMCDY47lRBOq1QXTMNXfTpfk2GaP9h1F3XpYqdwfISq_lmJg7tq9B4A36quXLHMC6aKr8MHUIN-mXtVPBzKZF3kGDDK1R7cYZ-O1eh-vH8jpHZNN43_pYjOD-wkf8/s2048/20200527_123402.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYDXb0caKHF6koTeoMCDY47lRBOq1QXTMNXfTpfk2GaP9h1F3XpYqdwfISq_lmJg7tq9B4A36quXLHMC6aKr8MHUIN-mXtVPBzKZF3kGDDK1R7cYZ-O1eh-vH8jpHZNN43_pYjOD-wkf8/s320/20200527_123402.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCQYHOHR3HsxR_9YXn8Yc4AInvSQCBDwskqEUjOu62tJd2HhXs4y7adwS1zLovdDT8ToomUUBNR7YjJky04S4Zl48StzwewXixetkiXufLYrSDulLLeunmbjyNtM95eVYM_wOjd1MQqP0/s2048/20200527_123408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCQYHOHR3HsxR_9YXn8Yc4AInvSQCBDwskqEUjOu62tJd2HhXs4y7adwS1zLovdDT8ToomUUBNR7YjJky04S4Zl48StzwewXixetkiXufLYrSDulLLeunmbjyNtM95eVYM_wOjd1MQqP0/s320/20200527_123408.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj09wi96ZInrJcpEuW-misybDsCroWjf6E7eBecbYQaawUi-zEYipRYFkbDrUcEm0TPvdnl4slmAX0zjeJsD0Kohta2cZ6Cy16EvqCihAIy72dfSh22XjpAQV_PE1LQUfXTqyihUSlB9Vg/s2048/20200527_123411.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj09wi96ZInrJcpEuW-misybDsCroWjf6E7eBecbYQaawUi-zEYipRYFkbDrUcEm0TPvdnl4slmAX0zjeJsD0Kohta2cZ6Cy16EvqCihAIy72dfSh22XjpAQV_PE1LQUfXTqyihUSlB9Vg/s320/20200527_123411.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEink_tdevTytHh0XAaJFJirlyceuh_5sp7jddSS8VbYyO1FuT36XulkY4eLxqo2g9CpVHkDacmh-oS5aOQjS0QSAOZE87GwPnOpnN6duJFe0_XG9GLC8Mfa8LOFzQox1AKG-_wCCOBXqB8/s2048/20200527_123603.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEink_tdevTytHh0XAaJFJirlyceuh_5sp7jddSS8VbYyO1FuT36XulkY4eLxqo2g9CpVHkDacmh-oS5aOQjS0QSAOZE87GwPnOpnN6duJFe0_XG9GLC8Mfa8LOFzQox1AKG-_wCCOBXqB8/s320/20200527_123603.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibzeUZG8gbnecC0kobGEZIKI56LdfGXagAeZhUej7Ar3f8pCarfJJsfjSz_9V85wlyvFz4jNMU5RfDX-WlbqvyAZZ6hDcoXFcg9IxLSaYlE6t7_bo7rUFLYh0Z_WOoyRSBkyfZn37WkDA/s2048/20200527_123615.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibzeUZG8gbnecC0kobGEZIKI56LdfGXagAeZhUej7Ar3f8pCarfJJsfjSz_9V85wlyvFz4jNMU5RfDX-WlbqvyAZZ6hDcoXFcg9IxLSaYlE6t7_bo7rUFLYh0Z_WOoyRSBkyfZn37WkDA/s320/20200527_123615.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyvvim215RmtGTzlxEFMT61BmI1F4xsIKfVAlVI6QEXAFgLI9ZZVzRrpl84DW7v4006_CCQftiVVg2qhpXebm0yyzWRQYBgq4zHZYbvR3swnMTq-sGjhOLE0A5HWLZiTgSMS5oaoeR-W4/s2048/20200527_124310.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyvvim215RmtGTzlxEFMT61BmI1F4xsIKfVAlVI6QEXAFgLI9ZZVzRrpl84DW7v4006_CCQftiVVg2qhpXebm0yyzWRQYBgq4zHZYbvR3swnMTq-sGjhOLE0A5HWLZiTgSMS5oaoeR-W4/s320/20200527_124310.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-c3DdSOx9K-2B_UENmgG9zW1BAACqbZdUx3A1sgVVWwLs9gYLVwYBJKXYyKiwT92hHCkLCBEBJK3fJ2OmOVuXfmWmcHP1EYfL8Cpq730K448VsZZWJSZ9Ym9vGLbjcbyJgldAtxuzfEw/s2048/20200527_130302.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-c3DdSOx9K-2B_UENmgG9zW1BAACqbZdUx3A1sgVVWwLs9gYLVwYBJKXYyKiwT92hHCkLCBEBJK3fJ2OmOVuXfmWmcHP1EYfL8Cpq730K448VsZZWJSZ9Ym9vGLbjcbyJgldAtxuzfEw/s320/20200527_130302.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6licMtUl5RPq1o8lYT0QE8p93N1mPhTLPUyBRNxsJpAH1W4p6sQ0mBfRP7waQ60PhW903quZVj3RNOIgJoabmcYl5X3wKN8WRICLNn4fK67EpZieProV2gMv1eXK_LMAzdw9hm7ZCYkk/s2048/20200527_145222.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6licMtUl5RPq1o8lYT0QE8p93N1mPhTLPUyBRNxsJpAH1W4p6sQ0mBfRP7waQ60PhW903quZVj3RNOIgJoabmcYl5X3wKN8WRICLNn4fK67EpZieProV2gMv1eXK_LMAzdw9hm7ZCYkk/s320/20200527_145222.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqeSbtfjSz_cIdqv5ZXR9A8dDhqd_s2gzfjHp2LOkwDUCohwYI0ICzGGkWGBbXi8zDU8iavegGrQky1V5mZN1P6bEr0bt8pqlB46RHQkCxwgCCBqp8mF_8WLw5Qh2l-g-WWmScSus06js/s2048/20200527_150526.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqeSbtfjSz_cIdqv5ZXR9A8dDhqd_s2gzfjHp2LOkwDUCohwYI0ICzGGkWGBbXi8zDU8iavegGrQky1V5mZN1P6bEr0bt8pqlB46RHQkCxwgCCBqp8mF_8WLw5Qh2l-g-WWmScSus06js/s320/20200527_150526.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqxJclu4-FtgnaY8RGS8c1vJRvDI9X2GVpFty3fzns9zvGs9bBpojpCoQqgEpZgBRs8HZY6iqF_CFZeaQ0Te9dwEG91lkhm5z9EJy2H_utAp4evDrbC2mPuebdl2BeUWjuBgb9Swzi7i8/s2048/20200527_152325.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqxJclu4-FtgnaY8RGS8c1vJRvDI9X2GVpFty3fzns9zvGs9bBpojpCoQqgEpZgBRs8HZY6iqF_CFZeaQ0Te9dwEG91lkhm5z9EJy2H_utAp4evDrbC2mPuebdl2BeUWjuBgb9Swzi7i8/s320/20200527_152325.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTdUX6uz1ThwY0C0_AN3KPk_Tiubahv6S5lMcAE3HbnMWbXu33-1d7dnJoWbk4xdcwrB7DU3zmANJ1i9VskKHT8G2vA3FdyhvrAIxzM1tZzjgdOv8ZnFhnZ1t52765Mp4rJCFqdcQolDM/s2048/20200527_153129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTdUX6uz1ThwY0C0_AN3KPk_Tiubahv6S5lMcAE3HbnMWbXu33-1d7dnJoWbk4xdcwrB7DU3zmANJ1i9VskKHT8G2vA3FdyhvrAIxzM1tZzjgdOv8ZnFhnZ1t52765Mp4rJCFqdcQolDM/s320/20200527_153129.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYiBWvmMSnpPfZZHCA8IIybyhZJF8bblgRLvWFyixA-U_idq3NtUjDC6iUcmHfF0TlUfKF754MTpitspVLNLmouzW2M2-H_NycXsrX1S8EsQn6FMgTuS8nfmg0ZIYSi1HMHIWyEtNTW2o/s2048/20200527_153201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYiBWvmMSnpPfZZHCA8IIybyhZJF8bblgRLvWFyixA-U_idq3NtUjDC6iUcmHfF0TlUfKF754MTpitspVLNLmouzW2M2-H_NycXsrX1S8EsQn6FMgTuS8nfmg0ZIYSi1HMHIWyEtNTW2o/s320/20200527_153201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAVfrpF68UfkKAKI-HSDf-Rf6_fJW19hbA4su-9az41l9Ly5WSROTDhQKP8WKH84Ni82WvZOqRPaIIYZCAlW8bXqNbMOazvEbx59UL1IgpooJIMr0OxRUC7RPhcab4bUHXPo-cvYrWxmw/s2048/20200528_132121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAVfrpF68UfkKAKI-HSDf-Rf6_fJW19hbA4su-9az41l9Ly5WSROTDhQKP8WKH84Ni82WvZOqRPaIIYZCAlW8bXqNbMOazvEbx59UL1IgpooJIMr0OxRUC7RPhcab4bUHXPo-cvYrWxmw/s320/20200528_132121.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiamBH_wjB0o4SnJIE1G6cMzrmczm_9dG-L7k_oyPM3zr01fS5VOxic4CklLc0ALQ3pfD5GR1QfWiksfbvngnwk-FYYBBiw3PZaTrRW6M-lGZYUREYS3xFLLFhH0aO9lwTrWmKKpovV34A/s2048/20200528_132147.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiamBH_wjB0o4SnJIE1G6cMzrmczm_9dG-L7k_oyPM3zr01fS5VOxic4CklLc0ALQ3pfD5GR1QfWiksfbvngnwk-FYYBBiw3PZaTrRW6M-lGZYUREYS3xFLLFhH0aO9lwTrWmKKpovV34A/s320/20200528_132147.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm9_mbgNlPiuv-Y3r_bzlmd8nNcWN6AYCTm6FlPLMz5NfkKGfoK2EeXTxIdH0GPfuyXvoY3uUItHIF_GncESDHD8e4YXgt9b5tdzo1dnOXJnfnQh6RMXoiVlnpsaK28TRU6ufNACJQWmE/s2048/20200528_132345.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm9_mbgNlPiuv-Y3r_bzlmd8nNcWN6AYCTm6FlPLMz5NfkKGfoK2EeXTxIdH0GPfuyXvoY3uUItHIF_GncESDHD8e4YXgt9b5tdzo1dnOXJnfnQh6RMXoiVlnpsaK28TRU6ufNACJQWmE/s320/20200528_132345.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2-T54pu_4uxO5U0aLWkHWoU9w5wz6VpWIyKRYAQi5g42a__msy3MXz6qzfppf3YOSXIxsZ709ujf2bezCJ5hrOHK_DyeWB5SVntTy9HFDUvtH-nsQ7DaE7DFeaB2ubamDTd4OgaifWY/s2048/20200528_132514.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2-T54pu_4uxO5U0aLWkHWoU9w5wz6VpWIyKRYAQi5g42a__msy3MXz6qzfppf3YOSXIxsZ709ujf2bezCJ5hrOHK_DyeWB5SVntTy9HFDUvtH-nsQ7DaE7DFeaB2ubamDTd4OgaifWY/s320/20200528_132514.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHvBfjyokhBAkeOQDrhwR7pUPteGtKn4p-gevVf2M-Zekz_opslYdwWILq8QiZkyEn-WBVH1RpqIJTyvD0I2WIK3tmGaqgD360e2b5vp_loucnXdz7QR3A0P86gv7MXiA7JLG83fMk2Q/s2048/20200528_134058.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHvBfjyokhBAkeOQDrhwR7pUPteGtKn4p-gevVf2M-Zekz_opslYdwWILq8QiZkyEn-WBVH1RpqIJTyvD0I2WIK3tmGaqgD360e2b5vp_loucnXdz7QR3A0P86gv7MXiA7JLG83fMk2Q/s320/20200528_134058.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzm0X_tDLsv0eNquMs6jaaHRjKPdI6f7LbBogGHKPxaTUuFq5Ci0d0Yyv5p1zHPnoJex-vV_voAQxSck_an2joFQPakfum5gsakpEISTgu3t_VTRerw27MniRRz3ZaymrHdo_zlV5sf4/s2048/20200528_140018_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzm0X_tDLsv0eNquMs6jaaHRjKPdI6f7LbBogGHKPxaTUuFq5Ci0d0Yyv5p1zHPnoJex-vV_voAQxSck_an2joFQPakfum5gsakpEISTgu3t_VTRerw27MniRRz3ZaymrHdo_zlV5sf4/s320/20200528_140018_001.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWt5SHwDem0axBnO2oH82kHK-S0TVY_zidqKd97L072loSZG6P4DukOkMaMXqgnZKB-D7b_tRquPQVj5j4WEvQkLZgCCE2d29U2BH0oFigfk87bFAZYxDoR-Yuskq2P15of4LT0SOJqE/s2048/20200528_142023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWt5SHwDem0axBnO2oH82kHK-S0TVY_zidqKd97L072loSZG6P4DukOkMaMXqgnZKB-D7b_tRquPQVj5j4WEvQkLZgCCE2d29U2BH0oFigfk87bFAZYxDoR-Yuskq2P15of4LT0SOJqE/s320/20200528_142023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx1f4eF4kpmDSh0wOvGVuiaJiHLC3eBLW3itxFRcals0MhVv5BNtH3CiEvV7G7pScX34VvyQ1anMuVGOtPSNIMdSyWGzh50XLrN0RfiHdLnEiMGBrwt2DF3PEozU0uFgKu2c_-ZM2Xocg/s2048/20200528_142148.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx1f4eF4kpmDSh0wOvGVuiaJiHLC3eBLW3itxFRcals0MhVv5BNtH3CiEvV7G7pScX34VvyQ1anMuVGOtPSNIMdSyWGzh50XLrN0RfiHdLnEiMGBrwt2DF3PEozU0uFgKu2c_-ZM2Xocg/s320/20200528_142148.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Uy62ptms409G5I0fzCm75ftxKZwk4ZFtdDAJZpW8Ju523rVCOFMkRB4Lyl1NzvP8qJhzJSHi21j_CEPfN_33cx6uCXdAVIBmpG8SVWNhYhcFCgt-Pvbv21fPEjVPlOhMRRkW1ctsmOs/s2048/20200528_142228.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Uy62ptms409G5I0fzCm75ftxKZwk4ZFtdDAJZpW8Ju523rVCOFMkRB4Lyl1NzvP8qJhzJSHi21j_CEPfN_33cx6uCXdAVIBmpG8SVWNhYhcFCgt-Pvbv21fPEjVPlOhMRRkW1ctsmOs/s320/20200528_142228.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6KL8Rok4UiIjdtPX95DmE02oJlGw6XukWZUzZDLV7wngEpxufl3DhgzLCxUozkSz4-sg8AqflcwcyexnCk_S2cn3lT4L1S09CyWFKEo1LizftZeUIY_vEYDrA5SzEP7QdhiEXZde5VJg/s2048/20200528_143131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6KL8Rok4UiIjdtPX95DmE02oJlGw6XukWZUzZDLV7wngEpxufl3DhgzLCxUozkSz4-sg8AqflcwcyexnCk_S2cn3lT4L1S09CyWFKEo1LizftZeUIY_vEYDrA5SzEP7QdhiEXZde5VJg/s320/20200528_143131.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ZMn8eqyE5NzQGZFBIqDpzMvekMcDYIp9_2u3_g0WucToLX1j71fBqAtbm6UpRhPBcg1RShPhtBMjgnJ7TGiiUaW7DeraRg1oTXFHnQmohhi7oPsj_clu2OQceCKdCrMddsjfyvhLXVw/s2048/20200528_143307.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ZMn8eqyE5NzQGZFBIqDpzMvekMcDYIp9_2u3_g0WucToLX1j71fBqAtbm6UpRhPBcg1RShPhtBMjgnJ7TGiiUaW7DeraRg1oTXFHnQmohhi7oPsj_clu2OQceCKdCrMddsjfyvhLXVw/s320/20200528_143307.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbSkP9xq_wEBhooRfPZOWu_5bVg5vv8ShDclW-1-2V7jwDjO2MCi3bfvmja5EE3v93A1JtkFFX3DwnYIvzgEje1gHPVrv7cYxrp25BSSi3OjwLD6ILkj3EY_nqI9leThw6INqIK3Dbxcc/s2048/20200528_143426.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbSkP9xq_wEBhooRfPZOWu_5bVg5vv8ShDclW-1-2V7jwDjO2MCi3bfvmja5EE3v93A1JtkFFX3DwnYIvzgEje1gHPVrv7cYxrp25BSSi3OjwLD6ILkj3EY_nqI9leThw6INqIK3Dbxcc/s320/20200528_143426.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx0cq2mrr8WxPA8iH_IzMoRiWb9DSm2uDlVuR52mJE0596JCpobjUc66PAA0VBg-7up-HwjxqMJZZsGDnkYzehR7n0P3FzbcXNQNQfTtYSoSOWACwLR-7iEfVwQM8aCH16L-SRmdNzgrY/s2048/20200528_143843.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx0cq2mrr8WxPA8iH_IzMoRiWb9DSm2uDlVuR52mJE0596JCpobjUc66PAA0VBg-7up-HwjxqMJZZsGDnkYzehR7n0P3FzbcXNQNQfTtYSoSOWACwLR-7iEfVwQM8aCH16L-SRmdNzgrY/s320/20200528_143843.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqX4DDALnh2mHgwbgI_0qUKs-lCt2QG0Sdfyq5AtKpNRYIm5jea_J5qGur6N9N-I80tCtHiUpEPMDO5AkPmVtjq1cbLvNgWcLUdTyeBVHc6G89pzYsL3Da7SWepofIu7zEOPpbShqnBqw/s2048/20200529_123229.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqX4DDALnh2mHgwbgI_0qUKs-lCt2QG0Sdfyq5AtKpNRYIm5jea_J5qGur6N9N-I80tCtHiUpEPMDO5AkPmVtjq1cbLvNgWcLUdTyeBVHc6G89pzYsL3Da7SWepofIu7zEOPpbShqnBqw/s320/20200529_123229.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSYWDqqrNF3ztl0kEhPtDSiGb3t572HbyzifBU-i5Z7X1_ZZeosCRI7nGZ6MBycXjAoCugK53QXJsRumTN4YN7MDkm9HckpRNulQYykIGGUtzEb1q3HJU55vWH57beqtbCWVEwXSC_k-s/s2048/20200622_112214.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSYWDqqrNF3ztl0kEhPtDSiGb3t572HbyzifBU-i5Z7X1_ZZeosCRI7nGZ6MBycXjAoCugK53QXJsRumTN4YN7MDkm9HckpRNulQYykIGGUtzEb1q3HJU55vWH57beqtbCWVEwXSC_k-s/s320/20200622_112214.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQLa5uCheC99qfOMDDMgHzJu7_UVg2nCiKxjKAIbnaYDMitqUnlUvKfGGKTo9RklCeK0j3e_s1ZLkHGq6enG7CeEA0GfQDQI7ktLLgV1o_btPsXe-CKB4NvW51aIJGveFULeeG3L7VNrY/s2048/20200622_112219.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQLa5uCheC99qfOMDDMgHzJu7_UVg2nCiKxjKAIbnaYDMitqUnlUvKfGGKTo9RklCeK0j3e_s1ZLkHGq6enG7CeEA0GfQDQI7ktLLgV1o_btPsXe-CKB4NvW51aIJGveFULeeG3L7VNrY/s320/20200622_112219.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRy2jcCR2gqOilr6sVM1hDtuW_fUkNDd947YDAK2g1jzqVqsZqUX93-AlsC2cc1G61stKV52YGN8mqYBsvo-8XcWHvs2YrcvPhTVSMHHt2S63-ozlJLwB1sRNcqN54OVI9OKGghbDEh3Q/s2048/20200622_112656.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRy2jcCR2gqOilr6sVM1hDtuW_fUkNDd947YDAK2g1jzqVqsZqUX93-AlsC2cc1G61stKV52YGN8mqYBsvo-8XcWHvs2YrcvPhTVSMHHt2S63-ozlJLwB1sRNcqN54OVI9OKGghbDEh3Q/s320/20200622_112656.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_0bKxa8BOsXZhs-kmcv_jwKapZ9SvFstLCXzTzJ9iiqOimMDR76l5k1z2T6o9c5nmoQ6LOqcGFm0RGi5QrkCy75pi7EQNTzbiWwGm-wpukTYAoFW1CULcQ5HyGf02pcotXyM1359-Nc/s2048/20200622_113754.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_0bKxa8BOsXZhs-kmcv_jwKapZ9SvFstLCXzTzJ9iiqOimMDR76l5k1z2T6o9c5nmoQ6LOqcGFm0RGi5QrkCy75pi7EQNTzbiWwGm-wpukTYAoFW1CULcQ5HyGf02pcotXyM1359-Nc/s320/20200622_113754.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRMFyFHOKSxdny1wpOKtJgptyF-E6UgOI0IfgX5Ga5KHiwVv0mkktKgybsf8mJrCgbOSsaNNUzY9J14I3-5F5lFvnZ0gk32c2Jhgwpbo1Nb23ccLB00dQkVcPtm6YZh76swBBhZEbA6w/s2048/20200623_143813.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRMFyFHOKSxdny1wpOKtJgptyF-E6UgOI0IfgX5Ga5KHiwVv0mkktKgybsf8mJrCgbOSsaNNUzY9J14I3-5F5lFvnZ0gk32c2Jhgwpbo1Nb23ccLB00dQkVcPtm6YZh76swBBhZEbA6w/s320/20200623_143813.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOjqlZrJjQGk7lzX6NhOdwtllXOMVE8IugOfsAyTbEO6TlgqG7gNnjVMzywBvQNR-1q3kaYx5_y2swPCR1A_NpiHaaSjvRq8MpgX-SoRyHjRgSJCQq6zBBBlrXu-MtfUdVHdxlUinWUW0/s2048/20200623_152431_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOjqlZrJjQGk7lzX6NhOdwtllXOMVE8IugOfsAyTbEO6TlgqG7gNnjVMzywBvQNR-1q3kaYx5_y2swPCR1A_NpiHaaSjvRq8MpgX-SoRyHjRgSJCQq6zBBBlrXu-MtfUdVHdxlUinWUW0/s320/20200623_152431_001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ5wsaN4-z5OeVrJi9zKm2RvvZlopdjo8wpd4D7OrZIgc6cNA1UWumJrdG3cYrR9-GGiPnwIbmpvPgwM18kvPIUJ0VJMnXGksxG_ry2HZDgxzU5EL4TPbZC7JMdw5jVBnSKlBQCZpsPlU/s2048/20200623_153135.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ5wsaN4-z5OeVrJi9zKm2RvvZlopdjo8wpd4D7OrZIgc6cNA1UWumJrdG3cYrR9-GGiPnwIbmpvPgwM18kvPIUJ0VJMnXGksxG_ry2HZDgxzU5EL4TPbZC7JMdw5jVBnSKlBQCZpsPlU/s320/20200623_153135.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRTP9vp2aoEXVQVCDFNVebLO8aJdj_yae8T1_3JifUILxmsk0yXmwy3E6IPKEhQ-C4WcloGEodPXTbO9GU6hhVxHy4_Xc8D3P5gphdWwXy3BckPn2bhmUwL9CwAA2X6Vf_DzoXYogaot8/s2048/20200703_135224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRTP9vp2aoEXVQVCDFNVebLO8aJdj_yae8T1_3JifUILxmsk0yXmwy3E6IPKEhQ-C4WcloGEodPXTbO9GU6hhVxHy4_Xc8D3P5gphdWwXy3BckPn2bhmUwL9CwAA2X6Vf_DzoXYogaot8/s320/20200703_135224.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_Lcvx5Wt0vJ35oT03cpeDJ16hZ4GOkSZTtQpQ_PVrWV1OpJ0nYYMw1OwppfTcONuKvi6mjKqyGy2_sm8rqd6kVTvn2_YZ3mQqsUddM943SvsbI4BK8UjMI6dQj3PmZYqCHuU-28XH9s/s2048/20200703_135555.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_Lcvx5Wt0vJ35oT03cpeDJ16hZ4GOkSZTtQpQ_PVrWV1OpJ0nYYMw1OwppfTcONuKvi6mjKqyGy2_sm8rqd6kVTvn2_YZ3mQqsUddM943SvsbI4BK8UjMI6dQj3PmZYqCHuU-28XH9s/s320/20200703_135555.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLMuRPdvkq83_5D1Sqh9VaiBZRUfjMQvFV0D3mQzdJeByJEkSjM0_xODj6pvVYGBuP4XF4KiF07e04u048XOZcUKf_BhWbXHuG7ZbLq4zY7y-Ai0NnOwhN6FYhk6HvOx9DD1v0JPKmkx4/s2048/20200703_135856.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLMuRPdvkq83_5D1Sqh9VaiBZRUfjMQvFV0D3mQzdJeByJEkSjM0_xODj6pvVYGBuP4XF4KiF07e04u048XOZcUKf_BhWbXHuG7ZbLq4zY7y-Ai0NnOwhN6FYhk6HvOx9DD1v0JPKmkx4/s320/20200703_135856.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWJIS4gBux3YergxEt9Q693cO9zrPc_W35idA1CVgs5HD0OOnT2eA-a89kzpg5t5O6-hDrcldPvBfpGWyt02zjQYWliJ-AXOhMzvKayuXzEAiKbQ6VpDv9YuALzXX26inwwCkdUuHCsC0/s2048/20200703_140930.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWJIS4gBux3YergxEt9Q693cO9zrPc_W35idA1CVgs5HD0OOnT2eA-a89kzpg5t5O6-hDrcldPvBfpGWyt02zjQYWliJ-AXOhMzvKayuXzEAiKbQ6VpDv9YuALzXX26inwwCkdUuHCsC0/s320/20200703_140930.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtaVWTLcd9bMnhHpEoCncsGnoCt7oU7ucYiTjDsNcnlCJ05NTFrCvEUf_z48mg6xFESraiUqxijp3HCQkyzWcFww0gRBm4a8tml03T-QZki3rILBhsWC3vOaQvw75UQVCg9HN2271m-QM/s2048/20200703_140946.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtaVWTLcd9bMnhHpEoCncsGnoCt7oU7ucYiTjDsNcnlCJ05NTFrCvEUf_z48mg6xFESraiUqxijp3HCQkyzWcFww0gRBm4a8tml03T-QZki3rILBhsWC3vOaQvw75UQVCg9HN2271m-QM/s320/20200703_140946.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9eFWCQIEhGcPJu_VrV8YdSi-YyKqkII5fwsp8fcbVVkgAwBnbyD1IKbMrPqToUbaG1H_q-2BSk12qOMN8Q6qna7HEiUtnoQL5RAVbQeXw8kx35Tqtdwqxj6rsBS3oL4pNgFhhI_FE6VQ/s2048/20200703_140955.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9eFWCQIEhGcPJu_VrV8YdSi-YyKqkII5fwsp8fcbVVkgAwBnbyD1IKbMrPqToUbaG1H_q-2BSk12qOMN8Q6qna7HEiUtnoQL5RAVbQeXw8kx35Tqtdwqxj6rsBS3oL4pNgFhhI_FE6VQ/s320/20200703_140955.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf8u2eaVnyMKFsiCaRT2T2eg4Gu7cSsaijIJXAsIVsmr-W7UCrb1rThreC31bwG-mWPVkzaSHCJaif7xSMzTsIZNslwQd-n3zg956Oyq4v83ADaAmw8VjdlA1QU7C7f5oQJEQARx30wQ4/s2048/20200703_141637.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf8u2eaVnyMKFsiCaRT2T2eg4Gu7cSsaijIJXAsIVsmr-W7UCrb1rThreC31bwG-mWPVkzaSHCJaif7xSMzTsIZNslwQd-n3zg956Oyq4v83ADaAmw8VjdlA1QU7C7f5oQJEQARx30wQ4/s320/20200703_141637.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCdtG4kUNO5bqQ6-FJ5OsXRfCx7kZ4pjfokjCUJFtU1rd7PfYGh4D49BvBOifrNWnqR6cLoFfFgs4RaWkyZgSIzzzBcPt9kdfYFVP6J5AZ8oH7op3Bp2dX0_2jgb_aCDvivZU7neV56LE/s2048/20200703_141642.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCdtG4kUNO5bqQ6-FJ5OsXRfCx7kZ4pjfokjCUJFtU1rd7PfYGh4D49BvBOifrNWnqR6cLoFfFgs4RaWkyZgSIzzzBcPt9kdfYFVP6J5AZ8oH7op3Bp2dX0_2jgb_aCDvivZU7neV56LE/s320/20200703_141642.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlUeteM9H88IQ1FPPRJGudjBBXvvUazwGt9pyN2MsXQOt4rjGmFjV43kFfS246BM6VUVpRSg-pDePzZOvjD4WrQBvzek8gWTqCumoZV_M9H0v2MjM9NWJHoQnKWTinPFKm8aJd3nMgLKg/s2048/20200703_142147.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlUeteM9H88IQ1FPPRJGudjBBXvvUazwGt9pyN2MsXQOt4rjGmFjV43kFfS246BM6VUVpRSg-pDePzZOvjD4WrQBvzek8gWTqCumoZV_M9H0v2MjM9NWJHoQnKWTinPFKm8aJd3nMgLKg/s320/20200703_142147.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSYwI0JINYPAd-c_ywJnTa4E6xDfG-fdlKfseeVaUAg4xa5i9dvSfOS7zGkLXnmEZ5TdcGnNX9QQlTykBmO41JBEXRX4tDAJpXWjhB7Lm1GuMDjwB2OAzGP4ThCPbdRp3T2ysYiX0ylfs/s2048/20200703_142243.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSYwI0JINYPAd-c_ywJnTa4E6xDfG-fdlKfseeVaUAg4xa5i9dvSfOS7zGkLXnmEZ5TdcGnNX9QQlTykBmO41JBEXRX4tDAJpXWjhB7Lm1GuMDjwB2OAzGP4ThCPbdRp3T2ysYiX0ylfs/s320/20200703_142243.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89gbW15BDIyjr9f7S5hWouP161TzQZvNVeJ2E09wg9DtDbjppBObvF5g3WLlkBZTf4X6icw5YjOsYU4F0srGJylkieCzYQP8OLtVQFkvrNc2TqwN0U-ynaemRzaqQNIaqEtSnGRohiSk/s2048/20200703_150035.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89gbW15BDIyjr9f7S5hWouP161TzQZvNVeJ2E09wg9DtDbjppBObvF5g3WLlkBZTf4X6icw5YjOsYU4F0srGJylkieCzYQP8OLtVQFkvrNc2TqwN0U-ynaemRzaqQNIaqEtSnGRohiSk/s320/20200703_150035.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGT19zudo1M7gaWet7PmWvgMVFjpxOwjEdysAnflPdyCOaJvlFnm0sX8HGxN9NL_YPXZhyEHHDN2Vu9RRRlZIxpkHO0wLZky9Yl5lmm2ntp2fFO-dz_Gxkyf9QRLvDH_oYCXzMqZ9GnwY/s2048/20200703_150816.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGT19zudo1M7gaWet7PmWvgMVFjpxOwjEdysAnflPdyCOaJvlFnm0sX8HGxN9NL_YPXZhyEHHDN2Vu9RRRlZIxpkHO0wLZky9Yl5lmm2ntp2fFO-dz_Gxkyf9QRLvDH_oYCXzMqZ9GnwY/s320/20200703_150816.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0f8QbkINIZ2kTK415wSn3PW_xUx8qzlcJiC3FiLAmf7LpdVjmyJ0F8aePD10t6igCd6-hEnUdCHRZbRSm0KzWfzOIC42pf15OzDxfYyF0XgYa9TGimrYYY9FftOE1W_rZeXrAbih-VLI/s2048/20200703_154041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0f8QbkINIZ2kTK415wSn3PW_xUx8qzlcJiC3FiLAmf7LpdVjmyJ0F8aePD10t6igCd6-hEnUdCHRZbRSm0KzWfzOIC42pf15OzDxfYyF0XgYa9TGimrYYY9FftOE1W_rZeXrAbih-VLI/s320/20200703_154041.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7za1NHcs7jbOCTSpk3NzHv7oGcEv0semC-EbtnFworxgq2xJDpmBGvs3qu60GbDa1nU7iXiTQl51UGYgtIi3mI4KBszcnupaC3xDIRgoHu7JE_Y_CIlqhjV5a7TEAVjISYL243znl_fI/s2048/20200703_154517.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7za1NHcs7jbOCTSpk3NzHv7oGcEv0semC-EbtnFworxgq2xJDpmBGvs3qu60GbDa1nU7iXiTQl51UGYgtIi3mI4KBszcnupaC3xDIRgoHu7JE_Y_CIlqhjV5a7TEAVjISYL243znl_fI/s320/20200703_154517.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBMTVxXt2gz22sxNeUs_mlHbdKRy3sbLCtKxu4qh7jajYnc4DWGU7dquEd7qfoy67ztRib8QTi0CIaLDf9HqCYIjFmpTeU9WLjqQftA3ZYKtbHIoHOM3pQOYKEQ1Zvfz0Ypocl204bP5U/s2048/20200703_155751.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBMTVxXt2gz22sxNeUs_mlHbdKRy3sbLCtKxu4qh7jajYnc4DWGU7dquEd7qfoy67ztRib8QTi0CIaLDf9HqCYIjFmpTeU9WLjqQftA3ZYKtbHIoHOM3pQOYKEQ1Zvfz0Ypocl204bP5U/s320/20200703_155751.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgapULA6woH9BDmw2yH2tGzW0GyWK03Vyhws-cUiHKbg-dz_GEul2CvMrkUr9ndhrcupmWPXSayNMIfZ6DnOMrv2BLivlaQQ57c_3KSIsDuL18a9JoB-QMuLyOv1BiJ2C4L-Wx5oePs_pU/s2048/20200703_161206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgapULA6woH9BDmw2yH2tGzW0GyWK03Vyhws-cUiHKbg-dz_GEul2CvMrkUr9ndhrcupmWPXSayNMIfZ6DnOMrv2BLivlaQQ57c_3KSIsDuL18a9JoB-QMuLyOv1BiJ2C4L-Wx5oePs_pU/s320/20200703_161206.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKILXrNyn1Y5TOtYVesZolcuaG6Xo_9JLvnpoAR7pL8F0UQyJllvw2Jwoycdng42OH_Cayd-NuGPuOnZnP2FKsVC_kFkETuqxRP3yt4DnhOoKf3xhmhpStnWOfaffzRXNpRPuaO3AvnAI/s2048/20200703_164433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKILXrNyn1Y5TOtYVesZolcuaG6Xo_9JLvnpoAR7pL8F0UQyJllvw2Jwoycdng42OH_Cayd-NuGPuOnZnP2FKsVC_kFkETuqxRP3yt4DnhOoKf3xhmhpStnWOfaffzRXNpRPuaO3AvnAI/s320/20200703_164433.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfAn_BpyAtRoUHCK5m8mnaqXFkB5XqFxuOToQTWvyJRvHC7Trv2_WBexl5_v0qdoKG_YP3bHnIPKGx3Ybh3VzIr9srDHizxbd2BCzEYwf5wUKoC06f2S3hvNe7G97hLn_0dBJDDSEn-zw/s2048/20200703_164448.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfAn_BpyAtRoUHCK5m8mnaqXFkB5XqFxuOToQTWvyJRvHC7Trv2_WBexl5_v0qdoKG_YP3bHnIPKGx3Ybh3VzIr9srDHizxbd2BCzEYwf5wUKoC06f2S3hvNe7G97hLn_0dBJDDSEn-zw/s320/20200703_164448.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3HA-Ol8vDS10VB24Mvjef0Ay_ebBg6dJUM9MoF5Ck4TcfMETCTfgBorlNqeK03l8ttCdNxobPxvm9aBonPStYj7dnlbXJ8aeb-54GJ3Ilc3hjLYK6R7V4tcCQECGzCvknWO4Gj7bJ-ME/s2048/20200703_164507.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3HA-Ol8vDS10VB24Mvjef0Ay_ebBg6dJUM9MoF5Ck4TcfMETCTfgBorlNqeK03l8ttCdNxobPxvm9aBonPStYj7dnlbXJ8aeb-54GJ3Ilc3hjLYK6R7V4tcCQECGzCvknWO4Gj7bJ-ME/s320/20200703_164507.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1a2J0Fd7t1Leyx6cAfBovpoVJuq65yUoHthWGyVy8kzHdCXBPUjDc_GAGMn2cxFZyfBmXP8NJpA2HF2CVVxFjEbqPquKxk_3QDi6AEM7eVZYQHV2ihs7hQG82C3SeQoffHr21_IB6Ao/s2048/20200703_164508.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1a2J0Fd7t1Leyx6cAfBovpoVJuq65yUoHthWGyVy8kzHdCXBPUjDc_GAGMn2cxFZyfBmXP8NJpA2HF2CVVxFjEbqPquKxk_3QDi6AEM7eVZYQHV2ihs7hQG82C3SeQoffHr21_IB6Ao/s320/20200703_164508.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUlhvLrV4DS0B2tl1by9mgulHrlOCUPcNhd7o2iEQEIHMJWqMrVZ2K78iQbJKpeO3sctodzcTSmIo-cCCezZ6qzDqEgEaV20dGJOdTWGG0OwiMO3KX2zR1v70yNG3cAWiZHz8Vh0tXjQA/s2048/20200703_164559.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUlhvLrV4DS0B2tl1by9mgulHrlOCUPcNhd7o2iEQEIHMJWqMrVZ2K78iQbJKpeO3sctodzcTSmIo-cCCezZ6qzDqEgEaV20dGJOdTWGG0OwiMO3KX2zR1v70yNG3cAWiZHz8Vh0tXjQA/s320/20200703_164559.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgctpzTHLlg0ogUbA94zWmxolo9v3hV4B0sW2tOVuJxqA-reFerVbSUB_uU2F-taDQrfVjfanCeSfJkrMHH26Sd8GkBL8Ni4bLXDD88qGPsKokL7oV6HN3VIhpGS42R9PVWCBnIMkxD8Ds/s2048/20200703_164615.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgctpzTHLlg0ogUbA94zWmxolo9v3hV4B0sW2tOVuJxqA-reFerVbSUB_uU2F-taDQrfVjfanCeSfJkrMHH26Sd8GkBL8Ni4bLXDD88qGPsKokL7oV6HN3VIhpGS42R9PVWCBnIMkxD8Ds/s320/20200703_164615.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzdI8XxL_J9tSPupI8jzv5GDOujT5mvpRMDwHGU8rleTY1kftHdCJGG54zSfXbHmhfKyz19iSftM2Ef-cWUkIAjBReObQeg0KuPe4Sm9nRYfSq9My6SloVIIPlh4tlW9c78O_TRCEG7WU/s2048/20200712_140359.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzdI8XxL_J9tSPupI8jzv5GDOujT5mvpRMDwHGU8rleTY1kftHdCJGG54zSfXbHmhfKyz19iSftM2Ef-cWUkIAjBReObQeg0KuPe4Sm9nRYfSq9My6SloVIIPlh4tlW9c78O_TRCEG7WU/s320/20200712_140359.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMeEYaEyeO19LTku-UaodBCTXwTg9KjolK7YtCJd1R1NSX-7yvADzm80TlTbx7bLscM4KJ_sw7a4NTF3toJspBijt_yILZIPvaqdxRupt7534nm9STWYDSzKRwmfnJ0UBmRqTX3ouit_8/s2048/20200712_203706.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMeEYaEyeO19LTku-UaodBCTXwTg9KjolK7YtCJd1R1NSX-7yvADzm80TlTbx7bLscM4KJ_sw7a4NTF3toJspBijt_yILZIPvaqdxRupt7534nm9STWYDSzKRwmfnJ0UBmRqTX3ouit_8/s320/20200712_203706.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhsML_ZyaC6k1yucbIFf9hESjRm54aGBUj6anBoyzfFqjwSukExKBdDkDsmofO2anawlVVp-enmQNhSi3c59n4YNU7RakSyN-OwQHxn4yJVgCO4S5gbrPCpT4iEjA90E-3WMVdikRPJM/s2048/20200726_120824.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhsML_ZyaC6k1yucbIFf9hESjRm54aGBUj6anBoyzfFqjwSukExKBdDkDsmofO2anawlVVp-enmQNhSi3c59n4YNU7RakSyN-OwQHxn4yJVgCO4S5gbrPCpT4iEjA90E-3WMVdikRPJM/s320/20200726_120824.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbjRpaY5yWppFwtA2UnRysNFboLTB7Iuyq7zxRtPwXU11NUhIlRPjZwst-rRGy7LTS-M2EVwfYUV1VgA2DJ8eiwVe77HIkwxWNpM5vKx4i6ijKvXjEFoqIc20jeFRbbxc4vBl3v70_9-I/s2048/20200726_122639.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbjRpaY5yWppFwtA2UnRysNFboLTB7Iuyq7zxRtPwXU11NUhIlRPjZwst-rRGy7LTS-M2EVwfYUV1VgA2DJ8eiwVe77HIkwxWNpM5vKx4i6ijKvXjEFoqIc20jeFRbbxc4vBl3v70_9-I/s320/20200726_122639.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi70qqldoWidLpHlppmCG4lyDAjh-RFy7DCEhz3zMo059LxXs0AUUsElw8wLV2M3XFmx39y4SyulqyT9SC85hyphenhyphenEESwvBiq1byEgw5ipNtEvhYoCU3ss2Pq2g6HtPi9Nn4tJlwkHI83Bd0A/s2048/20200726_124130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi70qqldoWidLpHlppmCG4lyDAjh-RFy7DCEhz3zMo059LxXs0AUUsElw8wLV2M3XFmx39y4SyulqyT9SC85hyphenhyphenEESwvBiq1byEgw5ipNtEvhYoCU3ss2Pq2g6HtPi9Nn4tJlwkHI83Bd0A/s320/20200726_124130.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj32JyQfSYWaIHUiX6wkyyb3Z459SmcNAKMoIa9Gbz_ZJdZaP89Fl1gxeoBKHRQKMWHv_USndyVbxGNwulWZGPaeV1HnCwtuz_Doa_Ock8qflKo8ICGv_agoBI8QWCMyXAiARNw-Wnoq4I/s2048/20200726_124338.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj32JyQfSYWaIHUiX6wkyyb3Z459SmcNAKMoIa9Gbz_ZJdZaP89Fl1gxeoBKHRQKMWHv_USndyVbxGNwulWZGPaeV1HnCwtuz_Doa_Ock8qflKo8ICGv_agoBI8QWCMyXAiARNw-Wnoq4I/s320/20200726_124338.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_D1oOBtWPkC7fRuAo2zCpoOAVjWqpVvebYRHDOPinoPJTN2eHME-FSLzLUZOoqIvIS32CTp4GtR7O81Yn2WCD2u4gG2vOV4t9fO1nV3KnQaudnlsEGfT46rDPXIbpTkYlfbWVUYoqJy8/s2048/20200726_124818.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_D1oOBtWPkC7fRuAo2zCpoOAVjWqpVvebYRHDOPinoPJTN2eHME-FSLzLUZOoqIvIS32CTp4GtR7O81Yn2WCD2u4gG2vOV4t9fO1nV3KnQaudnlsEGfT46rDPXIbpTkYlfbWVUYoqJy8/s320/20200726_124818.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0tDAPN3-JPMdjK1RQ78lbsbhqC-QSs-kqOw7M8QHpZt6dRhJn7KvBZKtEVlm1ofz96TU87ZeVYDBz5Fiyh8VcPFL_QW5WGfWb3GbA8SKnL256RgN8EiJXGvJrFk1wwqgdNK6yEXoIUd8/s2048/20200726_124827.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0tDAPN3-JPMdjK1RQ78lbsbhqC-QSs-kqOw7M8QHpZt6dRhJn7KvBZKtEVlm1ofz96TU87ZeVYDBz5Fiyh8VcPFL_QW5WGfWb3GbA8SKnL256RgN8EiJXGvJrFk1wwqgdNK6yEXoIUd8/s320/20200726_124827.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlYEtTRnU30B7ZhFI5c6Wrc-f79K3OQ4Vrt7yoO28_W01c0V6N8zgMfxNOKxnSPdgKuXxnnn_tD721QuMZLWTKz5yv7GyVtdF6B5YJ1JoFdZvfNronlvTImnNjw5AfBa43AHtfXduGAd4/s2048/20200726_125156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlYEtTRnU30B7ZhFI5c6Wrc-f79K3OQ4Vrt7yoO28_W01c0V6N8zgMfxNOKxnSPdgKuXxnnn_tD721QuMZLWTKz5yv7GyVtdF6B5YJ1JoFdZvfNronlvTImnNjw5AfBa43AHtfXduGAd4/s320/20200726_125156.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMbUx_iUazXOLfg-zFHXsfjRgjweaLY14bMaGQO6jfX1sN8vUcNGRTkPekFFpILxuQUGiZQUJvLKOtADdCpuqH7vY3Y3_7OWo_J2Lrfmg3hio-KoQSTFjd0UL3rMpwYLW8Rh8gPxTJ5KA/s2048/20200726_125307.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMbUx_iUazXOLfg-zFHXsfjRgjweaLY14bMaGQO6jfX1sN8vUcNGRTkPekFFpILxuQUGiZQUJvLKOtADdCpuqH7vY3Y3_7OWo_J2Lrfmg3hio-KoQSTFjd0UL3rMpwYLW8Rh8gPxTJ5KA/s320/20200726_125307.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt5J85Ak098kLDYST06VczixREsDt6Sld2wR_eZ1L_5mDzEoNRrmmohZCavEIk5Fxrgf6efdz47StXzTnTuVo0mGapgG7-rysksW8tYGxqcc94ppVL_4BW5txq_y7-c4PL19kBUxaE9Kc/s2048/20200726_125809.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt5J85Ak098kLDYST06VczixREsDt6Sld2wR_eZ1L_5mDzEoNRrmmohZCavEIk5Fxrgf6efdz47StXzTnTuVo0mGapgG7-rysksW8tYGxqcc94ppVL_4BW5txq_y7-c4PL19kBUxaE9Kc/s320/20200726_125809.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7n5r2ZSeVlPprHtkNAyl98Gv3vuTGZ5hO-TOgXgMMCYDvhA_HtfSlzHOS0_8FXueRiTDQM0M_IInsxCXto_jzfNkbUDc54sd-BTNLW2fBSEI7GRstBieFu-5Pr531recl9314_dsHyYY/s2048/20200726_125959.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7n5r2ZSeVlPprHtkNAyl98Gv3vuTGZ5hO-TOgXgMMCYDvhA_HtfSlzHOS0_8FXueRiTDQM0M_IInsxCXto_jzfNkbUDc54sd-BTNLW2fBSEI7GRstBieFu-5Pr531recl9314_dsHyYY/s320/20200726_125959.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9yfJnXxZAT-mIbSiCqOkp3NxTBnljqZ_YgZ3Z3n6gqeuujcotYF-7UKSfQgblBXqb8xaB1TmJafIYIehAKIFDqlitgGbF9s0wwXSdJF74HvkTCuKpY5ca_H4zD_1an8u61p4b8EyqOq0/s2048/20200726_130137.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9yfJnXxZAT-mIbSiCqOkp3NxTBnljqZ_YgZ3Z3n6gqeuujcotYF-7UKSfQgblBXqb8xaB1TmJafIYIehAKIFDqlitgGbF9s0wwXSdJF74HvkTCuKpY5ca_H4zD_1an8u61p4b8EyqOq0/s320/20200726_130137.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS4DQfSLJesWjP9YICO0pH3VnMwgtcJDp9a23B4PD99tLhnytqk9L7kkgl9fcUJI-OpzbSxGt58NRQnR6UWcEE_41WMX8zYX18of71saBp2SGIPX4I-oz3HSnSAewsIfY2NuKMm6Zla2k/s2048/20200728_123624.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS4DQfSLJesWjP9YICO0pH3VnMwgtcJDp9a23B4PD99tLhnytqk9L7kkgl9fcUJI-OpzbSxGt58NRQnR6UWcEE_41WMX8zYX18of71saBp2SGIPX4I-oz3HSnSAewsIfY2NuKMm6Zla2k/s320/20200728_123624.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVaiur6U8nUp6oIl1zWbsO1_Rwo7zH23rsvMHHY5kjacgYuPeHn7Yr2aV7D438-toJpex_dCcTd1JhqiaUiDO1zLXxwfzhy-tFAp0odNnJbR2BnObzX5i7135-a_mE2SWwgCCIz3vywA0/s2048/20200728_130754.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVaiur6U8nUp6oIl1zWbsO1_Rwo7zH23rsvMHHY5kjacgYuPeHn7Yr2aV7D438-toJpex_dCcTd1JhqiaUiDO1zLXxwfzhy-tFAp0odNnJbR2BnObzX5i7135-a_mE2SWwgCCIz3vywA0/s320/20200728_130754.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS6mnqZ0pIU6g546ddcl8qX1Qdaluqo5u1T9Z5gcVlsudnGR-1i92u26d8sSMWox9WEtIPobIXDC2XdNOHrioDLrklYlgL57YNGVpq8QriXTGq8Iike4SMFQrW_iWvlYCPjSkjVycoSCw/s2048/20200728_130757.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS6mnqZ0pIU6g546ddcl8qX1Qdaluqo5u1T9Z5gcVlsudnGR-1i92u26d8sSMWox9WEtIPobIXDC2XdNOHrioDLrklYlgL57YNGVpq8QriXTGq8Iike4SMFQrW_iWvlYCPjSkjVycoSCw/s320/20200728_130757.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV4-Rf5KSEGsJa5LEF7XyVksHQx9z8_e6LR-jVedya1Tv3aaKP8s-7tZCTfmaiqYMtB6_yq8KQTsL8qUxeiWPB9MUOvAYlCMpGuAUKdM7pP77wqbQGVnu3dwRaQ1A3fGdDrLEPkdwm9nM/s2048/20200728_130806.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV4-Rf5KSEGsJa5LEF7XyVksHQx9z8_e6LR-jVedya1Tv3aaKP8s-7tZCTfmaiqYMtB6_yq8KQTsL8qUxeiWPB9MUOvAYlCMpGuAUKdM7pP77wqbQGVnu3dwRaQ1A3fGdDrLEPkdwm9nM/s320/20200728_130806.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdOPRIXkRnb8eDa5o9NVWgWwTwdpxSnGqur-0y0x6PrdoRfMCi_Z54nz6_2gtM38OlSpAU33u5Bcl_jZvHg7-4r4unGIlwxo0QBY4OGwbELjIXU3rNfbso8kgLbcQtDDS7TnhfI7piTUE/s2048/20200728_134920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdOPRIXkRnb8eDa5o9NVWgWwTwdpxSnGqur-0y0x6PrdoRfMCi_Z54nz6_2gtM38OlSpAU33u5Bcl_jZvHg7-4r4unGIlwxo0QBY4OGwbELjIXU3rNfbso8kgLbcQtDDS7TnhfI7piTUE/s320/20200728_134920.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZB6YDeCwmAqEXMZKr_O4n2oiGpaRAKKEc_aS6EppdcmiZg2JCIpuGmhmLbLIVSKSjhOw-7DtVO8LJYWC2jYfY3GWp_w0t3CYBPPlaH0CWjqpyAXLnmQoWc5enoPa2wVzzYK9UhGnas1s/s2048/20200728_134926.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZB6YDeCwmAqEXMZKr_O4n2oiGpaRAKKEc_aS6EppdcmiZg2JCIpuGmhmLbLIVSKSjhOw-7DtVO8LJYWC2jYfY3GWp_w0t3CYBPPlaH0CWjqpyAXLnmQoWc5enoPa2wVzzYK9UhGnas1s/s320/20200728_134926.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-k4ZuHs22zHa6X8a7tU89EM0iabFhfUs_RM-IrqkwScRRb4HD8dSiolKd8P5etvf-uQYq3h8ImOETRzLugilIFAsBcxpCtjSC_SP112Vc1AKxjoXjhMyumDE-ftB4SnuJ6LTNbes9xI/s2048/20200728_135024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-k4ZuHs22zHa6X8a7tU89EM0iabFhfUs_RM-IrqkwScRRb4HD8dSiolKd8P5etvf-uQYq3h8ImOETRzLugilIFAsBcxpCtjSC_SP112Vc1AKxjoXjhMyumDE-ftB4SnuJ6LTNbes9xI/s320/20200728_135024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilXHzvy_waqVpKW8rqPJPOMqjS270H6TEuUZFP8iVEAo0RcYw7CZlbIS-D1P_tHsbfkZjhyFey1Ehy0jepuu5djOprNKTIiQvggMluu9H7-cTXLZL7D5Vj77W2C79a1SOvEy2gN0Dck4c/s2048/20200728_135054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilXHzvy_waqVpKW8rqPJPOMqjS270H6TEuUZFP8iVEAo0RcYw7CZlbIS-D1P_tHsbfkZjhyFey1Ehy0jepuu5djOprNKTIiQvggMluu9H7-cTXLZL7D5Vj77W2C79a1SOvEy2gN0Dck4c/s320/20200728_135054.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTASXqtzQJcbvLVG0lLkLVjzuMhyphenhyphenW_GMocxz450Tb7oVIXVBuc6ZOoz69GsK9ZOYVcn_zvBg_3669lacbdtC3R-qLlzhP5BlWV-RjBlLl5RIQCh8edEK-UoYofKyadL1b4w3cLz_pr70w/s2048/20200728_135150.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTASXqtzQJcbvLVG0lLkLVjzuMhyphenhyphenW_GMocxz450Tb7oVIXVBuc6ZOoz69GsK9ZOYVcn_zvBg_3669lacbdtC3R-qLlzhP5BlWV-RjBlLl5RIQCh8edEK-UoYofKyadL1b4w3cLz_pr70w/s320/20200728_135150.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhUsYmUOfz0lE5AvQoKTSA17tmBJGXwErv28sZeR-a_5G1KkFUWPWEXPMa9iheMnvrXR46tACdzV2Xe3VEx8LDpIGpXknsOgBmDfK9_2GemQ3IXxKAd2RqX16PiTjBYNHSK2Q4U6NOUc/s2048/20200728_135217.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhUsYmUOfz0lE5AvQoKTSA17tmBJGXwErv28sZeR-a_5G1KkFUWPWEXPMa9iheMnvrXR46tACdzV2Xe3VEx8LDpIGpXknsOgBmDfK9_2GemQ3IXxKAd2RqX16PiTjBYNHSK2Q4U6NOUc/s320/20200728_135217.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXq4k48nNgT0Q-ruQ5j-DVnV-xksWJU-Ijgh5rpQZq0uyjTW-QAUiQFvsTdfc0L3Rnyh9DonS7QFDHx4_y9OJPyKM_a3iw6AFPefAaKJkTOdsOlGPW7bdQTDFtzuerEAvaW3Q2PaL8bfo/s2048/20200728_141402.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXq4k48nNgT0Q-ruQ5j-DVnV-xksWJU-Ijgh5rpQZq0uyjTW-QAUiQFvsTdfc0L3Rnyh9DonS7QFDHx4_y9OJPyKM_a3iw6AFPefAaKJkTOdsOlGPW7bdQTDFtzuerEAvaW3Q2PaL8bfo/s320/20200728_141402.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW5pbdhNuH6ZOLPubBYa2UfK6vimdOEKbYQ3FCYd1gXEkuy3rXJ67GcrZmij8_kl-oiJfMGOlFSIijXAwEbEPmsmxpjoTRq98JHF0IHb5RlfFK6Bs0Qk2olhwOzT6sBdqit5UKYI7aqZg/s2048/20200728_142419.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW5pbdhNuH6ZOLPubBYa2UfK6vimdOEKbYQ3FCYd1gXEkuy3rXJ67GcrZmij8_kl-oiJfMGOlFSIijXAwEbEPmsmxpjoTRq98JHF0IHb5RlfFK6Bs0Qk2olhwOzT6sBdqit5UKYI7aqZg/s320/20200728_142419.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQF9cabuZuJ4sPH8GvNf4k2HT0Da-P032tMDqlRxf2BtKO2no7ZBxSzjPu9XNkXz_2AymoLAJO9xuH_jeYI2OtJvMWznS55AyjkYbAAOMJenUFMNXSRUFD3O_ud6AhaeEsWTJ4WTNOLo/s2048/20200728_142425.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQF9cabuZuJ4sPH8GvNf4k2HT0Da-P032tMDqlRxf2BtKO2no7ZBxSzjPu9XNkXz_2AymoLAJO9xuH_jeYI2OtJvMWznS55AyjkYbAAOMJenUFMNXSRUFD3O_ud6AhaeEsWTJ4WTNOLo/s320/20200728_142425.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHKP5o8U_j4OM9a1PtHQdhYOVlmF6SPIhVl_zCnHBsO-Uft6sKvUoco6RGn5LXQe5wts6Bt8Lvya77P2H9Lf0MpVRyxyRcELQE8T-ztdN56uZon0Kfrj4tmUwbnqmhEZNvD4xa9ljFYcs/s2048/20200728_142554.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHKP5o8U_j4OM9a1PtHQdhYOVlmF6SPIhVl_zCnHBsO-Uft6sKvUoco6RGn5LXQe5wts6Bt8Lvya77P2H9Lf0MpVRyxyRcELQE8T-ztdN56uZon0Kfrj4tmUwbnqmhEZNvD4xa9ljFYcs/s320/20200728_142554.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil4MMR-mRruLZCpISAwIraESNAnL2KSc4LW-vIiAnlkKJrOKmex8SG4CnX2UhK8YA798wKfY8-jyoN4wT007FhXvjhs_IEuKFqWmAsGZwLe5Nb9DMtOX1vbVZkB5tJqjbIFstDZdvTqtM/s2048/20200728_142934.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil4MMR-mRruLZCpISAwIraESNAnL2KSc4LW-vIiAnlkKJrOKmex8SG4CnX2UhK8YA798wKfY8-jyoN4wT007FhXvjhs_IEuKFqWmAsGZwLe5Nb9DMtOX1vbVZkB5tJqjbIFstDZdvTqtM/s320/20200728_142934.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkX_XFv5sKTqrDHv7JiIAd6H8MeRO43p-_rbSKp-d56PFkWzu6aaQIcG34H2QbT0pDL7eHYDFVR5iko_b8lfeLoiZdgvshDq7bf-9r0SYnR2A_KhwzRxItklAzfhaT3oOiidIaDoQmU3w/s2048/20200728_143710.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkX_XFv5sKTqrDHv7JiIAd6H8MeRO43p-_rbSKp-d56PFkWzu6aaQIcG34H2QbT0pDL7eHYDFVR5iko_b8lfeLoiZdgvshDq7bf-9r0SYnR2A_KhwzRxItklAzfhaT3oOiidIaDoQmU3w/s320/20200728_143710.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4rcMyYk5XT_9miAgJEIdu5f_0VqsP0xAuUwTDjuN1TlJXbBos-Wifp9rtIu2rqMW55HR8mkFJIG3pZ56Hzhwe5mAU97W2Yoo4ijGKnXMt2nguPy_Zz8xcd3B5fvozQA1D9AZBtjFPrTo/s2048/20200728_143714.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4rcMyYk5XT_9miAgJEIdu5f_0VqsP0xAuUwTDjuN1TlJXbBos-Wifp9rtIu2rqMW55HR8mkFJIG3pZ56Hzhwe5mAU97W2Yoo4ijGKnXMt2nguPy_Zz8xcd3B5fvozQA1D9AZBtjFPrTo/s320/20200728_143714.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-L_wNVtNrI2EevUN0j7R9GSf7dOw-WGI8v-OIm0Be0sgab2fS-N_UVEzkxShHKjx5gRdSoeWDggHFqkWDne-hjwHIRpTlat0acN1SY5gsjh7L6Sa-rIZSds5ne28eU7vA8-95O2DxyiM/s2048/20200728_143805.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-L_wNVtNrI2EevUN0j7R9GSf7dOw-WGI8v-OIm0Be0sgab2fS-N_UVEzkxShHKjx5gRdSoeWDggHFqkWDne-hjwHIRpTlat0acN1SY5gsjh7L6Sa-rIZSds5ne28eU7vA8-95O2DxyiM/s320/20200728_143805.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgueWvZ4i9DfDcyAZUs2deL8Ih6035sFZBGa1BYG47XGwskjY3uelscm1QYTflJ5eSiKMEU3xzQpG3EOhXsXvcC82wFfzLJc96Lt-h5-tzMyrEhyB6-mRp7TvzJ6G43EjYOGAqOrgtIZ6s/s2048/20200728_145244.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgueWvZ4i9DfDcyAZUs2deL8Ih6035sFZBGa1BYG47XGwskjY3uelscm1QYTflJ5eSiKMEU3xzQpG3EOhXsXvcC82wFfzLJc96Lt-h5-tzMyrEhyB6-mRp7TvzJ6G43EjYOGAqOrgtIZ6s/s320/20200728_145244.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_ghY4mv7ZIlvz2Nm-AAL4_1lG3YqpgKBH3VFbU2lNXxprwvTaZSQynZG43EsiACKHGChXMzwoW3qN_-rRz9QZhGO_GaoYLNXeKCZPYB7BP_g-BpdgyVavm6ky0LT8wIXPqGoI8-c3Po/s2048/20200728_145358.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_ghY4mv7ZIlvz2Nm-AAL4_1lG3YqpgKBH3VFbU2lNXxprwvTaZSQynZG43EsiACKHGChXMzwoW3qN_-rRz9QZhGO_GaoYLNXeKCZPYB7BP_g-BpdgyVavm6ky0LT8wIXPqGoI8-c3Po/s320/20200728_145358.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhukL_AHgleiuAGumvE3M6TH3Y6q6rHQ6Yx5WkyjbfXaA95I-DCQewA4ygYgrA6nC-xV_QpcVz1xKIc1D5RAnC1D7MaF6WZ_YP7mRNSR8YLLTOmY2ufQGne_wp7JE-Huy4BFDX1OBYrVj4/s2048/20200728_145403_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhukL_AHgleiuAGumvE3M6TH3Y6q6rHQ6Yx5WkyjbfXaA95I-DCQewA4ygYgrA6nC-xV_QpcVz1xKIc1D5RAnC1D7MaF6WZ_YP7mRNSR8YLLTOmY2ufQGne_wp7JE-Huy4BFDX1OBYrVj4/s320/20200728_145403_001.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtA5Tqo7MfsMW3_W_MoD9aIFJJBWWuEO6km3BNhJh17EiOaY410-PXcoCDgSqrvygni0D3peJcYlI_-Uem76tYYljo8yJjTwyTyu09gpMsy1b1UK4JzuOgM_DQr3QTWTIFVEjpUT-XMHk/s2048/20200728_145410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtA5Tqo7MfsMW3_W_MoD9aIFJJBWWuEO6km3BNhJh17EiOaY410-PXcoCDgSqrvygni0D3peJcYlI_-Uem76tYYljo8yJjTwyTyu09gpMsy1b1UK4JzuOgM_DQr3QTWTIFVEjpUT-XMHk/s320/20200728_145410.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkSPgkKG1hsLBIHSGlcNSJYwNy_8h-5rvBDB_ZA5g1lusCe9m_9NkUjVs9G63SyBOBMHj_zOtHq-hJRfggxTTzXdpT13kQs10gPvYqgDyjEF669H7i7CHHjvOUcGMaHZhil4Rfa37mcnc/s2048/20200728_150436.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkSPgkKG1hsLBIHSGlcNSJYwNy_8h-5rvBDB_ZA5g1lusCe9m_9NkUjVs9G63SyBOBMHj_zOtHq-hJRfggxTTzXdpT13kQs10gPvYqgDyjEF669H7i7CHHjvOUcGMaHZhil4Rfa37mcnc/s320/20200728_150436.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg77CVpBCuOK4H8tBdT5TMicusFjvKRR6tLaRHfdNtWVggBYec9S1po0kG8UYpqqaiFy80KKCVZlF2h4dKf7LTTDF6L95Na8uPGYMUaX41Tfn7x1i5-25PL3ypjY68CZl5zhQ4aS_VPYa8/s2048/20200728_150717.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg77CVpBCuOK4H8tBdT5TMicusFjvKRR6tLaRHfdNtWVggBYec9S1po0kG8UYpqqaiFy80KKCVZlF2h4dKf7LTTDF6L95Na8uPGYMUaX41Tfn7x1i5-25PL3ypjY68CZl5zhQ4aS_VPYa8/s320/20200728_150717.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhysd8Nt-OzmIP8T5nH-0N05boK941HVgwpyPH9Sm8RehU_tDbUOrYMOGO2T6FNc0QBNM2icWQiq3-DmZO3-er0e4cpgxchArMgpgzCiAw2MFKQVAjR-7KkrgFsfdZFCT3SM913DkAjZbU/s2048/20200728_151926.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhysd8Nt-OzmIP8T5nH-0N05boK941HVgwpyPH9Sm8RehU_tDbUOrYMOGO2T6FNc0QBNM2icWQiq3-DmZO3-er0e4cpgxchArMgpgzCiAw2MFKQVAjR-7KkrgFsfdZFCT3SM913DkAjZbU/s320/20200728_151926.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibaJoPIHgwlf0hgIkcYOK5DAq7ADDFbsII63af0w-aYsjuPsAsRTWSdecDOQjNfRveZj8RBl45zstVuu55fq9B3KBMQOAlCB7fOQUn29HPpBnid0rbSWmmLvQ2AvqbzMgfCYhaEoLYU4o/s2048/20200728_152737.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibaJoPIHgwlf0hgIkcYOK5DAq7ADDFbsII63af0w-aYsjuPsAsRTWSdecDOQjNfRveZj8RBl45zstVuu55fq9B3KBMQOAlCB7fOQUn29HPpBnid0rbSWmmLvQ2AvqbzMgfCYhaEoLYU4o/s320/20200728_152737.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS6BrguqibN1n19fg-gkBAxZpuJn3C78phqHXcxga6YawkKnnxWLMIWKj_8dGA0vDuB0y7tBTz_QZ_rNvOae3DU7vh5xKxtnYyWN7KSZ_9C4tdv6eWKMpir1677azvj50mmX-f_hEHkSI/s2048/20200728_154037.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS6BrguqibN1n19fg-gkBAxZpuJn3C78phqHXcxga6YawkKnnxWLMIWKj_8dGA0vDuB0y7tBTz_QZ_rNvOae3DU7vh5xKxtnYyWN7KSZ_9C4tdv6eWKMpir1677azvj50mmX-f_hEHkSI/s320/20200728_154037.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ij09hbCigEKzM6Y2-RZZkOl9dZmzIFJ7cnoUVSkgQ47sW28foCNFus50MaFY4UCb7XQhWkgv5Be5aTxvu8kswAZP3Qgik0YikclpCmfCEBKaWtThVz9dsgti8juVVqm24YaLAukNylA/s2048/20200728_154128.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ij09hbCigEKzM6Y2-RZZkOl9dZmzIFJ7cnoUVSkgQ47sW28foCNFus50MaFY4UCb7XQhWkgv5Be5aTxvu8kswAZP3Qgik0YikclpCmfCEBKaWtThVz9dsgti8juVVqm24YaLAukNylA/s320/20200728_154128.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLuxDUBatpxLbGCemk0SC4YkxKR8Mo-0jKwMvtYv14iO9fLBlxie_uTE0OcY7d0195E0pIiKnoP-npw2t-ThYIP58vEoNEQcoqqmmo96Iy13XbLL1D-DsZnjXQ8EkBJdbksboU57RRXLw/s2048/20200728_154251.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLuxDUBatpxLbGCemk0SC4YkxKR8Mo-0jKwMvtYv14iO9fLBlxie_uTE0OcY7d0195E0pIiKnoP-npw2t-ThYIP58vEoNEQcoqqmmo96Iy13XbLL1D-DsZnjXQ8EkBJdbksboU57RRXLw/s320/20200728_154251.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSstfrntUSpIbTWddL0-OmmIoScbZSaqvGpk4Cz7_baIJRMFCWqkhvpVKaO8zt6uvHxHGkCwvaJe-bG7iWKFXEwXoYUgKNcAnHdhyTMNPr_sQaiADNT2kEmSylQKWwJVi1oDAUgzAEQE/s2048/20200728_164429.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSstfrntUSpIbTWddL0-OmmIoScbZSaqvGpk4Cz7_baIJRMFCWqkhvpVKaO8zt6uvHxHGkCwvaJe-bG7iWKFXEwXoYUgKNcAnHdhyTMNPr_sQaiADNT2kEmSylQKWwJVi1oDAUgzAEQE/s320/20200728_164429.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Steve Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106280039833965495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141916909014109441.post-85195558968838715232021-01-31T17:06:00.017-08:002021-01-31T17:11:43.541-08:00My books are on sale (all six of them)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBX7QtvY_Mzng0-u9FnGChh3Pw5PM7TJzvFSJJypl2RmRUK1LB2OgAoZhvCy-FdRfOIcdWFpdXY1-EIRJ9qIV2tyvDCNnfI00C-YRswctZZQdDMMPOGZyboTZQZzjoI4MB9zEzJ_b4JJ0/s2048/Books+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1627" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBX7QtvY_Mzng0-u9FnGChh3Pw5PM7TJzvFSJJypl2RmRUK1LB2OgAoZhvCy-FdRfOIcdWFpdXY1-EIRJ9qIV2tyvDCNnfI00C-YRswctZZQdDMMPOGZyboTZQZzjoI4MB9zEzJ_b4JJ0/w508-h640/Books+1.jpg" width="508" /></a></div><br /><p>Just a reminder to my visitors that you can still buy my published books at Amazon. The link is here: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Steven-Mace/e/B005JJLWX6">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Steven-Mace/e/B005JJLWX6</a></p><p>That Amazon author page contains the six books plus some of my short story magazine publications that are also linked.</p><p>I have written and published six books. There are two full length novels: <i>Copper Moon Rising</i> and <i>Staccato House</i>; three collections of short stories: <i>Beyond Twilight</i>, <i>The Splendour of Shadows</i> and <i>Echoes and Exiles;</i> and a YA novella<i>, The Pirate Princess.</i></p><p>In terms of genre, <i>Copper Moon Rising</i> is a blend of SF and Fantasy.<i> Staccato House</i> is an psychological thriller based on the occult and some supernatural themes. It could also be categorised as 'weird fiction'. It was influenced by the film 'Eyes Wide Shut' and some occult fiction/conspiracy theories. <i>The Pirate Princess </i>is a YA fantasy adventure. I've been planning a sequel which has been in the works for a number of years. The short story collections are a mixture of everything: horror, fantasy, science fiction, occult & supernatural, psychological thriller, satire and urban realist fiction.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid4OdF-B-ILKiCOKzkyqbPVF0ftDNwz0caatokr8QYcwN6wKA2aPAPv_DlwkWEgPX2AE0m8ye_cEHC7SDehhWOZ98F1KfHtO-dRFERGj3873yQmID259azAHKXuxoaJ1wXhz1dqdto-No/s320/Books+3+Four+books.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid4OdF-B-ILKiCOKzkyqbPVF0ftDNwz0caatokr8QYcwN6wKA2aPAPv_DlwkWEgPX2AE0m8ye_cEHC7SDehhWOZ98F1KfHtO-dRFERGj3873yQmID259azAHKXuxoaJ1wXhz1dqdto-No/w640-h480/Books+3+Four+books.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The original quartet published in 2010-2012</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ3ELfe4KjVTwtE7IN2ZIUo7Fne6fXqJ_BeWhS6id6lxC6FCICUs_h4njPBGQObes8diZSxvDcse0pDx1t3uGmKOI_insmDgd3Tb76gqwU3lOtsE5TPaOsedovSUK5ziMbVXXkfolr29w/s2048/Books+1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ3ELfe4KjVTwtE7IN2ZIUo7Fne6fXqJ_BeWhS6id6lxC6FCICUs_h4njPBGQObes8diZSxvDcse0pDx1t3uGmKOI_insmDgd3Tb76gqwU3lOtsE5TPaOsedovSUK5ziMbVXXkfolr29w/w360-h640/Books+1.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All six books (first edition of Copper Moon Rising with alternative cover)<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1PbuZf0cybM8OZSsQwAsV-nJzWU7tPIv21epApC_Dlm4iYEgvjks_JOGoKDscW_U0Plpi9er0Nl4M_zyAN0IKEMi5n7RjdUWizCizmhHV27Uev0QDGwULd9NVALh23a87MPGbohgXmFQ/s2048/Books+2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1PbuZf0cybM8OZSsQwAsV-nJzWU7tPIv21epApC_Dlm4iYEgvjks_JOGoKDscW_U0Plpi9er0Nl4M_zyAN0IKEMi5n7RjdUWizCizmhHV27Uev0QDGwULd9NVALh23a87MPGbohgXmFQ/w640-h360/Books+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All six books with some moody lighting!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj8H1GDQv2XqiTqrUP8M4BSll6yiWVISHAhgEZpnHtrnpPTKf_uTz_dY2x00EV0Pw3MNpUGVFxLID5un3Qq3B4BGYj22XGInsl2kp09dyGBEoiyEq3ktnLM1Lx-CgIP9h63vJQIa8QlcA/s400/Echoes+and+Exiles.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="225" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj8H1GDQv2XqiTqrUP8M4BSll6yiWVISHAhgEZpnHtrnpPTKf_uTz_dY2x00EV0Pw3MNpUGVFxLID5un3Qq3B4BGYj22XGInsl2kp09dyGBEoiyEq3ktnLM1Lx-CgIP9h63vJQIa8QlcA/w360-h640/Echoes+and+Exiles.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Echoes and Exiles book with outstanding cover art by monkeysvsrobots</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqPu-wByC8A4-BoYTaOLzUkWjK2PQP2ZVe4B1u5x9rwjcV6KnhqOMZ5J36kl1PtkdDitU_cKKbVl8Hj7D6DrsbQIUd8KYYPTmT4BnDJ218fJ2tfP03FhzDOvOFFcAuB2xAQQEpA_pYS8/s640/Staccato+House.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="452" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqPu-wByC8A4-BoYTaOLzUkWjK2PQP2ZVe4B1u5x9rwjcV6KnhqOMZ5J36kl1PtkdDitU_cKKbVl8Hj7D6DrsbQIUd8KYYPTmT4BnDJ218fJ2tfP03FhzDOvOFFcAuB2xAQQEpA_pYS8/w452-h640/Staccato+House.jpg" width="452" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monkeysvsrobots' amazing cover art for <i>Staccato House</i></td></tr></tbody></table>Steve Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106280039833965495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141916909014109441.post-47764725791218521042020-12-12T17:17:00.001-08:002020-12-21T06:37:38.574-08:002020: Images of lockdown in London<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strike style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></strike></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strike style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></strike></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strike style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></strike></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAz5ysKkjnA9U8XIl6KP_s5wQussrRh9xzBCkBdJAvB9eJjXF8pnNUgOux84sCADfelCYOKSsq24GdSqFHw26nYj0_vOdN-DcQNb14JXvqkSLaRfvMw_ac0fLop60c2SKaepyhGSPkDhs/s2048/Lockdown33.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAz5ysKkjnA9U8XIl6KP_s5wQussrRh9xzBCkBdJAvB9eJjXF8pnNUgOux84sCADfelCYOKSsq24GdSqFHw26nYj0_vOdN-DcQNb14JXvqkSLaRfvMw_ac0fLop60c2SKaepyhGSPkDhs/w400-h225/Lockdown33.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strike style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyNbHgxYiDLluOLVq6T0pAAx1v3G4I61sXzdZsNQWt9s83XRlNRV6xZv_CSaNMNW0X34pOWaVjxRape1OsR1pY92H_n2jLl5QWs2pDcQeuTv640lu_AsmkB9S3iamx_ge4tEXKWZgVWJA/w360-h640/Lockdown1.jpg" width="360" /></strike></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZtsh3Yhz1EneCChjsYpk0QRDMJNi1C7YmOjitWoZjbRUVhycecO_R64zJfQT0Rm7XNOmtx_wO8yVfs-iC2aMCOCJ0DOR-k-yZfOLl_jcWpazQPvcXrN2YkNRKDpE2iIIfoQ2653MiYRI/s2048/Lockdown47.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZtsh3Yhz1EneCChjsYpk0QRDMJNi1C7YmOjitWoZjbRUVhycecO_R64zJfQT0Rm7XNOmtx_wO8yVfs-iC2aMCOCJ0DOR-k-yZfOLl_jcWpazQPvcXrN2YkNRKDpE2iIIfoQ2653MiYRI/w360-h640/Lockdown47.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-hqrF1A6q-ddfB973iPfKmbNhJCI2ans2KLo048YkyVelDXil3ZBVr1EFUD526hkmM7o7Nv8jijE9fXsReh3BuIDsdKe8yP8HlVnByzVeTtoDGGT0REXFIFD3hg4OPSCAmopIG2hcAhs/s2048/Lockdown46.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-hqrF1A6q-ddfB973iPfKmbNhJCI2ans2KLo048YkyVelDXil3ZBVr1EFUD526hkmM7o7Nv8jijE9fXsReh3BuIDsdKe8yP8HlVnByzVeTtoDGGT0REXFIFD3hg4OPSCAmopIG2hcAhs/w360-h640/Lockdown46.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbETiCI3OQI4mvR_q9phyM1GhdRzfXopKTTQhUevc3mEoCiv2DpXmvQ6RaqH8Ch9BxIkk2QItAfnke0FSD07S6Pb_g8fMRaPYxWrNU6P2L-4bBcDYHZKDXozU37nztAlcqJBeMCFG9V8I/s2048/Lockdown45.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbETiCI3OQI4mvR_q9phyM1GhdRzfXopKTTQhUevc3mEoCiv2DpXmvQ6RaqH8Ch9BxIkk2QItAfnke0FSD07S6Pb_g8fMRaPYxWrNU6P2L-4bBcDYHZKDXozU37nztAlcqJBeMCFG9V8I/w400-h225/Lockdown45.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGHWWhCDY-wnx_mT6kDHDqINF79k8voHwZympPoKxmjnVrqiNt3mIxCKXbzxtF5dKJG9JVbtY0S4zLZsG44_qEByp_jbnzFRXyAHsMpd0I6evFBWS4ZOfdcV9RKRtZJHd8HGZ39F7mwdo/s2048/Lockdown44.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGHWWhCDY-wnx_mT6kDHDqINF79k8voHwZympPoKxmjnVrqiNt3mIxCKXbzxtF5dKJG9JVbtY0S4zLZsG44_qEByp_jbnzFRXyAHsMpd0I6evFBWS4ZOfdcV9RKRtZJHd8HGZ39F7mwdo/w400-h225/Lockdown44.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisUyCgtTRqx8LKfLcc-i8m-4yL1dVoL8bg8knQQNoA2SZqraRYhM7D1SxLu2KIBQHZq0ZLR8vAMMQjKQX5_Gf-k_DNl_rH3JKStKZF98Lqx71yvTxVTh1Wemz2c8GXGh_Fqd_wqzHdfP0/s2048/Lockdown43.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisUyCgtTRqx8LKfLcc-i8m-4yL1dVoL8bg8knQQNoA2SZqraRYhM7D1SxLu2KIBQHZq0ZLR8vAMMQjKQX5_Gf-k_DNl_rH3JKStKZF98Lqx71yvTxVTh1Wemz2c8GXGh_Fqd_wqzHdfP0/w360-h640/Lockdown43.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyi61Tyl0uXa-JM_nd8jm6-wcLOiTRwYe1OheJmge11ZkvT5MQEiosRb8lMaTUYbIYk8j041jzaf7PZ-yaQVtAvYUnSL-Yclm6p1CmE4RhqCGLG8IpJCR1eMwCCVURlnoS7lfuuGsK9s0/s2048/Lockdown42.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyi61Tyl0uXa-JM_nd8jm6-wcLOiTRwYe1OheJmge11ZkvT5MQEiosRb8lMaTUYbIYk8j041jzaf7PZ-yaQVtAvYUnSL-Yclm6p1CmE4RhqCGLG8IpJCR1eMwCCVURlnoS7lfuuGsK9s0/w400-h225/Lockdown42.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBrIjtvbQWhaz1VF_N1F_rcXOnyM7JbJiJ5yi1M2kf9SPWfMvLHq3AA2irOVy_vhsEiVxRfJ3Tkwos4nrLPCI_GUZDiD3oTfzQQhqMeczqjQessZjY6wO4UBIbvpb3MncRwnLTxbOXuXk/s2048/Lockdown41.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBrIjtvbQWhaz1VF_N1F_rcXOnyM7JbJiJ5yi1M2kf9SPWfMvLHq3AA2irOVy_vhsEiVxRfJ3Tkwos4nrLPCI_GUZDiD3oTfzQQhqMeczqjQessZjY6wO4UBIbvpb3MncRwnLTxbOXuXk/w360-h640/Lockdown41.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1OiGSUR8f8Z7avINPdsQ8zBpO6Tl5IJQr19RcC_hDwXLXd41AXfUmDk2d7vPRyy3S8MMy6C-q4FKx05S7yQb0SHap1r1oFgpk8U7o2llo2_gDySb1e7Y3V9WABwbPWDE3muDze2y_kzM/s2048/Lockdown40.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1OiGSUR8f8Z7avINPdsQ8zBpO6Tl5IJQr19RcC_hDwXLXd41AXfUmDk2d7vPRyy3S8MMy6C-q4FKx05S7yQb0SHap1r1oFgpk8U7o2llo2_gDySb1e7Y3V9WABwbPWDE3muDze2y_kzM/w400-h225/Lockdown40.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsmbl-NEltLZEBNCvLIWXoz5VpNuQLwGeLsD-VtCPMpsGXlOVJuTtNO-KWBip8FhduafgppjbDEG3G_8VrQo77ReNo0npWqKg_vBsNJxe6h6ZNjWfmXuKTRY-Gi3Nmyz4JmBJsn-uAKvE/s2048/Lockdown39.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsmbl-NEltLZEBNCvLIWXoz5VpNuQLwGeLsD-VtCPMpsGXlOVJuTtNO-KWBip8FhduafgppjbDEG3G_8VrQo77ReNo0npWqKg_vBsNJxe6h6ZNjWfmXuKTRY-Gi3Nmyz4JmBJsn-uAKvE/w400-h225/Lockdown39.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5vFVhTaPMwR_HYNqvfE44CifoVTwt3dp_WaHTVVZnSFYsgQcHbMj6qsVOHNg3oWQSAT1xuFPKqMmS8yfMXQpdHNWzMQDmqQertdefLrb7Re1XsSRM4h5pY_U7-aUm8guiEiMDxWFKrqQ/s2048/Lockdown38.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5vFVhTaPMwR_HYNqvfE44CifoVTwt3dp_WaHTVVZnSFYsgQcHbMj6qsVOHNg3oWQSAT1xuFPKqMmS8yfMXQpdHNWzMQDmqQertdefLrb7Re1XsSRM4h5pY_U7-aUm8guiEiMDxWFKrqQ/w400-h225/Lockdown38.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjwBgv8SXKQzA0U3Xrwqti0P9nRkygvY0lXUTz4ovDfovQ1cOBsOaV49lb2o_DZbUxDJYnWpKE_VVrtZjeVu_dx23q_stZO7jjXVL7oDxxH9xlz3TlOUQ-eif3cfXojnx5rfjSS9Q3684/s2048/Lockdown37.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjwBgv8SXKQzA0U3Xrwqti0P9nRkygvY0lXUTz4ovDfovQ1cOBsOaV49lb2o_DZbUxDJYnWpKE_VVrtZjeVu_dx23q_stZO7jjXVL7oDxxH9xlz3TlOUQ-eif3cfXojnx5rfjSS9Q3684/w400-h225/Lockdown37.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVAeKK6NQVfAIZibWLvR5A_nou9XJcIOdy49pUqB4lFKL-18TFsBdb0EUWGxPMCzcbtvyvzv2DJxK2xtfcx1F39kH9q5SMIckPUJZd-lVa599nYzZBF3mNwajclBHWFATQkX8pmZmMzo/s2048/Lockdown36.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVAeKK6NQVfAIZibWLvR5A_nou9XJcIOdy49pUqB4lFKL-18TFsBdb0EUWGxPMCzcbtvyvzv2DJxK2xtfcx1F39kH9q5SMIckPUJZd-lVa599nYzZBF3mNwajclBHWFATQkX8pmZmMzo/w400-h225/Lockdown36.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4UvnTO2_wpJF-0GfAbCJ8YhKBRssX-HvsM8ZCwpiwxlUAX6KkLBS4u-im2zGpsvhZgX6SXAGicRLZHgvPNSVp98VHqMQx9HqjqcpcIuolYQyeK4HalrtPeAYe9IWkRgluReJqyZUJK0/s2048/Lockdown35.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4UvnTO2_wpJF-0GfAbCJ8YhKBRssX-HvsM8ZCwpiwxlUAX6KkLBS4u-im2zGpsvhZgX6SXAGicRLZHgvPNSVp98VHqMQx9HqjqcpcIuolYQyeK4HalrtPeAYe9IWkRgluReJqyZUJK0/w400-h225/Lockdown35.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSbjtPEUREVm9x15_Mv_INtJ8J1vV6_BclplzOVy75EXTj37oGjMYlYfAuoE8l8BiLBD26Ahdl5tqYdPIL8hTN8O_xuXd8Q1OhNo3fFfgdZrZhJEVmpgAUpgCFF2nw4wd2wvmMP8T2FGw/s2048/Lockdown34.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSbjtPEUREVm9x15_Mv_INtJ8J1vV6_BclplzOVy75EXTj37oGjMYlYfAuoE8l8BiLBD26Ahdl5tqYdPIL8hTN8O_xuXd8Q1OhNo3fFfgdZrZhJEVmpgAUpgCFF2nw4wd2wvmMP8T2FGw/w400-h225/Lockdown34.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGhKHl53tJbVcrRJwVlbacjT5rXO5F5gNhAOyF_eY0sEr3pI2A8rRuLyCDiSKxcYyayLefcKAARfgC-0oohfPFXOuj5YOdA9HwrxA1u5AylaQ-X6qJUWJOcVz3xEt5EFOSTwglAvspvvU/s2048/Lockdown32.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGhKHl53tJbVcrRJwVlbacjT5rXO5F5gNhAOyF_eY0sEr3pI2A8rRuLyCDiSKxcYyayLefcKAARfgC-0oohfPFXOuj5YOdA9HwrxA1u5AylaQ-X6qJUWJOcVz3xEt5EFOSTwglAvspvvU/w400-h225/Lockdown32.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj41Sd0N2CrJYEnJV068OnXNgd7Q73_D6gmrvEV2kQbKocCTSZdgANW0PZAEoU37upsIuUMBsasnPAcWxmYK7e6WIfUi0nFI3Q50ZXt8YHzw_giyOVXOXMYO2QcQZXOG50yoFrlUW_nE8I/s2048/Lockdown31.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj41Sd0N2CrJYEnJV068OnXNgd7Q73_D6gmrvEV2kQbKocCTSZdgANW0PZAEoU37upsIuUMBsasnPAcWxmYK7e6WIfUi0nFI3Q50ZXt8YHzw_giyOVXOXMYO2QcQZXOG50yoFrlUW_nE8I/w400-h225/Lockdown31.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyoB2MtUwXpNE4K-qaCYHooVVk5-YXB__HXV9IcPKt5Z_fwvDHPQJjedARuRoQRo7q_9r9eoI-7YbgXUMykjrzIytTYtcIzX2NmNPJyICHxiRrMM8CWpMCPbPd2y5p0AXF9e3n4vBocwA/s2048/Lockdown30.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyoB2MtUwXpNE4K-qaCYHooVVk5-YXB__HXV9IcPKt5Z_fwvDHPQJjedARuRoQRo7q_9r9eoI-7YbgXUMykjrzIytTYtcIzX2NmNPJyICHxiRrMM8CWpMCPbPd2y5p0AXF9e3n4vBocwA/w400-h225/Lockdown30.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw4FLsYNAgkMLU1BYLEMZCBXUVBC_0u8aQhQkARC8B2_rzyG4tNYnfu3ntQKRLBG98bWrM6LdCoLYwKA3nhu55fiw11YwIf7Lh3XtViJ8PsCQ2iokABpvmNapNFTZw2rCMHrZWCD-P2HI/s2048/Lockdown29.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw4FLsYNAgkMLU1BYLEMZCBXUVBC_0u8aQhQkARC8B2_rzyG4tNYnfu3ntQKRLBG98bWrM6LdCoLYwKA3nhu55fiw11YwIf7Lh3XtViJ8PsCQ2iokABpvmNapNFTZw2rCMHrZWCD-P2HI/w400-h225/Lockdown29.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVWkMqlihF4R56aNy0uvTxoZo7XVZ60scpUs_Qv48jciDb_07XuMFs-fAqy5ANt1WkOxQzT75wz18elopBm6jVLEyQlfRKHXIIKEU90dAbOdjHKZQi9vUghuG2N__IN2or3GJih87_tP0/s2048/Lockdown28.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVWkMqlihF4R56aNy0uvTxoZo7XVZ60scpUs_Qv48jciDb_07XuMFs-fAqy5ANt1WkOxQzT75wz18elopBm6jVLEyQlfRKHXIIKEU90dAbOdjHKZQi9vUghuG2N__IN2or3GJih87_tP0/w400-h225/Lockdown28.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd5vf6BXFSv0I_bjZXeE3KuRm2za5uWAdnbnWviPadeKYSbJRcg_UPT7SqsGBotE7do7ArICMswBoj3Ybod1ciVa9ZbQBpHuHXahnla26x-wheOGgaICpVaMjvdmg1FQ5NzA5VwGW-LME/s2048/Lockdown27.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd5vf6BXFSv0I_bjZXeE3KuRm2za5uWAdnbnWviPadeKYSbJRcg_UPT7SqsGBotE7do7ArICMswBoj3Ybod1ciVa9ZbQBpHuHXahnla26x-wheOGgaICpVaMjvdmg1FQ5NzA5VwGW-LME/w360-h640/Lockdown27.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJc9XiCGSCqxdXZSDS3R9Ah8GTLdpsgLXomyrsOZOTWbMXFys5Hx0sGQeXcoLhtuWGkhorp4ZVUHfWxoWc6j8rnASfoy0Qu_1KuEE8zW3KtrtLibR42XcwZxp0egGZ_IGssdLiBaIK8aE/s2048/Lockdown26.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJc9XiCGSCqxdXZSDS3R9Ah8GTLdpsgLXomyrsOZOTWbMXFys5Hx0sGQeXcoLhtuWGkhorp4ZVUHfWxoWc6j8rnASfoy0Qu_1KuEE8zW3KtrtLibR42XcwZxp0egGZ_IGssdLiBaIK8aE/w400-h225/Lockdown26.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtBeOE4cdiQLQcSuXbPmEYL6gUjX1ys2gT_c7n74HmnS63__kg-uOUTWFTeoWw1O_uqqfIY5P4CT2LN8JnRfFxpCQ4jvkFQiOzHEP_AnYFEYRdI6vqCEo956UoPjd5w0_B4D1yCth8jhc/s2048/Lockdown25.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtBeOE4cdiQLQcSuXbPmEYL6gUjX1ys2gT_c7n74HmnS63__kg-uOUTWFTeoWw1O_uqqfIY5P4CT2LN8JnRfFxpCQ4jvkFQiOzHEP_AnYFEYRdI6vqCEo956UoPjd5w0_B4D1yCth8jhc/w400-h225/Lockdown25.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEKp0M-ALbPBamjOxMk8kv6rm7UO-dQRy54mAiVG1hEo_kOUN4DEkxUEjmpEZ0PI-G2Nx8tUAcn96rgOeZD0iIX81LZ7gHrtkdC1jeMkbF4htuFLHi-3gVKHYN5cbkJHP5zOP4ps4s-nk/s2048/Lockdown24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEKp0M-ALbPBamjOxMk8kv6rm7UO-dQRy54mAiVG1hEo_kOUN4DEkxUEjmpEZ0PI-G2Nx8tUAcn96rgOeZD0iIX81LZ7gHrtkdC1jeMkbF4htuFLHi-3gVKHYN5cbkJHP5zOP4ps4s-nk/w400-h225/Lockdown24.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqx510sFAPsEGQ7LOHXr25L9bFtjb2FENJjxD15Ci24AZmNp6qbsJ3JwK8ASNeRiIRnr0PgYMop5DJg9-Mm82YEtmk8-vR0Drzn6UwX6qkPMBPkl_z1TDuGCq46mzMePsS23DXucPJ4ug/s2048/Lockdown23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqx510sFAPsEGQ7LOHXr25L9bFtjb2FENJjxD15Ci24AZmNp6qbsJ3JwK8ASNeRiIRnr0PgYMop5DJg9-Mm82YEtmk8-vR0Drzn6UwX6qkPMBPkl_z1TDuGCq46mzMePsS23DXucPJ4ug/w360-h640/Lockdown23.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFAilyiXbS53lSftF_N5Gt_DuRYPrq6hMeqajjZyS_5rE0-2GTpUcgJh2NYk3cQz7-KsC5p3YjIHrTn7vtIAmSCGAy9qH94NHLi8iGpYDVrxp0UnQjNphVN8TQ7tijx0VGDCT8mZdZiQU/s2048/Lockdown22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFAilyiXbS53lSftF_N5Gt_DuRYPrq6hMeqajjZyS_5rE0-2GTpUcgJh2NYk3cQz7-KsC5p3YjIHrTn7vtIAmSCGAy9qH94NHLi8iGpYDVrxp0UnQjNphVN8TQ7tijx0VGDCT8mZdZiQU/w360-h640/Lockdown22.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilNoAi1dRXoPYNHG5pJiHAhb24nwl9hhcDGAl1rRITPVfH_xl49HhyphenhyphenNEtYjbHeT_2XJt5Nz0Ek-GtWpWgYGY7n3ozmJpkFQapcRzDbQVjp9dtQilIQlTd5JOjmFA-2266rT8guQ6ra40M/s2048/Lockdown21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilNoAi1dRXoPYNHG5pJiHAhb24nwl9hhcDGAl1rRITPVfH_xl49HhyphenhyphenNEtYjbHeT_2XJt5Nz0Ek-GtWpWgYGY7n3ozmJpkFQapcRzDbQVjp9dtQilIQlTd5JOjmFA-2266rT8guQ6ra40M/w400-h225/Lockdown21.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcvE_ai5TY_Xq6oR1zPRPtGa1pRkY8uVB9pSscaWHJMuuZisI-Wcj3MoPugcH9Mr-cSbPpI-LmVpned-d6HkhCia85R8Xj5VHgANDxgCrCaxhDoIw6JntKQWlR6yjpxjIuljAgxPEjd0A/s2048/Lockdown20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcvE_ai5TY_Xq6oR1zPRPtGa1pRkY8uVB9pSscaWHJMuuZisI-Wcj3MoPugcH9Mr-cSbPpI-LmVpned-d6HkhCia85R8Xj5VHgANDxgCrCaxhDoIw6JntKQWlR6yjpxjIuljAgxPEjd0A/w400-h225/Lockdown20.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEsuzZkvKneybptHIOpJYX1L9e9ELrTCxqgKU2HRfhvcqbmivvkFi-0wEIUzl8IN2MmKgHeZxq7IHl_75W0JQf1JUgiu8aDDXNSOPoi72_HD039ocX4hofRyXMjkDjlL2hUQODEY_oCQA/s2048/Lockdown19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEsuzZkvKneybptHIOpJYX1L9e9ELrTCxqgKU2HRfhvcqbmivvkFi-0wEIUzl8IN2MmKgHeZxq7IHl_75W0JQf1JUgiu8aDDXNSOPoi72_HD039ocX4hofRyXMjkDjlL2hUQODEY_oCQA/w360-h640/Lockdown19.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJkYE_9NYj5XBvzd-M7mafL1AyCPaZgABEU5-cXdkPKbRYVKcxAmwqzFefsGMh6Ojlo4XeRCM9a9vHHjV_NDczP8VLOK5-4UcOc4CX1DLKNQrYLSwXvuSjcwVXW70UbD9hRwZsiCF6i4k/s2048/Lockdown18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJkYE_9NYj5XBvzd-M7mafL1AyCPaZgABEU5-cXdkPKbRYVKcxAmwqzFefsGMh6Ojlo4XeRCM9a9vHHjV_NDczP8VLOK5-4UcOc4CX1DLKNQrYLSwXvuSjcwVXW70UbD9hRwZsiCF6i4k/w400-h225/Lockdown18.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8R-0OMxP7PfQeV3Wjuj1aMycIohC6BfJPDN0ca1ss6O0PODgHHJrKDvWaJyTd0VfSh8ByNFuLK69LKUIQojQltXXaXbJFaMl9-AypJa0hCiixZaTGNiEbF_li3LdWh7k_jVFRVhgoPQo/s2048/Lockdown17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8R-0OMxP7PfQeV3Wjuj1aMycIohC6BfJPDN0ca1ss6O0PODgHHJrKDvWaJyTd0VfSh8ByNFuLK69LKUIQojQltXXaXbJFaMl9-AypJa0hCiixZaTGNiEbF_li3LdWh7k_jVFRVhgoPQo/w400-h225/Lockdown17.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj47NTYYtIKAWPpqEGo45GYknSuv1yXcecoYh31RaBaWZiKgcqje-W0HHwzq1ZXDVN8BtDxzN7wiwIB9jvFxX4J_XFMS_7ieeXGTX3R_qdznwO-dFn0NJqfvfrzgmgdCT-ZrTG8nSsz0pc/s2048/Lockdown16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj47NTYYtIKAWPpqEGo45GYknSuv1yXcecoYh31RaBaWZiKgcqje-W0HHwzq1ZXDVN8BtDxzN7wiwIB9jvFxX4J_XFMS_7ieeXGTX3R_qdznwO-dFn0NJqfvfrzgmgdCT-ZrTG8nSsz0pc/w400-h225/Lockdown16.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7cTPjExIQCTS7yJPLtWsRMe1rPR881Bof8aJGjdIXTCVe-VccU4VBa9jLXqyIPQUZG_QUNx_O3pzypk2ffMqnPsW7C5XPRuDvZi5wj-iSIbcKYeBpPAy9b48ILT8VbcsdsUN28G4Hzp0/s2048/Lockdown15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7cTPjExIQCTS7yJPLtWsRMe1rPR881Bof8aJGjdIXTCVe-VccU4VBa9jLXqyIPQUZG_QUNx_O3pzypk2ffMqnPsW7C5XPRuDvZi5wj-iSIbcKYeBpPAy9b48ILT8VbcsdsUN28G4Hzp0/w360-h640/Lockdown15.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnyXYdtQ1NfyyjzRP7NUe-LAmJhDeBLvU9RTt3MM_QmnkDbKeroZ3dtxoaMeC0KoreMxLWijKw1r781azOETJ1SuudDCVGPgKKr221P2idZJihzBSRSfTCeLrcN17pW6_XG4hsZbgaylw/s2048/Lockdown14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnyXYdtQ1NfyyjzRP7NUe-LAmJhDeBLvU9RTt3MM_QmnkDbKeroZ3dtxoaMeC0KoreMxLWijKw1r781azOETJ1SuudDCVGPgKKr221P2idZJihzBSRSfTCeLrcN17pW6_XG4hsZbgaylw/w400-h225/Lockdown14.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS5gmHpwv8rV2V5GCPGeck3O-wiIewaBUiB-I8evXqK6jxChZhyT0yVR4YCo8q51hs-jSGXh_SBxN_CofnmlJdUokYQ8aQXoa-DSQpGlamFasff2XanjYbusyUCkafqobDUrQWKGdLL00/s2048/Lockdown13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS5gmHpwv8rV2V5GCPGeck3O-wiIewaBUiB-I8evXqK6jxChZhyT0yVR4YCo8q51hs-jSGXh_SBxN_CofnmlJdUokYQ8aQXoa-DSQpGlamFasff2XanjYbusyUCkafqobDUrQWKGdLL00/w400-h225/Lockdown13.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKyzIhVBSHQB13HxaWA3a0EPjMHbnbNQESbDbN6qws4cKaT1JNamznQokYsQTFpnOPI6vKLHevMMoXS0wwFlhuZ4rEePLwv2p8X_XRmb0CJ_Km8PZbY5gY8lX17QZrqOpPwX_Het8Xypk/s2048/Lockdown12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKyzIhVBSHQB13HxaWA3a0EPjMHbnbNQESbDbN6qws4cKaT1JNamznQokYsQTFpnOPI6vKLHevMMoXS0wwFlhuZ4rEePLwv2p8X_XRmb0CJ_Km8PZbY5gY8lX17QZrqOpPwX_Het8Xypk/w400-h225/Lockdown12.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5fqkj5Ohb-x6kmDA4_YYN8kPPctAeD8GqwZeR0YR9fHIZLZ194GT3KWnwBxUpniVPFLzQC_EzdbvOmvm9PWYnQ9PQNEkx801BZoYtAzks65svb5xT3cFUqmltJLvlegSEOSwcmxtAPrg/s2048/Lockdown11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5fqkj5Ohb-x6kmDA4_YYN8kPPctAeD8GqwZeR0YR9fHIZLZ194GT3KWnwBxUpniVPFLzQC_EzdbvOmvm9PWYnQ9PQNEkx801BZoYtAzks65svb5xT3cFUqmltJLvlegSEOSwcmxtAPrg/w360-h640/Lockdown11.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwR6z3gpAEw2ekcWV2Rg0Pnm0C3y2M_gC52X62jGG1qG4bSADHXU4EwO-gVLJty39ISsxrLofJTq_2ayvfbkJgViguC32_S5lE0I0Ip-Rpgz54ShMdF0qCgj-VxlCeg3HKE_FVwPVaVsw/s2048/Lockdown10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwR6z3gpAEw2ekcWV2Rg0Pnm0C3y2M_gC52X62jGG1qG4bSADHXU4EwO-gVLJty39ISsxrLofJTq_2ayvfbkJgViguC32_S5lE0I0Ip-Rpgz54ShMdF0qCgj-VxlCeg3HKE_FVwPVaVsw/w400-h225/Lockdown10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinaCvXTUUnGL6O75wTKNWNv926e2_OMsrLdWvCAhDucSKhSfaWXGZRjDJ5XYq5zFnfizLeSYfP9kIHM50151LHFGmP8JCp2MjwWadjTHlFo2j55RzJxjepaOjQFk8xrQJC45XWSI79sRI/s2048/Lockdown9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinaCvXTUUnGL6O75wTKNWNv926e2_OMsrLdWvCAhDucSKhSfaWXGZRjDJ5XYq5zFnfizLeSYfP9kIHM50151LHFGmP8JCp2MjwWadjTHlFo2j55RzJxjepaOjQFk8xrQJC45XWSI79sRI/w400-h225/Lockdown9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRKfGJv0G6NZ-sq8QLfGcdXiwiV6433xCBApMgDovfwWUowYJDMkcPZSLjEZtbidxSiqPeflRlNWVszckdwg7hNV3ThkJu09iTJKbHEGk6pxoKWc-9l-icEqs1xbnBA3n9Yb3aU7i3nUI/s2048/Lockdown8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRKfGJv0G6NZ-sq8QLfGcdXiwiV6433xCBApMgDovfwWUowYJDMkcPZSLjEZtbidxSiqPeflRlNWVszckdwg7hNV3ThkJu09iTJKbHEGk6pxoKWc-9l-icEqs1xbnBA3n9Yb3aU7i3nUI/w400-h225/Lockdown8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX4bqpU9DLA3v0dFaY5iQhyOOJ-4r33i3vxtd6WOsDQdTU9pAeu7tS5cKfoZg_cszyZ-DFrnGnHdFO51BduiKxwCeZ1hCNMjbpDrtZ90z7Nq2J4XIq_GzpWJ_6kA3wS3vj64ZjWzYnFaM/s2048/Lockdown7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX4bqpU9DLA3v0dFaY5iQhyOOJ-4r33i3vxtd6WOsDQdTU9pAeu7tS5cKfoZg_cszyZ-DFrnGnHdFO51BduiKxwCeZ1hCNMjbpDrtZ90z7Nq2J4XIq_GzpWJ_6kA3wS3vj64ZjWzYnFaM/w400-h225/Lockdown7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilCq90W4gI0m12Onpe2QxQ7jsD6xFROMO4SyCtewZ5BU9vD3bbgkpD3Q5pFZA7IldaY_nP5HJA9pOcwfOFwmg36z4AV0QhzXkpuaD-nThTNtY8dEbYPNpKp9np3RobQO2ddS7FbnZHrx4/s2048/Lockdown6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilCq90W4gI0m12Onpe2QxQ7jsD6xFROMO4SyCtewZ5BU9vD3bbgkpD3Q5pFZA7IldaY_nP5HJA9pOcwfOFwmg36z4AV0QhzXkpuaD-nThTNtY8dEbYPNpKp9np3RobQO2ddS7FbnZHrx4/w360-h640/Lockdown6.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVFA3kmRn3QCvG2fV_l2eovwtqgolVclkDIOfiuRJbiFQ-lN19_Zre3d8UF0DHDNsBdrSjokZsUJOSKYd51369NRI1VPzQ_Kfc43FRWsZfQ6_mOOpBCs-ZxIFH3Bj467vEIrOf9mVR7Y/s2048/Lockdown5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVFA3kmRn3QCvG2fV_l2eovwtqgolVclkDIOfiuRJbiFQ-lN19_Zre3d8UF0DHDNsBdrSjokZsUJOSKYd51369NRI1VPzQ_Kfc43FRWsZfQ6_mOOpBCs-ZxIFH3Bj467vEIrOf9mVR7Y/w400-h225/Lockdown5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmG2deqwH0eXoAirHV6TeEWDZ_uGaRQkFo1zbM320l0CwUIfdpit6lNlfzVxb52CQBNZFNkcQT9nSkpoBwQL65-e7BgTFiGLbl3wSoLPJmKI2tSXjvxav704BaHZ27M0jQ3dI8IG1u78Q/s2048/Lockdown4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmG2deqwH0eXoAirHV6TeEWDZ_uGaRQkFo1zbM320l0CwUIfdpit6lNlfzVxb52CQBNZFNkcQT9nSkpoBwQL65-e7BgTFiGLbl3wSoLPJmKI2tSXjvxav704BaHZ27M0jQ3dI8IG1u78Q/w360-h640/Lockdown4.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoc0wx_D5z9CMiMEYmj3vt8g4UpKH6d2BTedWQbNaRi3W8DJat8fcZ6_YCCIpgq3gi0fXFVz0zxPPzroLs9faJPyK6MealTCxdatIHf4m2PZpMi4lc7YjHMI6_PKEv5sfUey5MTH4-awo/s2048/Lockdown2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoc0wx_D5z9CMiMEYmj3vt8g4UpKH6d2BTedWQbNaRi3W8DJat8fcZ6_YCCIpgq3gi0fXFVz0zxPPzroLs9faJPyK6MealTCxdatIHf4m2PZpMi4lc7YjHMI6_PKEv5sfUey5MTH4-awo/w400-h225/Lockdown2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Steve Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106280039833965495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141916909014109441.post-67286719534351120102020-12-12T16:37:00.002-08:002020-12-12T16:37:56.677-08:00The Mothers of Darkness Castle<p>Some intrepid and courageous explorers posted their visit to the infamous "Mothers of Darkness" castle on Youtube.</p><p>More information about this site, which may be of interest:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chateau_des_Amerois">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chateau_des_Amerois</a></p><p><a href="https://fourhorsemen66.com/2018/12/16/chateau-des-amerois-mothers-of-darkness-castle-most-evil-place-in-the-world/">https://fourhorsemen66.com/2018/12/16/chateau-des-amerois-mothers-of-darkness-castle-most-evil-place-in-the-world/</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">It's no surprise to me that a place like this would be in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrocities_in_the_Congo_Free_State" target="_blank">sorry country</a> like Belgium. I have personally met and had dealings with one or two extremely unpleasant people from Belgium. However, I digress. The story of this place helped inspire some of my ideas for my novel <i>Staccato House.</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/A22RzjoGEkQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="A22RzjoGEkQ"></iframe></div>Steve Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106280039833965495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141916909014109441.post-69798504072850434512018-02-09T12:15:00.001-08:002018-02-09T12:17:41.932-08:00Strange Coincidences<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Supernatural fiction is not always the easiest genre
to write in and be original and innovative. A lot of tropes and cliches get
re-used and re-hashed over and over again. Haunted houses, dark pasts, missing,
psychic or dead children, ghosts, unreliable narrators- they are all familiar
examples within the medium.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">In
2001 I wrote a supernatural ghost story called 'Requiem', and I eventually
published it in my 2010 short story collection 'Beyond Twilight'. It was
about a ghost hunter called Nick Weston who stays at a supposedly haunted house
in a strange little village. Nick is haunted by the death of his wife, and is
actually a sceptic when it comes to the supernatural. He's very much a hero of
the sort James Herbert would have written for his lurid horror novels, but as the story progresses he
becomes an unreliable narrator.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I
noted recently that the BBC had made a supernatural series called 'Requiem'.
The fact that the title was the same was not unusual, as many words and titles
get re-used in different works of fiction, across varying media. The first
coincidence was that it was also the title of a supernatural ghost story
narrative, like mine was. The hero is a heroine in this case, a cello-playing
young woman. Then I read a little more about it, that the central female character is haunted by
past loss, and that she ends up in a strange little Welsh village with weird
locals, and stays at a supposedly haunted house, and she's an unreliable
narrator. Oh, and there's a character called Nick in it. So...quite a few coincidences. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;">Requiem
was apparently written by a screenwriter called Kris Mrksa. </span><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/5503841/requiem-meaning-bbc-one-netflix-title/" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Here is an article where Kris Mrksa talks about where</a><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;"> his
inspiration for the story came from. I have not seen the BBC television series
yet but I will try to find time at some point to watch it. It is very difficult to write very
original ghost stories, and similar ideas and themes can occur to writers
operating in that genre. On a superficial level, there can be a lot of
parallels and similarities in different works.</span>Steve Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106280039833965495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141916909014109441.post-26475447915251468572016-11-10T15:11:00.000-08:002016-11-10T15:12:48.504-08:00Laird Barron: Primeval Horrors<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">" 'Out there' is a
relative term, it's closer than you might think. Oh my, the great Dark is only
as far away as your closet when you kill the light...as your reflection when it
thinks you aren't looking." (Laird Barron)<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My latest post is about an author who is definitely my kind
of writer- Laird Barron, an intriguing
practitioner of weird fiction. Barron
has a similar thematic approach to H.P Lovecraft, as he writes in the realms of
cosmic supernatural horror. The likes of Lovecraft, Poe, and Arthur Machen are
his principal influences. His monsters and antagonists are ancient horrors
originating from the primal soup of our planet's past- although these alien,
demonic entities tend to exist in other dimensions of existence, and
occasionally outside linear time/space (the title story, "The Imago
Sequence" from the collection of the same name is a good example of this).
However, they have the power to manifest in our own reality, or only to certain
individuals. These ancient entities pre-date all modern religions and are of
primordial or inter-dimensional origin, although they are the source of many
legends and myths. Their existence is only hinted at in ancient pagan rites,
and discredited occult and arcane knowledge. Similarly yet again to Lovecraft, Barron's
short stories and <i>The Croning</i> are all
set in the same malevolent universe and are part of a cycle concerning these
evil entities who are known by several names or identities, such as the 'beings
that live in the cracks'.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The human characters in Barron's stories, such as Don Miller
in <i>The Croning</i>, are usually the
victims of such evil entities; the agents of these beings (whether unwitting or
manipulated into being so); sometimes these human characters are transfigured
or transformed by malevolent forces.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7qf7zLRYPnEhgewWbV1uYoSo9i3SRmxcNxwfxB0_xrvM4aoqdGa4RLHzBw3mBRhbTOKfCCb_NewVJBs04_oh9zTlLbwwaeUXNLzQE-IIM-28S_HdlZwkEkj4D4Yg-6JJHobjeUasvzg/s1600/20161110_230742.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7qf7zLRYPnEhgewWbV1uYoSo9i3SRmxcNxwfxB0_xrvM4aoqdGa4RLHzBw3mBRhbTOKfCCb_NewVJBs04_oh9zTlLbwwaeUXNLzQE-IIM-28S_HdlZwkEkj4D4Yg-6JJHobjeUasvzg/s640/20161110_230742.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My collection of Laird Barron's works</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: 16pt;">Barron has written and published three short story
collections (</span><i style="font-size: 16pt;">The Imago Sequence</i><span style="font-size: 16pt;">, </span><i style="font-size: 16pt;">Occultation </i><span style="font-size: 16pt;">and </span><i style="font-size: 16pt;">The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All</i><span style="font-size: 16pt;">) two novellas (</span><i style="font-size: 16pt;">The Light in the Darkness</i><span style="font-size: 16pt;">, </span><i style="font-size: 16pt;">Xs for Eyes</i><span style="font-size: 16pt;">), and one full length novel,
</span><i style="font-size: 16pt;">The Croning</i><span style="font-size: 16pt;">. </span><i style="font-size: 16pt;">The Croning</i><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> reminded me of T.E.D Klein's </span><i style="font-size: 16pt;">The Ceremonies</i><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> in terms of evil entities manipulating human
behaviour, remote settings and dark evil conspiracies. It uses the fairytale of
'Rumpelstiltskin' as a point of origin. The phrase 'The croning 'refers
specifically to a type of ritual described in the novel; it also refers
obliquely to the masked evil and the gradual transformation of the central
character's wife, linking her to witchcraft. There's a particular sinister
description in the novel when Don Miller's son tells a story about a
supernatural experience he had with a frightening entity that materialised, a manifestation of the evil that is hovering around the family, and threatening Don.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The settings for Barron's stories are usually the remote
forest, lake and mountain areas of Washington State. The wildernesses of the
Pacific Northwest region of the United States are to Barron as the New England
of the 18th-early 20th century is to Lovecraft, and Maine is to Stephen King. There are many references to temples, stone
mounds, megaliths and dolmens, evil sites and locations such as the Mima
Mounds, Crescent Lake, Ransom Hollow, Slango, the Broadsword Hotel, - some
anachronistic or incongruous to the modern North American setting; and it is
heavily implied that said traditions and rites have historically been brought
from Europe by the original settlers and colonists; or have manifested themselves
through supernatural means.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There are certain locations and particular mysterious
characters that re-occur and re-appear throughout Barron's fiction, in
different stories. Sometimes they are mentioned in passing or are central to a
particular story. Crescent Lake is
mentioned in passing in several stories, and is central to the narrative of 'The
Redfield Girls' in <i>The Beautiful Thing
That Awaits Us All</i>. Characters that re-appear and are prominent in
particular stories include Dr Toshi Ryoko (mentioned in <i>The Croning</i>, several short stories and appears most prominently in 'The
Forest' (<i>Occultation</i>); Boris Kalamov;
Phil Wary (who also goes by the name Helios Augustus in 'Hand of Glory' -<i>The Beautiful Thing That</i> <i>Awaits Us All</i>- and is a black magician).
There's also a mysterious book filled with dark, arcane occult secrets called
the <i>Morderor de Calginis</i> which
re-appears in several stories, and most prominently in 'Mysterium Tremendum' (<i>Occultation</i>). It's an evil volume whose
text is constantly in flux, similar in concept to Lovecraft's <i>Necronomicon</i>. Also a curious party game
called 'Something Scary' is mentioned on numerous occasions in Barron's
fiction. Barron also refers to conspiracy theories and historic mysteries such
as the disappearances on Roanoke Island, and MK-Ultra in his fiction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I found that Barron's novellas <i>The Light in the
Darkness </i>and <i>Xs for Eyes </i>are not typical of the rest of his
work; and instead are written in a form of hyper-reality/fantasy/alternate
history, similar to comic book fiction, but with horror and speculative fiction
elements. I enjoyed both novellas but felt they lacked the depth and sinister
atmosphere of his shorter stories.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My favourite Barron short story is 'Hallucigenia' (from <i>The Imago Sequence</i>); it begins with the
wealthy protagonist, Wallace, and his younger wife being driven by their
chauffeur through the Black Hills; their car breaks down near a remote
farmhouse; and then the story takes unexpected and disturbing turns.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There are notable differences with Barron's work compared to
Thomas Ligotti, who I wrote about in my previous blog article. Unlike Ligotti,
Barron's protagonists attempt to fight back and resist the powerful evil forces
which they are forced to confront. Barron's central characters are usually
younger and more vigorous men and women of action, rather than Ligotti's
paranoid, flawed and helpless characters and unreliable narrators. In fact, in the
case of the novellas, Barron's central characters possess unusual , or
superhuman powers. I prefer his short stories to the novellas, but his novel <i>The Croning</i> is as strong as anything
he's written so far. It's an excellent horror novel, as frightening and
brilliant as any novel I've read in the genre. I'm looking forward to more
wonderful stories from Laird Barron.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Steve Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106280039833965495noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141916909014109441.post-26966301734915056922016-09-21T13:39:00.001-07:002016-11-10T14:56:35.713-08:00Thomas Ligotti: Dreams are Doorways<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I
wanted to publish a blog post about one of my favourite authors at the moment:
the American author of supernatural/horror/weird fiction, Thomas Ligotti. I
should point out at this juncture that so far I've read four volumes of
Ligotti's work: the short story collections <i>Songs
of a Dead Dreamer</i> and <i>Grimscribe</i>
(re-published together in one excellent edition by Penguin Classics recently);
another collection of short stories, <i>Teatro
Grottesco</i>; <i>My Work is Not Yet Done</i>
(a novella and two short stories); and <i>The
Spectral Link</i> (two novellas, 'Metaphysica Morum' and 'The Small People').
So that means that I haven't yet read <i>Noctuary</i>,
<i>The Nightmare Factory</i> (two more short
story collections), <i>The</i> <i>Conspiracy Against the Human Race</i> or any
other little bits and pieces. In fact, Ligotti has published only sparse
amounts in the past three decades, since his first collection <i>Songs of a Dead Dreamer</i> was originally
published in the mid-1980s.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmkC-o9ZRFWhNe-4KbCPZQYInQJP8fQFC5Kt2cFsfejPtOrunTQP62imRCvFXBFaMAMebdCONH8gJxesOtv83t0TybkdliS2Usci2fSo_aJ4f3wc308Fk6POE6p9KBgDvk7Gq-03VqHrc/s1600/Ligotti1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmkC-o9ZRFWhNe-4KbCPZQYInQJP8fQFC5Kt2cFsfejPtOrunTQP62imRCvFXBFaMAMebdCONH8gJxesOtv83t0TybkdliS2Usci2fSo_aJ4f3wc308Fk6POE6p9KBgDvk7Gq-03VqHrc/s640/Ligotti1.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Funnily
enough, I only discovered Ligotti's work two or three years ago, and it was not
through any literary links: I had enjoyed the first season of the American
television detective drama, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Detective_(season_1)" target="_blank">True Detective</a>. I read somewhere that the show's
creator and writer, Nic Pizzolatto, had been influenced by the unsettling
writings of this author, Thomas Ligotti. I researched Ligotti and discovered
he'd received much literary acclaim- he'd been compared with some giants in
horror fiction, and was regarded as one of the great modern writers of
supernatural and weird fiction. So of course, I was compelled to investigate
further and make myself familiar with his work. I should also admit that after
reading some of his stories, his style influenced one of my own- 'The Vacancy',
which was published in my collection <i>Echoes
and Exiles</i>, and in KZine 13.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEF8pnPrA7_eZhoT3f1hWqwLvbwsBSZqRPB4UjWwoq7KIXFTiyoW_1OrQg45U7ySa43RCnDH_8Luz1nsa8E_NPE-FytJs1WLkkm3qJOqiq6Koy4kP_-DDkgRmeI7L3He24biSwnYnjsM/s1600/Ligotti2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEF8pnPrA7_eZhoT3f1hWqwLvbwsBSZqRPB4UjWwoq7KIXFTiyoW_1OrQg45U7ySa43RCnDH_8Luz1nsa8E_NPE-FytJs1WLkkm3qJOqiq6Koy4kP_-DDkgRmeI7L3He24biSwnYnjsM/s640/Ligotti2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I want
to encourage people reading this blog article of mine to also read Ligotti, so
as with previous blog posts I don't want to give too much away about the plots
of Ligotti's stories and ruin them beforehand (no spoilers) However there's
some room to analyse aspects of his writing without giving too much away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Firstly,
how to define his style? Ligotti is able to create a sense of the bizarre and
strange even in the most routine and mundane contexts. His fiction is dreamlike
and eerie; both illogical and surreal. The novella 'The Small People' in The
Spectral Link is one example representing Ligotti's sense of the uncanny, in
terms of the narrator's idiosyncratic perception of reality as he relates his
confessional monologue. The link with dreaming or nightmares is fundamental- I
think Ligotti owes his success as a writer due to his ability to tap deep into
the subconscious and connect with the deep irrational fears that are most
peculiar and disturbing. However, although morbidity is one of his inherent
traits as a writer, his stories are also laced with a dark twisted humour. I
found his dry humour and black comedy most evident in the corporate satire of <i>My Work Is Not Yet Done</i>. His
protagonists are frequently outsiders, those on the fringe of society or those
who are paranoid and disaffected. Oh, and <i>labyrinthine</i>
might just be his favourite word.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Come </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/128466.Thomas_Ligotti" style="font-size: 18.6667px;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"> if you're interested in a selection of quotations from Ligotti's work. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I tend
to find Ligotti's fiction/storytelling more interesting than what might be described as his
mission statements. This is why I haven't been attracted to reading The <i>Conspiracy Against the Human Race</i> and
why I wasn't such a fan of his deconstructive approach to the horror story in
'Notes on the Writing of Horror: a Story' and 'Professor Nobody's Little
Lectures on Supernatural Horror'. I think these wittily sarcastic pieces
perhaps might appeal to (or, hopefully, annoy) anyone who is more inclined to be a critic of fiction.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The
earlier collections owe a great deal to HP Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, and I
suppose the gothic tradition of supernatural fiction. By <i>Teatro Grottesco</i>, it seemed clear to me that Ligotti had perfected
an eerily morbid, bleak and ominous style which works to unsettling effect.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Songs of a Dead Dreamer</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">,
favourite stories: 'Les Fleurs'; 'Dream of a Manikin'; 'Dr Voke and Mr Leech'
(like a dark, sinister Laurel and Hardy); 'The Sect of the Idiot'; 'The Music
of the Moon' (eerie and surreal, like a nightmare)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Grimscribe</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">,
favourite stories: 'Flowers of the Abyss' (reminded me very much of HP
Lovecraft); 'In the Shadow of Another World'; 'The Cocoons'; 'The Glamour' (a
hideous witch story); 'Miss Plarr' (very mysterious and eerie)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Teatro Grottesco</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">,
favourite stories: 'Purity', 'The Town Manager', 'My Case for Retributive
Action', 'The Bungalow House' , 'Our Temporary Supervisor' and 'Gas Station
Carnivals'.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Themes and tropes in Ligotti's fiction<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 14pt;">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Protagonists
who roam dark, mysterious streets and find themselves in danger</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">. This
occurs in a number of stories- <i>My Work is
Not Yet Done</i>, 'Notes on the Writing of Horror', 'The Troubles of Dr Thoss',
'Masquerade of a Dead Sword', 'The Music of the Moon', 'The Journal of JP
Drapeau', 'Vasterien' (<i>Songs of a Dead
Dreamer</i>), 'The Last Feast of Harlequin', 'The Dreaming in Nortown', 'The
Cocoons', 'The Night School', 'The Glamour' (<i>Grimscribe</i>) and 'Purity', 'The Town Manager', 'The Clown Puppet',
'In a Foreign Town, in a Foreign Land', 'Teatro Grottesco', 'Severini' and 'The
Shadow, the Darkness' (<i>Teatro Grottesco</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 14pt;">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Locations
such as crumbling and ominous factories, mansions, warehouses, mausoleums,
sanatorium, or decaying old buildings in general</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">.
Again, many examples- the derelict warehouse in <i>My Work is Not Yet Done</i>; 'The Lost Art of Twilight', 'Dr Locrian's
Asylum', 'The Sect of the Idiot', 'The Music of the Moon' (<i>Songs of a Dead Dreamer</i>); 'The Last Feast of Harlequin', 'Flowers
of the Abyss', 'In the Shadow of Another World', 'The Cocoons', 'The Night
School', 'The Glamour' (<i>Grimscribe); </i>'Purity',
'The Red Tower', 'Our Temporary Supervisor', 'The Bungalow House', 'Severini'
and 'The Shadow, the Darkness' (<i>Teatro
Grottesco</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 14pt;">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Small
town gothic</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">: gloomy, mist-wreathed small towns with dark secrets; bleak
places in the middle of nowhere. Stories with this feature include 'The Small
People' (<i>The Spectral Link</i>), 'The
Frolic', 'Dr Locrian's Asylum', 'The Sect of the Idiot', 'The Greater Festival
of Masks' (<i>Songs of a Dead Dreamer)</i>;
'The Last Feast of Harlequin', 'Flowers of the Abyss', 'The Dreaming in
Nortown', 'The Shadow at the Bottom of the World' (<i>Grimscribe</i>); and 'The Town Manager', 'My Case for Retributive
Action', 'Our Temporary Supervisor', 'In
a Foreign Town, in a Foreign Land' (<i>Teatro
Grottesco</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 14pt;">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Flesh
and decay; degeneration/corruption</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">: <i>My Work is Not Yet Done</i>; 'Alice's Last Adventure', 'Dream of a
Manikin', 'The Nyctalops Trilogy', 'Notes on the Writing of Horror', 'The Lost
Art of Twilight', 'The Troubles of Dr Thoss', 'The Sect of the Idiot' (<i>Songs of a Dead Dreamer</i>); 'The
Spectacles in the Drawer', 'The Cocoons', The Glamour', 'The Library of
Byzantium', 'The Shadow at the Bottom of the World' (<i>Grimscribe</i>), 'Purity', 'The Red Tower' and all of the stories in the
'Damaged and Diseased' third section of <i>Teatro
Grottesco</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 14pt;">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">A
hidden fourth dimension</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> underlying or parallel to the real world
if we are prepared to 'lift the veil': <i>My
Work is Not Yet Done;</i> 'The Frolic', 'Les Fleurs', 'Dream of a Manikin', 'Dr
Locrian's Asylum', 'The Sect of the Idiot', 'Vasterien' (<i>Songs of a Dead Dreamer</i>); 'Nethescurial', 'The Dreaming in
Nortown', 'The Mystics of Muelenberg', 'In the Shadow of Another World', 'Miss
Plarr' (<i>Grimscribe</i>); 'The Shadow, the
Darkness' (<i>Teatro Grottesco) </i>The
existence of a fourth dimension or 'other worlds and dimensions of existence'
may be implied in other stories too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 14pt;">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Transformations</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">- can
take the form in Ligotti's fiction as characters who are tortured, possessed,
disfigured or transfigured by evil entities, or transform physically in a
supernatural sense of their own volition or caused by extraordinary events.
This appears in stories such as <i>My Work
is Not Yet Done</i>; 'Les Fleurs', 'Dream of a Manikin', 'The Nyctalops
Trilogy', 'The Christmas Eves of Aunt Elise', 'The Lost Art of Twilight',
'Masquerade of a Dead Sword', 'The Sect of the Idiot', 'The Greater Festival of
Masks', 'The Music of the Moon' (<i>Songs of
a Dead Dreamer</i>); 'The Last Feast of Harlequin', 'The Spectacles in the
Drawer', 'Flowers of the Abyss', 'The Dreaming in Nortown', 'In the Shadow of
Another World', 'The Cocoons', 'The Glamour', 'The Shadow at the Bottom of the
World' (<i>Grimscribe</i>), 'My Case for
Retributive Action', 'In a Foreign Town, in a Foreign Land', 'Severini' and
'The Shadow, the Darkness' (<i>Teatro
Grottesco</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 14pt;">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Evil
entities/presences/demonic forces</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">- these are in nearly all of
Ligotti's stories, and so there are too many to list, there is no point.
Sometimes these entities take shape and appear prominently. Sometimes Ligotti
only suggests, implies or hints at their presence and their manipulation of
events, and of both dreams and reality. Sometimes they manifest with shocking
clarity within a story. Sometimes they may be a figment of a damaged or ill
character's mind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 14pt;">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Carnival,
masks, clowns, dolls, simulacra or shrunken versions of people, puppets and mannequins/manikins</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">- very
common features of Ligotti's work. Sinister 'miniature people' are central to
the plot of 'The Small People' in <i>The
Spectral Link</i>. The 'manikin hands' of <i>My
Work is Not Yet Done</i> are another mention of this theme. More obvious examples
are 'Dream of a Manikin', 'The Nyctalops Trilogy', 'The Greater Festival of
Masks' (<i>Songs of a Dead Dreamer</i>);
'The Last Feast of Harlequin'; 'Nethescurial' (<i>Grimscribe</i>), 'The Clown Puppet' and 'Gas Station Carnivals' (<i>Teatro Grottesco</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 14pt;">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Witches
and witchcraft</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">- referred to obliquely in a majority of stories, but Ligotti has
written two stories in particular where an evil witch and witchcraft feature, which
I like: 'My Case for Retributive Action' in <i>Teatro
Grottesco</i>; and 'The Glamour' in <i>Grimscribe</i>.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 14pt;">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Mysterious,
sinister doctors</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> or doctors as vital characters: a long list, starting with Dr O.
in 'Metaphysica Morum' (<i>The Spectral
Link)</i>; the narrator of 'The Small People', also in <i>The Spectral Link</i>, relates his monologue to an unseen doctor. Dr.
David Munck is the central character of 'The Frolic'; Dr Thoss in 'The Troubles
of Dr Thoss' (a Dr Raymond Thoss also appears in 'The Last Feast of Harlequin
in <i>Grimscribe</i>); Dr Voke in 'Dr Voke
and Mr Leech'; Dr Locrian and his descendant in 'Dr Locrian's Asylum' (all <i>Songs of a Dead Dreamer</i>); Dr N. in 'Nethescurial';
Dr Dublanc in 'The Cocoons' (<i>Grimscribe</i>);
Dr Klatt and Dr Zirk in 'In a Foreign Town, in a Foreign Land'; Dr Groddeck in
'Teatro Grottesco'; Dr Fingers, a sideshow act in 'Gas Station Carnivals' (<i>Teatro Grottesco</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 14pt;">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Dreams/Nightmares</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">:
Dreams are doorways, providing contact with beings and entities outside
reality/the waking world. Or ironically, dreams in Ligotti's fiction provide
lucid exposition that reality fails to do. Ironically, reality is fog while
sleep offers clarity. The role of The Dealer in 'Metaphysica Morum' (<i>The Spectral Link</i>) is an example of a
plot working in this way. Dreams are obviously a central theme of <i>Songs of a Dead Dreamer</i> and 'The
Dreaming of Nortown' in <i>Grimscribe</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 13.5pt;">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Evil
clowns</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">- if you suffer from fear of clowns (coulrophobia) then Ligotti is
the writer for you (or perhaps not!) His fearsome clowns are the equal of
anything in weird/horror fiction, perhaps even more sinister than Pennywise in
Stephen King's <i>It</i>. See the short stories
'The Clown Puppet'; the Showman in 'Gas Station Carnivals' (<i>Teatro Grottesco</i>) and 'The Last Feast of
Harlequin' (<i>Grimscribe</i>)</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Steve Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106280039833965495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141916909014109441.post-25947924310287053332015-12-16T04:46:00.001-08:002015-12-16T07:35:02.409-08:00Staccato House- latest novel published<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC_0BuAopkOELsHrJzVOtb5rvz6MYL9y7d3CbqRrCYonTxugduRwN157EBRZt0pdH-Jh0JN-BQFw4NFWNW35OKTOVvJfl9APvFAhTdBXxFkBg3Aem9vyZKVZgT25uo54z-iY9Ky5Vr69Y/s1600/Staccato+House+Lulu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC_0BuAopkOELsHrJzVOtb5rvz6MYL9y7d3CbqRrCYonTxugduRwN157EBRZt0pdH-Jh0JN-BQFw4NFWNW35OKTOVvJfl9APvFAhTdBXxFkBg3Aem9vyZKVZgT25uo54z-iY9Ky5Vr69Y/s640/Staccato+House+Lulu.jpg" width="452" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18.6667px;">I am very pleased to announce the publication of my latest novel, </span><i style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.6667px;">Staccato House. </i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18.6667px;">It is available to buy at Amazon as a paperback here: </span><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Staccato-House-Steven-Mace/dp/152276416X" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.6667px;" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Staccato-House-Steven-Mace/dp/152276416X</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18.6667px;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">and also in Kindle format here: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Staccato-House-Steven-Mace-ebook/dp/B019E88514" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Staccato-House-Steven-Mace-ebook/dp/B019E88514</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I started writing Staccato House a long time
ago- as far back as 2004. The basic premise initially was about a central male character who was taken
to a stately mansion and where various entertainments and staged theatre were being
acted out for his benefit- while secretly he was being manipulated and could
not trust a single person he met there. Just as those he encountered were 'puppets', so was he. The antagonist was the sinister 'puppet master' who was behind it all.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">As the story
and plot evolved over the years, I added 'thriller' genre elements rather than surreal 'fantasy' elements- for example the link to organised crime with a <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LoanShark" target="_blank">loan shark</a>; I also introduced references to popular
conspiracy theories and the occult, so it became an allusive piece of 'weird fiction'. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I completed a novella version of Staccato
House in 2011 which was short-listed for Contact Publishing's Page Turner prize
for thriller fiction, before I adapted it into a novel. I suppose there are
three main influences on this book: The novel <i>The Magus</i> by John Fowles; the
film <i>Eyes Wide Shut</i> directed by Stanley Kubrick; and the website <a href="http://vigilantcitizen.com/" target="_blank">Vigilant Citizen</a> with its periodic updates and explanations of popular conspiracy theories and secret cults. It's unlike Fowles' novel or Kubrick's film but nevertheless these
shaped what Staccato House became. While being my own original work (the
essential plot and the novella version was written in 2011 even before I
discovered the Vigilant Citizen website, for example)- it would be impossible
to deny these influences and inspiration, primarily in terms of these themes: secret
societies and hidden cults, a narrator or central character manipulated by unknown
mysterious forces.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On a surface level, Staccato House is about a freelance
journalist who stumbles across a mystery, and when he investigates further, his
life spirals out of control. The reader can enjoy the story and take it at face
value as an occult thriller and mystery/psychological novel, and an entertainment. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It's important at this stage to state that Staccato
House is a <i>work of fiction</i>, based
entirely on the imagination of the author, but that the 'logic' or 'structure' that is behind the workings of the plot, derives from numerous urban myths, conspiracy
theories, and arcane occult knowledge that can be found in libraries or on the
Internet. That's not to say they are universal truths- esoteric lore and arcane
knowledge does not tend to be studied in schools or taken too seriously by most
people, and such ideas or beliefs have of course not gone unchallenged. Staccato
House is a novel that includes some of those concepts as plot
elements. If you're interested in reading further for a richer understanding of my novel, then let me
introduce some of them. Should this pique your interest, then here is a list
should you wish to delve deeper- although it is not exhaustive by any means-but
<b>please do not assume the author subscribes to any of them, or is himself part of any such 'secret organisation'</b>! I found these ideas and theories intriguing and simply used them to enrich the details of my fictional novel: </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">First, the very famous example of the 'Illuminati conspiracy': </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.toplst.com/top-15-facts-about-the-illuminati-conspiracy/" target="_blank">https://www.toplst.com/top-15-facts-about-the-illuminati-conspiracy/</a> and </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.gotquestions.org/illuminati-conspiracy.html" target="_blank">http://www.gotquestions.org/illuminati-conspiracy.html</a> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Illuminati and the 'Mothers of Darkness'; also the so-called 'Mothers of Darkness' castle, the Chateau des Amerois in Belgium: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://illuminati-bloodlines.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/chateaux-des-amerois-mothers-of.html" target="_blank">http://illuminati-bloodlines.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/chateaux-des-amerois-mothers-of.html</a> I borrowed the name 'Amerois' and slightly altered it for the name of a character in my novel.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Monarch and MK-Ultra conspiracy theories: </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://conspiracy.wikia.com/wiki/Monarch_Mind_Control" target="_blank">http://conspiracy.wikia.com/wiki/Monarch_Mind_Control</a> and <a href="http://conspiracy.wikia.com/wiki/Project_MKULTRA" target="_blank">http://conspiracy.wikia.com/wiki/Project_MKULTRA</a> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Kabbalah (discussed in my previous post): </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://stevemace.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/the-kabbalah.html" target="_blank">http://stevemace.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/the-kabbalah.html</a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">These will give you the main background, but here are more obscure references and allusions in <i>Staccato House </i>and links for starting points for reading further should you wish:</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Staccato= <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/staccato" target="_blank">http://www.thefreedictionary.com/staccato</a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Eleusian Mysteries= <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries</a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The Green Dragon Society of Japan=</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/vida_alien/warheaven_warearth12a.htm" target="_blank">http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/vida_alien/warheaven_warearth12a.htm</a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Adrenochrome (drug)= <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrenochrome" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrenochrome</a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Baphomet/ Goat's Head of Mendes= <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baphomet" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baphomet</a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Enochian Magic= <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enochian_magic" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enochian_magic</a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The phrase 'Ordo ad Chao/Order out of chaos', the slogan of the 33rd degree of Freemasonry= <a href="http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/atlantean_conspiracy/atlantean_conspiracy49.htm" target="_blank">http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/atlantean_conspiracy/atlantean_conspiracy49.htm</a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The phrase 'As above, so below'=</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <a href="http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/a/below_above.html" target="_blank">http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/a/below_above.html</a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Cultural hegemony= <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_hegemony" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_hegemony</a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Socionics= <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socionics" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socionics</a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Sacred Book of Liber Primus/ the 'Cicada' internet conspiracy/hoax= </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://cicada3301.org/liber/" target="_blank">http://cicada3301.org/liber/</a> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Also a reference to the usage of the word 'cicada'= </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada_(mythology)" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada_(mythology)</a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;">The 'Nephalim' or 'Nephilim', various spellings= </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephilim" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephilim</a> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;">Antonin Artaud and 'The Theatre of Cruelty'=</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><a href="http://www.britannica.com/art/Theatre-of-Cruelty" target="_blank">http://www.britannica.com/art/Theatre-of-Cruelty</a> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;">The central character in my novel is a 'Gemini'=</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><a href="http://gnosticteachings.org/books-by-samael-aun-weor/esoteric-treatise-of-hermetic-astrology/1425-gemini.html" target="_blank">http://gnosticteachings.org/books-by-samael-aun-weor/esoteric-treatise-of-hermetic-astrology/1425-gemini.html</a> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;">"Weaving Spiders Come Not Here", a quote from Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Nights Dream' and motto of the Bohemian Grove=</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Grove" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Grove</a> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;">The Denver International Airport conspiracy theories and mysteries=</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><a href="http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Denver_Airport_conspiracy_theories">http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Denver_Airport_conspiracy_theories</a> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/61740/5-weird-conspiracy-theories-surrounding-denver-international-airport" target="_blank">http://mentalfloss.com/article/61740/5-weird-conspiracy-theories-surrounding-denver-international-airport</a> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;">"Energy never dies"- a scientific principle as well as spiritualist=</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><a href="http://blavatskytheosophy.com/death-and-the-afterlife/" target="_blank">http://blavatskytheosophy.com/death-and-the-afterlife/</a> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;">The Double-headed eagle in Freemasonry=</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"> <a href="http://pierre.mollier.perso.sfr.fr/articles/PM-12-Double-Headed-Eagle.pdf" target="_blank">http://pierre.mollier.perso.sfr.fr/articles/PM-12-Double-Headed-Eagle.pdf</a> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;">O.T.O, or Ordo Templi Orientis and link to Aleister Crowley= </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordo_Templi_Orientis" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordo_Templi_Orientis</a> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;">The Georgia Guidestones= </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><a href="http://vigilantcitizen.com/sinistersites/sinister-sites-the-georgia-guidestones/" target="_blank">http://vigilantcitizen.com/sinistersites/sinister-sites-the-georgia-guidestones/</a> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;">The Alchemical process of transformation=</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><a href="http://www.sufismus.ch/assets/files/omega_dream/alchemy_e.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.sufismus.ch/assets/files/omega_dream/alchemy_e.pdf</a> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;">Khabarovsk war crimes trials= </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khabarovsk_War_Crime_Trials">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khabarovsk_War_Crime_Trials</a> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731</a> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><a href="http://www.unit731.org/" target="_blank">http://www.unit731.org/</a></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><a href="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2001/06/05/commentary/world-commentary/the-trial-of-unit-731/#.VnFbTUqLSM8" target="_blank">http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2001/06/05/commentary/world-commentary/the-trial-of-unit-731/#.VnFbTUqLSM8</a> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;">A few additional links as starting points about Nazi Germany, the Thule and Vril Societies and Nazi research into the occult=</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><a href="http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/sociopol_thule05.htm" target="_blank">http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/sociopol_thule05.htm</a> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><a href="http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/sociopol_brotherhoodss12.htm" target="_blank">http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/sociopol_brotherhoodss12.htm</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vril" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vril</a> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism_and_occultism" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism_and_occultism</a> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Mengele" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Mengele</a></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
</div>
Steve Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106280039833965495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141916909014109441.post-58839567815818678632015-12-06T14:52:00.001-08:002015-12-06T14:53:09.285-08:00Coming soon<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Watch
this space...</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXj2u89rN-j7p5feyTDQtaJ354mrcuyR2NwGGhPqQC95yKmpBa1T92xVYojdRkjG2gQq5G-ZlPmUjUCXJ8_mIcNAAM934XSi77W3WNbywCeLilex0YmAn_MBh55d6fhCIUl6pjChx5CpI/s1600/Staccato+House+MOCKUP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXj2u89rN-j7p5feyTDQtaJ354mrcuyR2NwGGhPqQC95yKmpBa1T92xVYojdRkjG2gQq5G-ZlPmUjUCXJ8_mIcNAAM934XSi77W3WNbywCeLilex0YmAn_MBh55d6fhCIUl6pjChx5CpI/s640/Staccato+House+MOCKUP.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
Steve Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106280039833965495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141916909014109441.post-90129542820023131062015-12-05T08:13:00.000-08:002015-12-05T08:13:04.610-08:00Urban myth: A Message from the future<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">You can find sources of inspiration for fiction anywhere.
Sometimes even, amongst the trolls and supercilious commentators, on internet
forums. I saw this interesting discussion about a so-called 'message from the future' while I was browsing online, researching
conspiracy theories and I noted it down. It falls into the category of urban myth, or a televisual hoax that fooled people. I don't
necessarily doubt the veracity of the person who is relating what he saw, it's
just that most likely it was a advertising gimmick, a promotion for an upcoming
television series or film. Nevertheless, it makes an intriguing story and
perhaps the starting point for the premise of a separate work of fiction:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I remember this, at least I remember an
incident such as this. This is what I recall.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">It was on Channel 4 and it was an
advert break. In the middle of one of the advertisements the television made a
bizarre noise with interference, not like simulated interference but I recall
the television itself making a low pitched buzz.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">There was a woman in black standing on
a platform with the camera panning in and out, and side to side. It was similar
to when they have remote control cameras attached on ropes to four sides of a
football stadium roof, that physically focuses in to where the action is.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I recall the last words she said was
something like "We will leave you to your future", the television
made the same strange buzz/interference and the broadcast resumed in the middle
of an Audi advert.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I can understand the flippant replies
as it sounds a far fetched tale but it had quite a profound effect at the time.
I too had Googled for other people who had seen this or similar incidents and
this is the first time I have found anything.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Regarding dates, I can't be precise but
I saw this in a house that I lived in between 1986 and 1992.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Here is the original link for this post that intrigued me, and the forum thread: <a href="http://www.sciforums.com/threads/message-from-the-future.34713/" target="_blank">http://www.sciforums.com/threads/message-from-the-future.34713/</a></span></span></div>
Steve Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106280039833965495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141916909014109441.post-3048632044163795852015-12-04T06:20:00.000-08:002015-12-04T06:20:11.839-08:00The Kabbalah<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">As
part of the background research for my new book <i>Staccato House, </i>I
undertook a great deal of research into the occult, and into conspiracy theories which related to occult knowledge and traditions. I was very interested in weaving these themes into my story (a work of fiction, of course). There is a great deal of esoteric and arcane knowledge which is available out there, but
is rarely ever formally studied- this made it intriguing as a sideline hobby to explore while I was working on the plot elements of <i>Staccato House</i> and in the process of writing
my novel. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Central to much of Western occult theory is the Kabbalah. The Kabbalah, or Cabala is synonymous with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeticism" target="_blank">Hermeticism</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermetic_Qabalah" target="_blank">Hermetic occult magic</a>. Our word in English, '<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabal" target="_blank">cabal</a>' which means a secret organised group of people, derives from this name. The Cabala was Jewish-Babylonian
'magic', according to occultists. It began to get widespread notice in Europe
after the Enlightenment period.
The Great Pyramid according to the occult is a symbol of the Cabalistic Tree of Life- the branches of the tree form the
four streams or lines to the base of
the pyramid. Here are some pictorial representations of the 'Kabbalah': </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-viTIVlCK0LJzuTKQEsM4eyvo1TlYHiZ-DpeLT2-a68TsaTEnp55WHmmxr_O7mun0YxP-LURwvVtHJOhoYGxO-mhKyF_xFf5TDK85ZfrzDVXJrvUMSTz4BSe1EjFZz0oR2BwR-iWd1h8/s1600/Albero_della_Vita_di_Davide_Tonato.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-viTIVlCK0LJzuTKQEsM4eyvo1TlYHiZ-DpeLT2-a68TsaTEnp55WHmmxr_O7mun0YxP-LURwvVtHJOhoYGxO-mhKyF_xFf5TDK85ZfrzDVXJrvUMSTz4BSe1EjFZz0oR2BwR-iWd1h8/s640/Albero_della_Vita_di_Davide_Tonato.jpg" width="312" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVVXhuIeIEtnAvpx4t0dTuRelLEN4MrD02PrHShkFeLkSN0xB2nnQjvZtoD6IScyTlfJb7rKFelau3Cc4lfEVV8lQ4tXPw9fKUzerU7PsQP26SE19fEhjHQpa1SRmbqrbzEen36YfMUwc/s1600/golden+key+tuned.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVVXhuIeIEtnAvpx4t0dTuRelLEN4MrD02PrHShkFeLkSN0xB2nnQjvZtoD6IScyTlfJb7rKFelau3Cc4lfEVV8lQ4tXPw9fKUzerU7PsQP26SE19fEhjHQpa1SRmbqrbzEen36YfMUwc/s640/golden+key+tuned.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxSdM-a0KnkflUUrlKA5-fg9n4TQgEutwkabae4dMC1RYr4aQKlP3GzdZYs2GPIh2BHNorPplQiLfjIVXjl3TE9qIP2MQxpEfoA8djNQ21Ni49EG22o-UNGxq6E54tZSxJJhDwrg57sjo/s1600/kabbalahtreelife.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxSdM-a0KnkflUUrlKA5-fg9n4TQgEutwkabae4dMC1RYr4aQKlP3GzdZYs2GPIh2BHNorPplQiLfjIVXjl3TE9qIP2MQxpEfoA8djNQ21Ni49EG22o-UNGxq6E54tZSxJJhDwrg57sjo/s640/kabbalahtreelife.gif" width="372" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge1h-zR3ynXl1IAvR61eJtkOkNXh_nmwbMprKKLbnYNxocfBsg6p5XeQe8pu1BVBlg4xufU2TuKONW_58PHBuMYNmTeamKFYahLLVUgNz6bCHXhu_kb3qGrGjsN9qD4jDhbqvaSRFD7gc/s1600/kabbtree.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge1h-zR3ynXl1IAvR61eJtkOkNXh_nmwbMprKKLbnYNxocfBsg6p5XeQe8pu1BVBlg4xufU2TuKONW_58PHBuMYNmTeamKFYahLLVUgNz6bCHXhu_kb3qGrGjsN9qD4jDhbqvaSRFD7gc/s640/kabbtree.gif" width="350" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: justify;">Here are various definitions and explanations of the 'Kabbalah' according to online sources:</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: justify;">The Jewish-mystic explanation of the Kabbalah: <a href="http://www.jewfaq.org/kabbalah.htm" target="_blank">http://www.jewfaq.org/kabbalah.htm</a></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: justify;">This is the introduction to the Kabbalah as explained by the official Kabbalah Centre, a form of New Age-spiritual enlightenment: <a href="https://www.kabbalah.com/what-kabbalah" target="_blank">https://www.kabbalah.com/what-kabbalah</a> </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: justify;">The Christian-occult versions of the Kabbalah explained in detail here: <a href="http://gnosis.org/jskabb1.htm" target="_blank">http://gnosis.org/jskabb1.htm</a> </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: justify;">Occult description of the Kabbalah and its meaning/use: <a href="http://www.occultopedia.com/k/kabbalah.htm" target="_blank">http://www.occultopedia.com/k/kabbalah.htm</a></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: justify;">Here is the dark conspiracy-theorist explanation of the importance of the Kabbalah to various popular conspiracy theories allegedly involving the Freemasons and Illuminati: </span><a href="http://www.texemarrs.com/012006/occult_magic_of_jewish_cabala.htm" style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: justify;" target="_blank">http://www.texemarrs.com/012006/occult_magic_of_jewish_cabala.htm</a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></div>
Steve Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106280039833965495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141916909014109441.post-65999099246616465722015-10-14T12:14:00.000-07:002015-10-14T12:14:27.435-07:00Publication News: "Fox-Curse" in The Stray Branch<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">My flash-fiction piece
"Fox-Curse" has been published in the latest issue (Fall/Winter) of
the literary magazine <i>The Stray Branch</i>,
edited by Debbie Berk.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">You can check out and purchase a copy of this issue from
Amazon Createspace here: </span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://www.createspace.com/5741011" target="_blank">https://www.createspace.com/5741011</a> </span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The Facebook Page for The Stray Branch is here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/The-Stray-Branch-136553993096921/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/The-Stray-Branch-136553993096921/</a></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Stray Branch website: <a href="http://www.thestraybranch.org/" target="_blank">http://www.thestraybranch.org/</a> </span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Editor Debbie Berk on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/debbiedberk" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/debbiedberk</a></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5C9kG3F4Qoytf8bMTo7RFOcKBpFeUXITFayBnUS2s40hwqfNmju3WWpR78nCSly5M6bqpp_e5j568SrH5fxT5596UWWbjqlGjnyraEnsK5x8YhYQ0tPke_Qnec8mSbW_EP5rHCbCbUuI/s1600/Stray+Branch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5C9kG3F4Qoytf8bMTo7RFOcKBpFeUXITFayBnUS2s40hwqfNmju3WWpR78nCSly5M6bqpp_e5j568SrH5fxT5596UWWbjqlGjnyraEnsK5x8YhYQ0tPke_Qnec8mSbW_EP5rHCbCbUuI/s640/Stray+Branch.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
Steve Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106280039833965495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141916909014109441.post-30564343065340666502015-09-22T03:15:00.001-07:002015-09-22T03:15:10.590-07:00Publication News- "The Vacancy" at KZine Issue 13<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My
horror-fantasy short story "The Vacancy" has been published in KZine
Issue 13 (unlucky for some...) It's a sinister tale about an unemployed man
living in an eerie, unknown city; he accepts a job offer at an ancient mansion
and begins work for a peculiar organisation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A few words about this story- "The
Vacancy" was mainly inspired by the monochrome visions of the comics artist David
Hine (see <a href="http://www.waitingfortrade.com/" target="_blank">his blog here</a> and <a href="http://www.comicvine.com/david-hine/4040-41695/" target="_blank">here</a>) and the writings of the notable American horror author Thomas
Ligotti. As a child I first became aware of Hine's artwork and tales in the now
defunct <i>Revolver</i> comic and 2000AD, and I was very impressed by Ligotti's work, notably his
collection <i>Teatro Grottesco</i>. Ligotti was also a major influence on the creators of the American drama series 'True Detective'. I admire Ligotti's fatalism and ability to capture the eerie and surreal to a disturbing extent, and I hoped to emulate that with my own story.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">'The
Vacancy' has been published along with several other authors and fine stories
in KZine Issue 13, which is available at Amazon here: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kzine-Issue-13-Maureen-Bowden-ebook/dp/B015B839OY" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kzine-Issue-13-Maureen-Bowden-ebook/dp/B015B839OY</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRyRDZNBx860vQFHlr7lgRd4a4-PlOuuhzoivd_aB2m01eLUVwDRfLBi3w7pbdE9TGQCozKbYR5I8SMhilCAEv6eNGcxr6IXO9ts8FOoO_yUTbGAwzGycLnsdL8Z-9gR3y0z70u_noORQ/s1600/KZine+Image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRyRDZNBx860vQFHlr7lgRd4a4-PlOuuhzoivd_aB2m01eLUVwDRfLBi3w7pbdE9TGQCozKbYR5I8SMhilCAEv6eNGcxr6IXO9ts8FOoO_yUTbGAwzGycLnsdL8Z-9gR3y0z70u_noORQ/s640/KZine+Image.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
Steve Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106280039833965495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141916909014109441.post-44776563851007261632015-06-03T09:42:00.004-07:002015-06-03T09:42:35.828-07:00Echoes and Exiles: available in paperback<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Publication Update: It is now possible to buy my short story collection "Echoes and Exiles" as a
paperback from Amazon:</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Echoes-Exiles-Steven-Mace/dp/1511997699" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Echoes-Exiles-Steven-Mace/dp/1511997699</a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JtxkQt9GM0VucyX8Go0d8y5ICZepOZFmx95xO6DPTsfbBRdKMOg8Ehf7ZUH5HznjeVghRG8EQ9tLQiLYDoRle2EKLwluwANhVc2Ur-ToVZh_-X7ioIsIDDYSM5CXS-M6sHk_x-N8iC4/s1600/20150529_121341.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JtxkQt9GM0VucyX8Go0d8y5ICZepOZFmx95xO6DPTsfbBRdKMOg8Ehf7ZUH5HznjeVghRG8EQ9tLQiLYDoRle2EKLwluwANhVc2Ur-ToVZh_-X7ioIsIDDYSM5CXS-M6sHk_x-N8iC4/s400/20150529_121341.jpg" width="225" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn9cuyT4MJpll8bON-zNnT12mOjEHxByK-FXHu9WAmNCnXYQhXYHi-OJODaLoaLCD__OD2xGcTyAHT1Gs9frkzI3R_Uf142NGeBUeyTsIwQvqOJYRGrf8mplQ-Xsdd8N-9Bl4YzSTSGV0/s1600/20150529_131146.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn9cuyT4MJpll8bON-zNnT12mOjEHxByK-FXHu9WAmNCnXYQhXYHi-OJODaLoaLCD__OD2xGcTyAHT1Gs9frkzI3R_Uf142NGeBUeyTsIwQvqOJYRGrf8mplQ-Xsdd8N-9Bl4YzSTSGV0/s400/20150529_131146.jpg" width="225" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHfPU5rXmsx2K3b-_VqvHrvLz5Xgy5gCTQwUqM3L3fJqU14lZMs3Yu7nw6ycwRT6U_sYsmj-VOlW_AvFYRxyfdQCv205W6imxfr4yjBVeFemiWFJwE5MA3Fu20sZlCpccqwM0u55v5hSo/s1600/20150529_121136.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHfPU5rXmsx2K3b-_VqvHrvLz5Xgy5gCTQwUqM3L3fJqU14lZMs3Yu7nw6ycwRT6U_sYsmj-VOlW_AvFYRxyfdQCv205W6imxfr4yjBVeFemiWFJwE5MA3Fu20sZlCpccqwM0u55v5hSo/s400/20150529_121136.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
Steve Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106280039833965495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141916909014109441.post-81336133313462350882015-05-09T09:20:00.001-07:002015-05-09T10:33:15.672-07:00Echoes and Exiles- new short story collection<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I'm very pleased to announce the publication of my latest book, Echoes and Exiles, which is a collection of my most recent short stories.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">You can currently buy 'Echoes and Exiles' as a Kindle book from Amazon: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Echoes-Exiles-Steven-Mace-ebook/dp/B00WSW0POE" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Echoes-Exiles-Steven-Mace-ebook/dp/B00WSW0POE</a></span><span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">as an e-book from Smashwords: <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/538946" target="_blank">https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/538946 </a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">or in print form from Lulu: <a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/steven-mace/echoes-and-exiles/paperback/product-22149194.html" target="_blank">http://www.lulu.com/shop/steven-mace/echoes-and-exiles/paperback/product-22149194.html </a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">I hope to make a print copy at Amazon CreateSpace available very soon.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">This is the cover artwork for <i>Echoes and Exiles</i> by Derren Toussaint, alias MonkeysvsRobots.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"><br /></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj11xO-IMtqV6o4sFkzwwE6WKx_Euq0q5cbpNQfjZlLLtDtn6tCgdRA87Zy8FSFdzWti3AQ4pHJ8NbmE1t-EmKNhOLyCwxNKb8FdLBKMte86BFsi29IlTcHjZaoxSLGkLIPsHcp-Mge1Kk/s1600/Echoes+and+Exiles+Book+cover+Release.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj11xO-IMtqV6o4sFkzwwE6WKx_Euq0q5cbpNQfjZlLLtDtn6tCgdRA87Zy8FSFdzWti3AQ4pHJ8NbmE1t-EmKNhOLyCwxNKb8FdLBKMte86BFsi29IlTcHjZaoxSLGkLIPsHcp-Mge1Kk/s640/Echoes+and+Exiles+Book+cover+Release.png" width="420" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Echoes and Exiles" cover artwork by Derren Toussaint</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Derren's portfolio can be found here at his website: <a href="http://www.monkeysvsrobots.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.monkeysvsrobots.co.uk/</a></span><span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> and Derren's Facebook Page is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MonkeysvsRobots" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/MonkeysvsRobots</a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>The Background to Echoes and Exiles, and some words about the stories</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I wanted to write a few words here about the background to each of the stories. </span><i style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Echoes and Exiles</i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> comprises short stories I've written between
2011-2014, some of which have already been published in various magazines and
webzines. There are only a few exceptions from an earlier period in my writing
career. 'The Prodigal' was an earlier story, one of the very first I ever
wrote, back in the 1990s. 'Moonlight Bay' was rewritten in 2011 or 2012 from an
earlier fragment of writing which also dates from the 1990s. There is one more
early story- 'The Baron's Cheesecake', which is a children's story and is
included in the final section.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Echoes and Exiles</span></i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> is divided into three sections:
firstly, the short stories which are compiled under the 'Echoes' theme;
secondly, the short stories with an 'Exiles' theme; and finally a bonus
Appendix section which contains all of my unpublished shorter work which has
been so far completed: children's stories, flash fiction, and script ideas. I
wrote three scripts entitled 'Golem', 'The Dragon King' and 'Old Man Tanzagan'
which were based on ancient myths, and which were intended for an animation
project.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In 2011, when I first began preparing this book, I originally
conceived <i>Echoes and Exiles </i>as a
collection of plays, or scripts, rather than short stories. Many of the short
stories began their fiction-life that way. For example, this is the case with
'A Marriage of Convenience', 'Casting Stones', 'Civilian', 'Here, Kitty Kitty',
'Pariah', 'Sharks', 'The Accidental Author', 'The Ballad of Leonard and Mary',
'This Machine' and 'The Astronaut's Audition'. They were plays, with staged
scenes/settings and dialogue- or, in the case of 'This Machine', a monologue-
and each one had a contemporary setting, apart from the futuristic 'Astronaut's
Audition'. A third of the way through this project, my plan altered and I
reverted back to writing short prose fiction, where I felt more comfortable. I
then rewrote the original 'plays' as short stories. This is partly why this
collection is so eclectic and varied in terms of genre. It contains
contemporary fiction, urban fiction, fantasy fiction, speculative fiction,
suspense fiction and horror fiction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The stories are loosely bound by the respective dual themes
of 'Echoes' and 'Exiles'. 'Echoes' might be consequences of actions; memories;
delusions; or ghosts- real and imagined. 'Exiles' refers to banishment,
isolation, imprisonment, wanderers, pariahs and those who are lost. The two
themes are not mutually exclusive despite the division of the stories into two
different sections, and indeed both themes do overlap in several of the tales.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Here are a few brief words about each of the stories in the
collection:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>'Echoes' section</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Whispers on the Airwaves<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A sinister SF suspense tale set in a remote Martian space
colony. One premise for the circumstances of this story was based upon the
concept of pareidolia: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i>"Whispers
on the Airwaves" was originally published at Darker Times (September 2013) and selected
as a September competition runner-up, it was also included in the Darker Times
Anthology Vol 5</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Astronaut's Audition<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is one of the stories in this collection which began
life as a play. This SF story explores the idea of having an identical double,
or doppelgänger, as a result of a teleportation accident.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Foreshadowing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is a weird piece of Twilight-Zone style shlock horror,
about a flight attendant who accidently stumbles into a nightmarish parallel
dimension.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i>"The
Foreshadowing" was originally published in the 4th May 2014 (159th) edition of Schlock Magazine</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Goat's Milk<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A dark horror tale dealing with satanic echoes from the past.
It wasn't so much the Wicker Man-style witchcraft in a remote community
elements which inspired this, but the single image of a child lying awake in
bed, frightened by mysterious etchings in luminous paint which are daubed on
the bedroom wall.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Alchemist's Dream<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">An SF story influenced by the writing of Isaac Asimov,
describing the epic history of an alien planet's rise and fall in the short
story medium.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Unlimited Shelf Life<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is a humorous SF/Fantasy story set in what I would
describe as hyper-reality: an exaggerated version of the real world with
fantastic elements, an alternate comic-book form of reality. This was
influenced by the diverse sources of the TV series Mad Men, Marvel and DC
comics and the works of Thomas Pynchon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i>"Unlimited
Shelf Life" was originally published in Aphelion Webzine, Issue 185, Vol.18 (June 2014)</i> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Ice Castle<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is a short story about the theme of domestic violence
and abusive marriages, with reference to this article: <a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/why-are-so-many-high-i-q-battered-wives-married-to-men-with-low-e-q" target="_blank">http://www.examiner.com/article/why-are-so-many-high-i-q-battered-wives-married-to-men-with-low-e-q</a> This was additionally inspired by a true story related to me by a friend. My friend
described someone she knew whose ex-husband drugged her and kept her as a
virtual prisoner in their home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Moonlight Bay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is a weird supernatural tale set in Cornwall, about dark
family secrets and a race of subterranean creatures. I wrote an earlier version
or fragment of this story many years ago before re-writing and completing it
for this collection.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i>"Moonlight
Bay" was originally published in Hellfire Crossroads Vol.3 (July 2014) </i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Automatic Boy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is an experimental story written in a style which I'd
describe as 'dream-fiction'. At first this story appears to be a
straight-forward nostalgic reminisce upon old schooldays before exploring stranger
territory.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Spy Glass<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is a supernatural fantasy tale about a mysterious spy
glass, a device that seems to open a window between space and time while
cursing those who are unfortunate to possess it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i>"The
Spy Glass" was originally published in Sanitarium Magazine Issue 023 (July 2014) </i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Winter's Promise<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Another supernatural horror-fantasy tale, about a woman
trapped in a mountainside cabin during a snowstorm. Things start to go bump in
the night. This one plays on the idea of Jack Frost, or some form of
supernatural snow-entity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i>"Winter's
Promise" was originally published in the Blysster Press Crypticon Anthology (April 2013)</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Casting Stones<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is about ghosts, purgatory and the afterlife. Although
the last of the 'Echoes' stories, I suppose it's also an 'Exiles' story- a
ghost in exile from life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>'Exiles' section</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Prodigal<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is the earliest-written short story in this collection.
It's about a teenage runaway, his dark secret and his demonic pursuer. The
changes to the original for the recently published version were minimal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i>"The
Prodigal" was originally published in InnerSins Webzine (Issue 18, Fall 2014)</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This Machine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is another of the stories which owes its structure to
the fact that it was originally conceived as a play. Much of the original
script version was a monologue. The 'exile' in this story is a man socially
excluded and isolated, who has fallen into criminal behaviour. His personal
situation brings out his hopelessness and personal darkness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i>"This
Machine" was originally published in full in Suspense Magazine (November 2012), and the Urban Story website (online in
abbreviated form, October 2012)</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Ballad of Leonard and Mary<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Another story which began life as a play, with some similar
themes to a previous short story I wrote, entitled 'Dignity', which appeared in
my second short story collection <i>The
Splendour of Shadows</i>. In this story, an elderly couple take in a mysterious
and malevolent lodger.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i>"The
Ballad of Leonard and Mary" was originally published in Suspense Magazine (October 2012) </i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Civilian<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This was just an excuse to wheel out the character Doreen
Hawes, the Job Centre employee from Hell and scourge of all benefits claimants,
who also appears in my short story 'The Vacancy'. This story considers the idea
of the 'exile' in the form of an ex-soldier who deserted his regiment and faced
court-martial, who is now ostracised by both the army and the system. Another
story that was a play.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Lonely Parade<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This SF story was written as a grim, dystopian vision of a
near-future Britain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Accidental Author<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is a playful, darkly humorous story about an aspiring
writer who finds his work plagiarised, with both comical and tragic
consequences.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Virtuatronics<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A dark SF story about the dangers of consumerism and
self-exile: in this case, seeking to escape from grim reality into a fantasy
world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i>"Virtuatronics" was originally published on the Five Stop Story website (online, November 2012)</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Pariah<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Another story which originally began life as a play exploring
the theme of the exile. 'Pariah' is about a particular form of isolation, and
the idea that appearances can be deceptive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sharks<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Another short story that was originally a play. This is about
a robbery at a city store, written from the point of view of the 'exile'- a
character with Asperger's syndrome who is innocently caught up in a chain of
violent events.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Trojan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Old fashioned space opera SF, about a team of galactic space
salvagers who stumble across something nasty in deepest Space. The title is a
double play on the 'Trojan horse' and the computer virus. I lifted the name of
the ship captain from a famous real-life local Doningtonian: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Flinders" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Flinders</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Walls of Glass<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The exile in this story is a domestic terrorist- and his
motivations and his fatal purpose are explored in this tale.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A Marriage of Convenience<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A tongue-in-cheek, light supernatural tale written with
humorous intention, which along with 'Unlimited Shelf Life' has the purpose of
lightening the bleak, dark mood of most of stories in this collection.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Here, Kitty Kitty<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A violent suspense story laced with dark humour. It is based
around the idea of home invasion, and is about a psychopathic drifter who lives
a vagrant existence, targeting isolated lonely victims.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Appendix</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Children's Stories<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Although they don't entirely fit in with the tone of the
adult-oriented stories in this book, I decided to include a few unpublished children's
stories in the book, to find a home for them and serve the purpose of
collecting my work so far. The first of these, and oldest, is 'The Baron's
Cheesecake', which dates from the 1990s and is a medieval fantasy/fairy tale
about a quest to find elusive silver pears, which turn out to be not quite so
elusive as first thought. The second is 'King of Towering Spires', which is
about a giant talking mouse, the 'King Mouse' of the title. The last and
longest story is 'The Countess and the Water Mill'. This is a grim fairy tale
fantasy which is darker in tone than the other two children's stories here,
concerning an evil, ghastly Countess and a water-sprite.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Flash Fiction<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Three flash fiction pieces that I decided to collect in this
book for similar reasons: 'Fox-Curse', which is about witchcraft, a poisoning
and a live burial; 'A Hair's Breadth', which is about the dreary existence of
the average office worker in the corporate world; 'In the Dead of Night', which
is a horror piece with Nosferatu-style imagery.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Scripts<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I wrote some scripts based on old myths and legends for
animation or some other form of performance, and which I also decided to
include here. 'Golem' is based on the Jewish myth of the supernatural creature: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golem" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golem</a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmZknyDJ2ejI5LJTnDybfuojPDWjKYXTX0IAu0oGtpnQKdmStZcPvV_gWm5hGOSv3Lx_a-hM2iwo9Ytu01T8EK6lDGUBdnxySvI0k771-9lM8969K4vxoaK3Sbs3dozoWjjsVtAaXvcLQ/s1600/golem+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmZknyDJ2ejI5LJTnDybfuojPDWjKYXTX0IAu0oGtpnQKdmStZcPvV_gWm5hGOSv3Lx_a-hM2iwo9Ytu01T8EK6lDGUBdnxySvI0k771-9lM8969K4vxoaK3Sbs3dozoWjjsVtAaXvcLQ/s400/golem+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original artwork for my script 'The Golem' by A E Mana</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">'The Dragon King' is a Chinese legend
updated to a modern Middle Eastern setting, and 'Old Man Tanzagan' is based on
an old Altai myth. These three myths were collected in a favourite book of
mine, entitled <i>Folk Tales and Legends, </i>which I owned as a child: <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/title/folk-tales-and-legends/oclc/9305771" target="_blank">http://www.worldcat.org/title/folk-tales-and-legends/oclc/9305771</a>.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I
wrote my own Golem story, and updated the Chinese Dragon King myth into a
modern version. 'Old Man Tanzagan' is very much based on the original myth, and
I have changed very little.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
Steve Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106280039833965495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141916909014109441.post-48595187595858779082015-03-28T11:55:00.003-07:002015-03-28T11:55:56.991-07:00Coming soonWatch this space...<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ0XVzHsT4aX5JUVTLai4ljkY_9lXtAfS7a16IfSuiq-p42qjx21yYzyeXQtWzCEDA4Z-c8UvnP8_CabuJx1Hc_31JWOURIZRjJL23BU3rKNa-3uX_yNRrCeGaEweyj8B1CkrQhInVl_I/s1600/EchoesandExilesBook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ0XVzHsT4aX5JUVTLai4ljkY_9lXtAfS7a16IfSuiq-p42qjx21yYzyeXQtWzCEDA4Z-c8UvnP8_CabuJx1Hc_31JWOURIZRjJL23BU3rKNa-3uX_yNRrCeGaEweyj8B1CkrQhInVl_I/s1600/EchoesandExilesBook.jpg" height="540" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />Steve Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106280039833965495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141916909014109441.post-34214603923448230842015-03-20T12:21:00.002-07:002015-03-21T06:32:20.324-07:00The Splendour of Shadows (2011 short story collection)<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Where you can buy The Splendour of Shadows:</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Lulu (hard print copy): <a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/steven-mace/the-splendour-of-shadows/paperback/product-22049351.html" target="_blank">http://www.lulu.com/shop/steven-mace/the-splendour-of-shadows/paperback/product-22049351.html</a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">Amazon Kindle (eBook for Kindle version): <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Splendour-Shadows-Steven-Mace-ebook/dp/B005JJU322" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Splendour-Shadows-Steven-Mace-ebook/dp/B005JJU322</a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">Smashwords (eBook version): <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/295027" target="_blank">http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/295027</a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAYNveX1hT2EsvYQ8I3CYS1HnXQB7d_eBjJrZVOKDy4v5sWK2i27FK9hEZ4RckKmVMpl4FvFichHkNVUON6BEqh6OCM-gUGLIy9VgjqsprHytlCtRjoq8MWshxHwbesCSGV3LkvBZJqcs/s1600/FearNoMore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAYNveX1hT2EsvYQ8I3CYS1HnXQB7d_eBjJrZVOKDy4v5sWK2i27FK9hEZ4RckKmVMpl4FvFichHkNVUON6BEqh6OCM-gUGLIy9VgjqsprHytlCtRjoq8MWshxHwbesCSGV3LkvBZJqcs/s1600/FearNoMore.jpg" height="400" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cover artwork for <i>The Splendour of Shadows</i>: "Fear No More" by Janne Olkkonen</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">After </span><i style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Copper Moon Rising</i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><i style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Beyond Twilight</i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">, and </span><i style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Pirate Princess</i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> were published in 2010, I had plenty of ideas for a new
collection of short stories, entitled </span><i style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Splendour of Shadows</i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. All of the stories in this collection were written
between 2010 and 2011, with the exception of 'Bloodlines', which I had an earlier draft for, but rewrote in this period. Many of the stories in </span><i style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Splendour of Shadows</i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> were almost mini-novellas rather than standard modern
short stories, with lengths ranging between 10,000 and 25,000 words.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Vortex</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">'Vortex' is
my favourite story out of everything I have written so far, and is pure
metaphysical/speculative fiction/fantasy. It's as original as anything I have
attempted to write, but it has obvious influences such as demonic possession
fiction; Clive Barker's metaphysical horror fantasies; and an important comic
series which ran in the comic 2000AD during the late 1980s and early 1990s. It
was called <i>Indigo Prime</i>, and was
written by John Smith. <i>Indigo Prime</i>
is really the starting point for the characters of Peregrine Lascombe and
Victor Phalange, then I took it all in my own direction. I see 'Vortex' as part
of a broader Cycle of stories, entitled the Arcadian Chronicles. These are
about a universe where an organisation known as the Arcadian Vortex exist,
controlled by a female triad with god-like powers known as 'The Matriarchy'. These
include several stories published in this collection- most notably 'The Silent
Path' and 'Bloodlines'- and many more still to be revealed in publication.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It was illustrated by A Mana, and her artwork captured the eerie feel of the story:</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxPspvFvh0cCYYcdkZoQMyBFXxd6x74c2cBmOC8UxXMbRN5xeOfc5fvEYWosqdb6tY-q4GhPUGk3ITWpGKQoxLLXIl-eFQmmR4ZBGsObExahNBsHUpj3sKh7ZKNvE-MfLXT4unKV-ajaQ/s1600/Elaine+is+no+longer+Elaine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxPspvFvh0cCYYcdkZoQMyBFXxd6x74c2cBmOC8UxXMbRN5xeOfc5fvEYWosqdb6tY-q4GhPUGk3ITWpGKQoxLLXIl-eFQmmR4ZBGsObExahNBsHUpj3sKh7ZKNvE-MfLXT4unKV-ajaQ/s1600/Elaine+is+no+longer+Elaine.jpg" height="320" width="223" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig1WXFsRKas-cnSYo8u2CkaMNx8U-CoEQk2Scj5hdBamV25eUpao31TyGQkDFiTB-WsBTjqf6edQufBbQKVHJg4I8m5VzXdqTrFKbFfKZp9fsnUa3RZaBNyEQZ66X6B7cgYLeuCLJSF_k/s1600/Halo+van+Troost+&+Peregrine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig1WXFsRKas-cnSYo8u2CkaMNx8U-CoEQk2Scj5hdBamV25eUpao31TyGQkDFiTB-WsBTjqf6edQufBbQKVHJg4I8m5VzXdqTrFKbFfKZp9fsnUa3RZaBNyEQZ66X6B7cgYLeuCLJSF_k/s1600/Halo+van+Troost+&+Peregrine.jpg" height="219" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip1aFnC44dqij6jGcK7He5XBG7C4lqKzPF7l9GEyNm3u6o8gag9ShbrduBNwDueCsu6j9GMhLwXo-WvNbQQNJHqnbty1Y_ViG5zX3PgiF2sUShAd17aiGZwz7EBrdV-b_T25SPvVSaAOw/s1600/The+Caskets+inside+the+Arcadian+Vortex.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip1aFnC44dqij6jGcK7He5XBG7C4lqKzPF7l9GEyNm3u6o8gag9ShbrduBNwDueCsu6j9GMhLwXo-WvNbQQNJHqnbty1Y_ViG5zX3PgiF2sUShAd17aiGZwz7EBrdV-b_T25SPvVSaAOw/s1600/The+Caskets+inside+the+Arcadian+Vortex.jpg" height="320" width="209" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvexAX-qdSkj4V4eB9wwMDLyAI38PcONehpShO38D7G-smKcAQ8nsboXpGbh_MiMNu1mPdJrF65ZAt3dv_65OvOmehxmFrL5sksSJsdzt0EDkeC8gXU4LhAOLfXRC2LYNSIp2SZELituU/s1600/The+Matriarchs+and+the+Skin-Bird.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvexAX-qdSkj4V4eB9wwMDLyAI38PcONehpShO38D7G-smKcAQ8nsboXpGbh_MiMNu1mPdJrF65ZAt3dv_65OvOmehxmFrL5sksSJsdzt0EDkeC8gXU4LhAOLfXRC2LYNSIp2SZELituU/s1600/The+Matriarchs+and+the+Skin-Bird.jpg" height="215" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhMIpT5GJp9qrlyS3mMGSiKmP8UrYhxU35Km9iFQtzv5g9ioRLwoILzoikU0zXNwjAj14b6EGrtD7SBF8QrwK_4CpGwzEIr1SBC-2eCfq1mO2g-8jlfLJiwdAPqX5mx71WCaOlLYCZYKo/s1600/The+Remnant+in+control+of+Elaine's%2Bbody%2C%2Btrying%2Bto%2Bget%2Bto%2BCharlie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhMIpT5GJp9qrlyS3mMGSiKmP8UrYhxU35Km9iFQtzv5g9ioRLwoILzoikU0zXNwjAj14b6EGrtD7SBF8QrwK_4CpGwzEIr1SBC-2eCfq1mO2g-8jlfLJiwdAPqX5mx71WCaOlLYCZYKo/s1600/The+Remnant+in+control+of+Elaine's%2Bbody%2C%2Btrying%2Bto%2Bget%2Bto%2BCharlie.jpg" height="226" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">'Vortex' was published in Diabolique Magazine's <i>Exhumation Collection</i> in January 2014.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>The Planet
of the Dead</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Zombies are
now a very familiar theme in SF and Horror, and in recent years this trope/genre has
been done to death if you'll excuse the pun, similarly so with vampires before it.
Originally I had a video game-style concept in mind for this story which was
written back in 2010- hence the entire premise for a planet full of zombies
which need to be killed, the retrieval of a mysterious artefact, etc. The main
opportunity for me in this story though was to revisit the Mortius Vendaker
space salvager agency, who originally appeared in the short story 'Red', in <i>Beyond Twilight</i>. This particular story concerns a
space salvager named Johnny Volta, a mysterious and precious artefact and...a
planet full of flesh-eating zombies. I mean, what more could you want? It's all
good fun in an exciting SF adventure tale with nasty surprises.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>The
Promenade</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Derelict
seaside towns are a setting which fascinate me, I'm attracted to the whole
ambience and feel of bleak places which have seen better days; which seem to
hibernate for half of the year and only come alive in tourist season. There is
a contrast there, which you can imagine being like a fairground clown's mask
which hides an unspeakable truth; or garish fresh paint applied to the chipped,
worn wood of a guesthouse sign which has stood for decades. These towns seem
like places ripe for stories: involving nostalgia, hidden secrets, romantic
relationships, personal frustrations, reclusive natures. 'The Promenade' can
best be summarised as a realist delve into melodrama and nostalgia. It's about
a homeless girl and is a tale of unrequited love and tragedy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Dignity</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I had an
idea for a story about some kind of conspiracy in a residential home for
retired elderly people, tinged with dark humour. Then I started to think about
whether the conspiracy existed at all, or if an elderly man's mind was playing
tricks on him. There was a certain poignancy to that, and so the story is a
blend of that sadness and black comedy. The central character in this story is
an elderly man named Walter. His busy daughter can no longer cope with looking
after him, so he has to move into a nursing home. There he succumbs to his
demons of loneliness, paranoia and sadness while being treated dismissively by
the staff. I wanted to write a story about how poorly our Western society
sometimes treats elderly people, and this was my attempt at a sympathetic
treatment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Retribution,
Repentance</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I'm going
all Guy Ritchie with this one, for want of a better description. It's <i>Layer
Cake</i> meets <i>Revolver</i> I suppose,
with a little bit of Stephen King influence. There were a couple of stories in King's <i>Nightmares and Dreamscapes</i> collection, 'The Fifth Quarter' and 'My Pretty Pony', which were on my mind. I wanted to explore the character
of a hitman through the story's first person narrator: his childhood and
beginnings, his introduction to the world of organised crime and aspects of his
psychopathic personality. He is assigned to one last job before his retirement.
He thinks back on his life and the series of events that have led him to that
particular moment. Essentially it's the study of a psychopath on the verge of a
breakdown, with a macabre twist.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>The Goddess
Tree</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A monk must
go on a search, both physical and metaphysical, to retrieve the elixir that
will cure the terminal illness of his superior. The appeal of this story for
me, which still lingers, is not the actual quest but the fantasy world it
evokes. The Brothers at the Monastery of Sacred Truth and Destiny are
religious, but their Earth Mother-style religion is not one we as readers are
familiar with. There were lots of interesting little details in the story which
I felt editors overlooked whenever I attempted to have the story published: for
instance, the mysterious Book of Divine Providence (every religion has a sacred
text); the Goddess herself, whom 'some called Aywah or Maia'; the haunted
Forbidden Levels of the monastery; the nature of the substance called The
Messenger and the visions the monks receive. It's a deceptively simple story
rich with mysteries, which is why I am very proud of it, and although it was never taken by an editor I think it's
superior to many other stories I have had published. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>The
Splendour of Shadows</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I wanted to
write a horror story in a late nineteenth century/early twentieth colonial
imperialist setting, something with the flavour of H.Rider Haggard, Joseph
Conrad and Rudyard Kipling. This story was the culmination of that ambition.
It's the tale of Robert Clifton, an English explorer, who leads an expedition
into the African jungles and finds something strange and evil lurking there ...
I think I have written before on this blog that this story was influenced by,
firstly, Robert Silverberg's novel <i>Lord
of Darkness</i>, set in Angola during the Elizabethan period; but mainly I was
thinking of H.P Lovecraft in terms of theme, if not style. 'The Splendour of
Shadows' has a definite Lovecraftian feel, but relocated to colonial Africa rather than New England. There
is a sense of hideous evil lurking in the darkest, deepest depths of the
jungle. The concept is also similar to another one of my stories, 'City by the
Sea' (in <i>Beyond Twilight</i>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>The Bell
Tower</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A fantasy
tale based on ancient mythology, as two young men from a tribe of nomads
journey across the plains of their homelands to a remote mysterious tower and
encounter supernatural creatures and evil magicians while attempting to unlock
its mysteries. It is best described as an exotic fantasy tale of magic and strangeness, another Arabian Nights/classical myth-influenced story.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Shadow Play</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This story could be described as The Lost Boys meets Club 18-30 holidays, Crete Uncovered or something like that.
Vampires have become very familiar in horror fiction in recent times, but I
just wanted to get back to the idea of them being dangerous, sinister and evil
with this story. I prefer that portrayal rather than them being romantic,
tortured figures (Twilight series of books/films) or harmless sidekicks like in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but I wanted to update the
myth to a very modern kind of setting: teenagers on holiday in the Med. I've
often gone to nightclubs and seen a social phenomenon: girls on the dance floor
with their friends, dancing round their handbags and men standing around,
sometimes in the shadows, pint in hand, watching them... often just watching. Perhaps waiting until they have taken on enough Dutch Courage to approach them, or making sure there are no boyfriends lurking nearby. It's a very predatory scenario that is familiar to most people. These male suitors at your local 'meat market' remind me of vampires. Maybe that was the inspiration for this tale set on a
Greek island. There are lots of gruesome moments in this one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>The Silent
Path</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This story
connects to the first tale in the collection, 'Vortex'. The reader meets
Anthony Nexus, who is mentioned in 'Vortex', and several other characters that
had first appeared in that story. 'The Silent Path' is another of the 'Arcadian
Chronicles'. Nexus is a dimensional agent turned rogue...and he is walking a
lonely and dangerous path, with powerful enemies in pursuit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>The Fugue</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">An SF story
involving time travel, time paradoxes and amnesia. Taylor Vector is a sexy
heroine and the story takes some twists and turns before a macabre ending ...she
is one of two time travellers on a special mission, who start to become
affected by the horrific effects of excessive time travel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>A Special
Boy</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is a
grim, macabre and somewhat grotesque story about a boy who begins to suspect that his
half-brother is a type of demonic creature, fathered by a mysterious individual
who was having a relationship with his mother. The sinister turn of events is told through a
child's eyes, much like 'The Fenland Witches' in <i>Beyond Twilight</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Bloodlines</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The third of
the Arcadian Tales in this collection, although that is not made clear until
the end with a tenuous link to the previous two. An early version of this idea
was planned around the idea of genetic engineering and technological
'enhancement', but then I had an idea about introducing quasi-religious themes. The premise for this story is that scientists in the future discover Jesus Christ's 'genetic code'. I am interested in religious concepts within a science fiction setting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>The Visitor</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This
paranoid horror story focuses on a strange mental patient who speaks of being
watched by mysterious beings who have compelled him to commit crimes. Although
his claims are bizarre and he is considered insane, eventually his psychiatrist
uncovers the truth...I didn't realise at the time, although I know it now, that
this story is also part of my Arcadian Cycle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">'The Visitor' was published in SNM Horror Magazine (August Asylums issue 2013)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>The Secret
Summoner</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This may not
be the best short story I've written, but for some reason this is the one that
unsettles me the most. I'm not sure why, but I think it's largely because of
what is left unsaid in the narrative, rather than what is said explicitly.
Also, it's mainly because even I'm still not sure who, or what, Daniel is. I
don't know whether he was genuinely evil, or whether he was being used by something alien
and terrible, or whether he attracted something that was dark, strange and
powerful to him because of his abnormal supernatural gifts. As you
will see, meeting Daniel has dark unpleasant consequences for those involved.
The setting for this tale makes it a university campus-story, and so at first
the tone is very similar to a previous story of mine, 'The Book of Witchcraft'
in <i>Beyond Twilight</i>. In hindsight, the style and narrative structure of this story isn't quite right. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I'm planning
to rewrite this story as a novel and perhaps do it better justice in the process.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A common basic theme which binds the stories
in this book together and makes their inclusion appropriate for the collection
is the concept of Shadow, creeping into each narrative. Darkness and Doubles.
The presence of Shadow, the sinister threat of Shadow, the lingering traces of
Shadow where anything can hide. Shadow as physical darkness; shadow in the form
of a presence; shadow manifested as some dark and malevolent double. Hence, the
splendour of shadows, a vast collection of shades, lurking in the dark corners of
our imagination.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Steve Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106280039833965495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141916909014109441.post-37779468960518705332015-03-15T14:21:00.000-07:002015-03-15T14:22:08.042-07:00Beyond Twilight (2010 short story collection)<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Where you can buy <i>Beyond Twilight:</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">Lulu (hard print copy): <a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/steven-mace/beyond-twilight-fourteen-short-stories/paperback/product-22049309.html" target="_blank">http://www.lulu.com/shop/steven-mace/beyond-twilight-fourteen-short-stories/paperback/product-22049309.html</a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">Amazon Kindle (eBook for Kindle version): <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beyond-Twilight-Fourteen-short-stories-ebook/dp/B0057FKS32" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beyond-Twilight-Fourteen-short-stories-ebook/dp/B0057FKS32</a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">Smashwords (eBook version): <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/295025" target="_blank">http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/295025</a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5t8vOxGlkLphp-hCq7E8yLTZ1E7Rc_MBWFSWtnaMRvpvvKwlcVRoA36Xu7g70ySD1ykXroPE-kfl5VAlaccR5kbQkyNjtB-N8nMXwDLksKlyLyvsQYbhXJTxchMA7sZk8VxjmqJDqOmA/s1600/moontower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5t8vOxGlkLphp-hCq7E8yLTZ1E7Rc_MBWFSWtnaMRvpvvKwlcVRoA36Xu7g70ySD1ykXroPE-kfl5VAlaccR5kbQkyNjtB-N8nMXwDLksKlyLyvsQYbhXJTxchMA7sZk8VxjmqJDqOmA/s1600/moontower.jpg" height="400" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cover artwork for Beyond Twilight</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">My first
short story collection </span><i style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Beyond Twilight </i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">contains
most of my earlier writing. I wrote my first group of short stories between
1997 and 2002, and these were mainly horror, fantasy and SF stories, but there
were even a couple of children's stories. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This first group which were written
in this period consisted of the following stories: 'Death Head'; 'Martin'; 'The
Baron's Cheesecake'; 'The Question'; 'The Lost Boy'; 'The Prodigal'; 'Electra';
'Garden of Illusion'; 'Moonlight Bay'; 'Requiem'; 'The Book of Witchcraft';
'The Fenland Witches'; 'The Legacy of Steeple Hill' and 'Bloodlines'. I also had the title for the first collection- 'Beyond Twilight'- in mind right from these early stories and writings from the late 1990s. I liked this title, in terms of the concept of transitioning from half-light to darkness, and I was probably thinking of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone" target="_blank">The Twilight Zone</a> or Dean R Koontz' novel <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_Eyes" target="_blank">Twilight Eyes</a>. There is no connection whatsoever with the Twilight saga vampire books, which were published later than 1997-2002, but obviously before I was able to eventually create this collection. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Five of
these tales appear in <i>Beyond Twilight </i>in
what essentially amounts to their original forms (Death Head, Garden of
Illusion, Requiem, The Book of Witchcraft, The Fenland Witches, The Legacy of
Steeple Hill). I made one alteration to 'Death Head' in 2010 prior to
publication, changing the setting from the British Midlands to London. 'The Lost Boy' was effectively swallowed into the
opening chapters of my novel 'Copper Moon Rising', and 'The Prodigal' was a
variation on the same theme. 'Electra' was a sci-fi story about a female space
salvager, but in 2009 I re-wrote and re-worked the story as 'Red', which also does
appear in <i>Beyond Twilight</i>. Cheyenne
Electra remains as the main protagonist. 'Bloodlines' was rewritten and
reworked for inclusion in my second short story collection, <i>The Splendour of Shadows</i>. 'The
Question', a playful fantasy-vignette aimed at young readers, was inserted
within the story 'Veronica and the Men', which I wrote in 2009-2010 and was
also included in <i>Beyond Twilight</i>.
'Martin' (which owed something to the monochrome visions of comic book artist
David Hine) has since evolved into a new short story of mine, entitled 'The
Vacancy', which readers can expect to see soon when it appears this year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So far the
children's story 'The Baron's Cheesecake' and the story 'Moonlight Bay' are
unpublished in collection/book form, but along with 'The Vacancy' they will be
included in my forthcoming new collection of stories, <i>Echoes and Exiles</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In 2008-2010
I started work on a new group of short stories to complete the <i>Beyond Twilight</i> collection: these were
'Epiphany'; 'Hell Hath No Fury'; 'The Birthday Box'; 'Under Foreign Skies'
(begun in 2002/2003 and completed in 2010); 'City By The Sea'; and 'The Last
Days of Verity Jamieson' (which was written as a companion piece to 'Death
Head' to bookend the collection, and so bring the reader full circle).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Some comments about the background to the stories in this book:</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Death Head</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is the
companion piece for the ‘Verity Jamieson’ story. I thought of the concept for
the story after reading about rock musicians like Marilyn Manson and Norwegian
death metal bands that were into Satanism and alternative cultures. This seemed
like a good premise to introduce the idea of demonic entities living and moving
amongst us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Epiphany</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The idea for
Epiphany came from a dream that I had. The dream was simply that of a man and a
woman in a car, speeding across a desert and being pursued by unknown forces.
From that simple concept, the rest of the story wrote itself. There’s obviously
influence from post-apocalypse stories and films, like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Max" target="_blank">Mad Max</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Postman" target="_blank">The Postman</a>,
and others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Garden of
Illusion</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Like
Epiphany, the story came from a dream I had, of a woman alone in an apartment
block, while a menagerie of animals was active in the gardens below. The
virtual reality concept and the stalking assassin idea wrote themselves after
that initial thought.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Hell Hath No
Fury</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I had an
idea about a man who wakes up alone, trapped in a room, with no idea of who he
is or how he got there. I didn’t really know where to go with it or what would
happen afterward, for a while. Then one day, I sat down and wrote the story
pretty much in its entirety. For some reason I had <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avengers_(TV_series)" target="_blank">The Avengers</a> TV series
from the 1960s/70s in my mind when I wrote this one. Every episode I've ever
seen of that show seems to involve some grand British stately home; a paranoid
demented plot possibly inspired by psychedelic influences; and random
coincidence. I had the show in mind when the main character is lost in the
maze, and goes from being in pursuit to the pursued.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Red</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I took up a
writing challenge for updating a classic fairytale in a modern or futuristic
setting. ‘Red’ was the result (yes, it's 'Little Red Riding Hood'), and it was
the quickest to be written of all these stories, in about two days, based on an
old fragment I scribbled down in the 1990s, which was called 'Electra'. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Requiem</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is the
oldest story included in the collection. I originally started it around 2001-
perhaps before. It’s been rewritten several times before you see it in the form
it is here. I just wanted to write a classic supernatural short story, and this
one is heavily influenced by the likes of James Herbert. Horror writers such as
Stephen King, James Herbert and Clive Barker were my favourite authors as a
teenager. I also wanted to write a haunted house story based around a witch and
witchcraft theme, and as you have seen, it isn’t the first time I’ve used this
typical horror staple.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>The Birthday
Box</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I absolutely
hate spiders. If they were big enough, I think they would devour the human race
and take over the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>The Book of
Witchcraft</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">They always
say ‘write about what you know’. Some might read this and believe there are
autobiographical elements to this story. I couldn’t possibly say. It is perhaps
a story about self-realisation, and wishful thinking, from the author’s point
of view. From the reader’s point of view, it is an updated <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faust" target="_blank">Faust</a>. Again, I
returned to the themes of Satanism, demonology and witchcraft.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>The Fenland
Witches</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is
another story heavily influenced by personal experience and also a story
involving witches and witchcraft. The inspiration for some of the aspects of
this story probably come from my late grandmother…thanks Nan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>The Legacy
of Steeple Hill</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I have
always been very interested in the history of the paranormal, and the study of
it. My knowledge of people like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley" target="_blank">Aleister Crowley</a> and the paranormal
investigator <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Price" target="_blank">Harry Price</a> were the main inspirations for this story, as well as
the descriptions of what happened at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borley_Rectory" target="_blank">Borley Rectory</a>, the ‘most haunted house in
Britain’ during the early part of the twentieth century. I also wanted to write
a classic Victorian/Edwardian-era ghost story with Victorian characters. Along
with ‘Requiem’ and, in a sense, ‘City by the Sea’, it’s one of three ‘haunted
house’-style horror stories in this collection. An abridged version of this
story (the Victorian section) was published in Litro Magazine in July 2013 (#Issue 127).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Under
Foreign Skies</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The opening
paragraphs to this story were written in 2002. In a PGCE teacher training
session we were shown a black and white photograph of an old lady pushing a
pram outside a decaying shop in a desolate city. The tutor asked us to respond
to it by writing a work of fiction. What followed was probably the most
enjoyable half hour I ever spent while doing teaching training. I am not sure
what it had to do with teacher training but it was valuable creative writing
experience. I wrote the opening paragraphs but I wasn’t sure where to go with it
afterwards, so it stalled there. In 2008, I came across the opening written on
note paper while sorting my things out. I thought that it would make a good
opening for a new short story, and so the paranoid spy plot that followed,
essentially wrote itself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Veronica and
the Men</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Originally
called ‘Veronica’s Shadow’, this one is a curiosity. For the author, it is an
experiment. Originally, it was going to be a typical paranoid horror story with
a woman being stalked by a madman but after a while I found the plot
predictable, unsavoury and boring. ‘Garden of Illusion’ is another version of
that story anyway. I worked on this one a little and it mutated into something
else entirely. It now serves as a piece of comic satire, and forms a little bit
of light relief amid the dark stories in this collection. Rather than ending
with something horrible happening like so many of these tales, it ends with someone getting a date! I have
played around with some deeper meanings and some observations upon life and our
society. It’s heavily influenced by Will Self, after I discovered his fiction
and was thoroughly entertained by his style of writing. The title is a twist on
the title of the film <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._T_%26_the_Women" target="_blank">Dr T and the Women</a>. Actually, that film and this story
have something in common.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
story-within-the-story that Richard Gadman-Hoyte has written and shows Veronica
is actually a piece of juvenilia that I wrote when I was eighteen, a comic
short story called ‘The Question.’ So in fact, that’s the oldest piece of
writing here in this collection, rather than ‘Requiem’ (it was definitely
written as far back as 1997). That story was kicking around, and I didn’t know
what to do with it. In the end, it became part of ‘Veronica and the Men’,
simply because I thought it suited the tone of that story.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As with 'The
Legacy of Steeple Hill', an abridged version of this short story was published, this one in Roadside Fiction (Winter 2014, issue #6).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>City By The
Sea</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The idea for
this story came from a dream (or nightmare) I had, about a strange ancient city
built upon a faraway coastline. The idea of evil lurking deep within came a
little bit afterwards. This one has a little bit of Lovecraftian atmosphere
about it, it’s one of the most sinister stories in this
collection. There’s also a little bit of inspiration from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_von_D%C3%A4niken" target="_blank">Erich von Däniken</a></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">'s theories.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>The Last
Days of Verity Jamieson</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">I already mentioned the general author's advice that you should write about what you know, and I have never been to Tennessee, USA.
So, I broke that rule. Nevertheless, this is my own piece of Southern Gothic. I
once remembered reading articles about the FBI investigating devil worship and
the sacrifice of cattle in the American Deep South, and these influenced my
concept for the story. I also think I had aspects of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Peaks" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Twin Peaks</a><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"> in mind, the
feel of the Laura Palmer narrative. It is the companion story to ‘Death Head’,
revealing Verity's back story and her eventual fate, and it is appropriate that
both bookend the collection.</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiulbiiyd7NN7AWHsqg7G7DHQl8GcUHgy86AUeWFM-VvgosbEHK-IKxg0WcuyVWEorkKiaZ4p8YIeSSYbzY9P0xyO8iWC_cjv2vBkAjJue0ELir94BdmWzxb8oicxfXi4R-X2ZHL19gYe8/s1600/lighthouse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiulbiiyd7NN7AWHsqg7G7DHQl8GcUHgy86AUeWFM-VvgosbEHK-IKxg0WcuyVWEorkKiaZ4p8YIeSSYbzY9P0xyO8iWC_cjv2vBkAjJue0ELir94BdmWzxb8oicxfXi4R-X2ZHL19gYe8/s1600/lighthouse.jpg" height="285" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
Steve Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106280039833965495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141916909014109441.post-28908537984438235002015-03-11T14:17:00.002-07:002015-09-20T14:52:27.362-07:00The Pirate Princess (2010 novel)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglaFmomwbCfwXXDlQXt0ku6hdcZ5Mbh6U9-m6Mv7IfBha8j13Os6Uz0XMEl_69JvRoMHH89IYqDMZzBallsO0LBHqE9ahR95gta6OQknUSjo0OWPt09uVnUIQUmvwfTQ0jOKJcAt6iDu4/s1600/Ayesha.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglaFmomwbCfwXXDlQXt0ku6hdcZ5Mbh6U9-m6Mv7IfBha8j13Os6Uz0XMEl_69JvRoMHH89IYqDMZzBallsO0LBHqE9ahR95gta6OQknUSjo0OWPt09uVnUIQUmvwfTQ0jOKJcAt6iDu4/s1600/Ayesha.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The Descent"- illustration by Alena Mana</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Where you can buy
<i>The Pirate Princess</i>:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Lulu (hard
print copy): <a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/steven-mace/the-pirate-princess/paperback/product-22049377.html" target="_blank">http://www.lulu.com/shop/steven-mace/the-pirate-princess/paperback/product-22049377.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Amazon
Kindle (ebook for Kindle version): <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pirate-Princess-Steven-Mace-ebook/dp/B0057FKOJA" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pirate-Princess-Steven-Mace-ebook/dp/B0057FKOJA</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Smashwords
(ebook version): <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/295024" target="_blank">http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/295024</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Pirate Princess</span></i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> is a much shorter novel than Copper
Moon Rising, almost a novella, and was written during intervals between 2006
and 2010. It's a straight-forward fantasy adventure tale, and I suppose it can
be categorised as young adult fiction. Pirates were a popular theme during this
period, perhaps due to the success of Disney's <i>Pirates of the Caribbean</i> films. <i>The
Pirate Princess </i>is set in a fictional unknown fantasy world, in a region
that has geographical and cultural aspects similar to Arabia, the Mediterranean
and Caribbean locations in centuries past. My main sources of inspiration for
this novel were not only the aforementioned films, but also popular pirate tales
and mythology. I was always fascinated by tales of famous pirates Blackbeard,
Captain Kidd, Bartholomew Roberts and seedy Port Royal, harbour of buccaneers. It
was Bartholomew Roberts who established the 'Pirate code':<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
</div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">Every
man shall have an equal vote in affairs of moment. He shall have an equal title
to the fresh provisions or strong liquors at any time seized, and shall use
them at pleasure unless a scarcity may make it necessary for the common good
that a retrenchment may be voted.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;"><br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">Every
man shall be called fairly in turn by the list on board of prizes, because over
and above their proper share, they are allowed a shift of clothes. But if they
defraud the company to the value of even one dollar in plate, jewels or money,
they shall be marooned. If any man rob another he shall have his nose and ears
slit, and be put ashore where he shall be sure to encounter hardships.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;"><br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">None
shall game for money either with dice or cards.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;"><br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">The
lights and candles should be put out at eight at night, and if any of the crew
desire to drink after that hour they shall sit upon the open deck without
lights.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;"><br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">Each
man shall keep his piece, cutlass and pistols at all times clean and ready for
action.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;"><br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">No
boy or woman to be allowed amongst them. If any man shall be found seducing any
of the latter sex and carrying her to sea in disguise he shall suffer death.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;"><br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">He
that shall desert the ship or his quarters in time of battle shall be punished
by death or marooning.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;"><br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">None
shall strike another on board the ship, but every man's quarrel shall be ended
on shore by sword or pistol in this manner. At the word of command from the
quartermaster, each man being previously placed back to back, shall turn and
fire immediately. If any man do not, the quartermaster shall knock the piece
out of his hand. If both miss their aim they shall take to their cutlasses, and
he that draw the first blood shall be declared the victor.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;"><br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">No
man shall talk of breaking up their way of living till each has a share of
1,000. Every man who shall become a cripple or lose a limb in the service shall
have 800 pieces of eight from the common stock and for lesser hurts
proportionately.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;"><br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">The
captain and the quartermaster shall each receive two shares of a prize, the
master gunner and boatswain, one and one half shares, all other officers one
and one quarter, and private gentlemen of fortune one share each.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;"><br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">The
musicians shall have rest on the Sabbath Day only by right. On all other days
by favour only.</span></li>
</ul>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUhmIhD3BDlowporCvtLimRtbISbhVWbvIs7etp2GkDdxyi39stkn5Gc1GAGcC-AktmkazCf4GX2fkzoO8iEdkhFYtj_EAPAbyJ9lq9iuYPhytFjna6c6LMerbnFE5CPtUM41wTGr8w8/s1600/ship.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUhmIhD3BDlowporCvtLimRtbISbhVWbvIs7etp2GkDdxyi39stkn5Gc1GAGcC-AktmkazCf4GX2fkzoO8iEdkhFYtj_EAPAbyJ9lq9iuYPhytFjna6c6LMerbnFE5CPtUM41wTGr8w8/s1600/ship.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The Ship"- illustration by Alena Mana</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div>
<span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"><br /></span></div>
<!--[if !supportLists]--><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Of course classic pirate literature such as Robert Louis
Stevenson's <i>Treasure Island </i>was an
influence and also it is worth mentioning that stories in <i>The Arabian Nights</i> were an inspiration for aspects of this novel. The
novel's premise- mirroring <i>Copper Moon
Rising</i> to a degree- concerns two royal children, a Princess Ayesha and her
brother Prince Karagan, escaping from their palace when it is ransacked by an
invading imperial army. They escape from their kingdom to the seas, and what
follows is effectively a rite-of-passage adventure. I don't wish to give much
more away about the plot of this book- only to say that I have plans to write
a sequel to in which Ayesha's ultimate fate and that of many more characters
will be revealed. The sequel will be, hopefully, a vast epic fantasy adventure
aimed at an adult readership.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV5jm4937C96_DHAE5x6wHPRNWsk6FL6IhN1_AXZxKhChpvHEg7PmhfUP-yTdPT4ujc4QfMU6UW_K3wIQxvj9WgOceifKSbhYWyV6SvwZNJSB8cILeuoFWTEeND2hio_4tRUVKAiQx9Xg/s1600/SkullsRoses.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV5jm4937C96_DHAE5x6wHPRNWsk6FL6IhN1_AXZxKhChpvHEg7PmhfUP-yTdPT4ujc4QfMU6UW_K3wIQxvj9WgOceifKSbhYWyV6SvwZNJSB8cILeuoFWTEeND2hio_4tRUVKAiQx9Xg/s1600/SkullsRoses.jpg" width="232" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
Steve Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106280039833965495noreply@blogger.com0