As I do most Sundays, I'm sharing some Shan family photos. This week they all star my son, Dante, who's missing his friends during lockdown, but keeping his spirits up and enjoying life as best he can -- usually by driving his Mum and Dad mad!!! :-)

The first couple of photos hail from April 1st, when he decided to play an April Fools Day prank on me. I was called out to the back yard by a distressed Mrs Shan, to find... a dead, bloodied Dante?!? All was not what it seemed... :-) :-)

The other two were taken in our local park, Curraghchase, shortly before it shut down for the lockdown. Dante spent a long time fishing that day, and went for a climb at one point too. All I'll say is that if he ever wants to become a vampire, and has to pass the Trials of Initiation, he'll be fine if they involve climbing, but he's in trouble if one of them has any fishing in it... :-) :-) :-)

Enjoy the rest of the weekend, people. If you haven't yet read the May issue of the Shanville Monthly, maybe you can pass a bit of a quiet Sunday afternoon catching up with what I've been up to on the work front, including releasing three new books last month...

https://www.darrenshan.com/news/shanville-monthly/