Last week's Tattoo Tuesday might not have featured new tattoos, but this week's definitely does -- and it's all kinds of "NEW"! Look hard at the photo, sent to me by a fan of my books called Danny. Do you know what it says? No?

Oh, but you do!!

Because as well as being a big fan of my books, Danny is also a big fan of J R R Tolkien's books (as, indeed, am I -- Murlough was in part inspired by Gollum), and he thought it would be a neat idea to pay homage to both of his favourite authors, so he decided to get a tattoo of my most quoted quote, Even in death may you be triumphant...

...but written in the ELVISH language invented by Tolkien!!!!

Hear that little clicking sound, people? That's the sound of the bar settling into place, having just been raised by several dozen notches!!! :-) :-) :-)

The other clicking sound you might have heard is the sound of Shansters clicking on the many Darren Shan news links in the September issue of the Shanville Monthly, which went live a few days ago. Join on in, why don'tcha?!? https://www.darrenshan.com/news/shanville-monthly/