• Tattoo Tuesday - Morgan

    14 September 2021

    The latest Shanster to join the hallowed ranks of those featured on a Tattoo Tuesday post is called MORGAN, who went for this full-blooded recreation of the UK hardback cover for Lord Loss --...

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  • HaguroGONE!

    13 September 2021

    I wrote a short story called "Hagurosan" many years ago for the War Child anthology, "Kids' Night In". It used to be on my site, to read for free, but several years later, the publishers Barrington...

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  • Wobbly and steep

    12 September 2021

    The Shans spent a week on holiday in Cork earlier in the summer, a trip from which these four photos originated.

     

    The first was taken in Cobh, a harbour town that was close to our hotel. It's a...

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  • Vanch March fan club

    11 September 2021

    "When Vancha March met with his end at the ripe old age of 837, killed by a pair of tigers (but only after he'd killed four other tigers in their pack), this world lost its bravest, strongest,...

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  • Olmec Shan

    10 September 2021

    A Shanster who was a recent visitor to the Hunt Museum in Limerick was tickled to spot an essay highlighting the Olmec Man sculpture, which is part of their collection, written by... ME?!?

     

    I...

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  • Shantastic Bookshelves

    09 September 2021

    I'm always surprised by the response when I post pictures of bookshelves. I never would have thought, the first time I did it, that so many people would be as fascinated by other peoples'...

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