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Saturday 13 January 2024
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Notes by the author on his book of nonsense ‘The Amazing Adventures of Curd the Lion (and Us!) in the Land at the Back of Beyond’ (ISBN 9780955548611) and other matters. including new books, ‘The Flight of Birds’(ISBN 9780955548628) and ’AnaThema’ (ISBN 9780955548635) (by Alan Howard) now including book reviews: children’s and adult fantasy, horror, and mystery.
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The Amazing Adventures of Curd the Lion (and us!) in the Land at the Back of Beyond
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The Three books covers… and then some.
When Ally met Polly...
...we made new people!