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Definitely!

Fucking hell that's a bit of a gut punch that one.

(ps, think you've got a they're instead of a their in paragraph three hope you don't mind me pointing it out)

Oof, learned some dark shit about Peter Sutcliffe there. Sounds like a charming bloke, here was me thinking he was a bit misunderstood (JOKE).

I love a story that ends with a picture and this one did not disappoint.

Thanks @5awyr - I rely on this thread as my proof readers, so not at all!!

You can’t go for a walk round here without stumbling over one of his attack sites. The fear at the time was indescribable, even for me, even though I was just a kid. What with him and Donald Neilson we had quite a time up here in the 70s & 80s.

Great story. My mother had a crappo di monte, a Christmas gift from Aunty Annis. It was fiercely protected on the window ledge like some holy relic. It was ghastly, the bloom sprayed with a lurid orange fade on a faux bronze twig, I hated it. Even at 7. The golden made by hand sticker meant nothing... Fingerprints still in the bottom of the petals - lol. I saw the Nielsen programme the other night, he was busy... Jesus.

Don’t know what’s happening today but Ireland have gone mad for a bit of Lucifer - stats are peaking up there! Maybe I need a few more of my fucked up religious issues on the blog!

Who was Donald Neilson?

Edit: I look it up, you should have said the Black Panther!

That was a cracking read, I like your poignant ones.

Thank you mate! I would have said Black Panther but it has different references lately, far more positive ones & i’d prefer it stayed that way.
I pass the fucker’s house most days. Still creeps me out.

Top stuff Luci.

If a story makes me greet, well, I'd say that's a mark of quality.

Thank you mate!

(Just googled the Scottish translation for ‘greet’)
Have a tissue mate!

I think we need a new copy of Pantone Blue for our downstairs bog. How about a limited edition with a Linocut cover??

I’m hoping that this will be the year for a new book. I’d like to apply to Unbound like Deserter have done & crowd fund the book. I just need to decide how I want to go about it and if I should ‘out’ myself!

@General_Lucifer
What's the best place to buy your book from?

It’s Pantone Blues on Amazon.
It’s weird, but I’m a bit ashamed of it now. I shouldn’t be, but I am.
I spunked out some stories that should have been crafted and it happened at an unbelievably dark time in my life.
Don’t get me wrong - the book served it’s purpose. It collated the stories roughly from 1-100 and locked them in paper, but when it comes to reading them out loud they need a total re-write, a Director’s Cut.
I want the next one to be different, not a lump of stories but a compilation that meshes a bit more.
After THAT...
Well, we’ll see.

I interviewed Ian McNabb from the Icicle Works way back when I had journalistic ambitions - he said something to me that I still think is interesting, and is similar to your thoughts; essentially once he'd finished something he moved on immediately to the next idea and ignored reviews completely, because that work was done, there was nothing he could do to change it, and the creative process is what drives him, not the critical reception of his work.

Come see Lucifer's "howl" performed live.

With Ginsberg on drums.

It’s the approach I take with everything. I believe in the concept of ‘flow’ where you enter a different state to create. There’s many of the stories i’ve written where I have little memory of the content aside from the base true story as the weaving of the fabric of the story is done so quickly and in an altered state of mind. After it’s done I have to move on. Looking back means you can’t look forward. I approach my art the same way, tapping into ‘something else’ to hopefully achieve something more than just plain graft can accomplish. Each new project is a learning exercise for the next new project.

33yrs. Powerful writing still Luci.

https://generallucifer.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/106-four-minutes/

Got a new one!
Make a brew, crack out the Kit Kats and have a read of Missing Inaction.

Cheers!

Top stuff!

Ace!
One typo... "Judith is thoroughly sick of making tea and fetching Blur Roll" should be Blue Roll yeah? Parklife.

Spotted!! Ha ha! I’ve actually had that typo spotted by @Landslide & I thought I fixed it but fat fingers, etc...
Quick question: everyone knows what Blue Roll is, right? Not just a factory thing?