Salutations all!
I've had a bit of a month.
But, first things first, www.facebook.com/HauntedhouseDerby will now only be used as a professional forum for the artists and creative types that were involved. Its a shame, but it was too much work for too little money. It would still be worth while checking the site out. The artists are a very talented bunch.
But the, I've still had a wonderful time with it and have a few stories I can tell grandchildren on my deathbed. Plus, we're all still friends and plan to work with each other on private projects... including a film of one of my short stories.
Of course, in my last update, I mentioned a long list of subjects that I was researching to write a biography for the exhibition. Well, I still am in one form or another. Not wanting to waste the notes and the chapter plan, I plan to release each chapter as a stand alone article, maybe even in an omnibus form.
In the mean time, I have been editing Deathmasks and Formaldehyde and that's coming along, though I'm still unsure of a publication date (I'll give every one plenty of notice once I've a better idea).
And, I have a sequel anthology all planned out, awaiting my hands to caress the keyboard. In this there'll be agree mobs Joseph Wright, Benjamin Franklin (he visited Derby you know) and possibly even an alien.
Plus there is an Obadiah Morticaine novel in the pipeline with a visit to Edinburgh that involves grave robbers, plenty of mythical creatures of both the Celtish and Frankish variety, a trip to Paris while it was under siege from the Prussian and a visit to Mont St Michel shortly after it was used as a prison. There's even a planned expedition to the Otherworld.
Well I must go, I've the ghost of an engineer to fit into a snuff box.
Good health to you all!
Thadeus Morticaine
