MICHAEL GALLAGHER WRITES

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Michael Gallagher is the author of two series of Victorian novels, one about a psychic, the other about a reformed thief.

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Find me on bluesky at @mtgallagher.bsky.social.

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Michael Gallagher
Featured book of the week:
OCTOPUS:
OCTAVIUS GUY & THE CASE OF THE THROTTLED TRAGEDIENNE

When the leading actress dies in mysterious circumstances on stage during a performance of The Duchess of Malfi, Gooseberry feels duty-bound to investigate. It is, after all, a great deal more exciting than tracking down a rich old lady’s errant cat!

"Usually a sequel doesn't quite match up to the first one that it is following. However, this one surpasses it! The author has written a wonderful tale of Victorian era mystery and murder in the style of the great writers of that period (Wilkie Collins, AC Doyle et al). I thoroughly enjoyed this sequel and looking forward to the next one in the series. Well done, you got me hooked as a reader and fan."

Anup, Smashwords Reviewer

Click here to download it for FREE!

OCTOPUS: THE PROLOGUE
Beric Livingstone narrates the prologue
Featured article of the week:
BERTHA
The burly character who won over readers' hearts
Featured recipe of the week:
BREADED MUSHROOMS
And a few you might have missed:
Featured track of the week:
DAYS LIKE THESE
One of my old tracks I've been threatening to share
Tuesday Chess:
GOTHAM CHESS
100 ELO CHESS?!

Find all the videos featured in my bluesky Tuesday Chess posts here.

MARCH'S FABULOUS FRIEND

This month's Fabulous Friend is Liz Stevens, who some of you will recognize her from her wonderful photos of Scottish lochs, where she practises wild swimming - even in freezing conditions.

If anyone's new here, the Fabulous Friends articles provide a great way to get to know some of the key members of our bluesky circle. Go on! I know you want to give it a read! This month's Fabulous Friend.

THE MYSTERY JUKEBOX

Saturday's Mystery Jukebox 4.0 has relaunched successfully on bluesky. Kitty starts you off with a track and either a particular keyword or particular topic and then runs the Jukebox with a paw of iron as people add to the playlist. See Kitty's list of rules and conventions here.

Each week Kitty will save her second token till the very end, just before shutting the bar and pulling the plug on the Jukebox. If anyone guesses her chosen track, they will feature in her spot! Yes, friend! You too could snuggle into an unsuitably small cardboard box!

KITTY'S PLAYLIST
Kitty spins her nine choices from this week's Jukebox
AND FINALLY...

Remember, all my novels are still FREE to download from Draft2Digital (formerly known as Smashwords until its recent merger).

Take at look at what readers say about them. Here on the website you even get to see the video in its entirety!

Summer from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons
Featuring John Harrison on violin
with Robert Turizziani conducting the Wichita State University Chamber Players

Sound recording © John Harrison, JohnHarrisonViolin.com
Edited version used under a CC-BY-SA 1.0 Generic licence

John Thomson’s images from “Street Life in London” (1876-77)
courtesy of the London School of Economics Digital Library
Used under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence

His book is available as a free pdf download from the London School of Economics Digital Library. Just click on the link.


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