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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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Featured book of the week:
GOOSEBERRY:
OCTAVIUS GUY & THE CASE OF THE THIEVING MAHARAJAH
When Rachel Blake and her elderly aunt are attacked in the street, enter the Blakes’ lawyer’s office boy, Gooseberry. Join him as he descends into London’s Victorian underworld to ferret out the truth, while spending as much of his employer’s money as he can along the way!
"Brilliant story, fleshed out characters you believe in and care about. A gripping storyline that will keep you engaged right to the very end. Excellent, highly recommended."
Click here to download it for FREE!
Featured article of the week:
THE MOONSTONE
The novel my characters are drawn from
FROM BOOK TO PODCAST - A DIARY
The weekly ups and downs of turning Octopus into a podcast
OCTOPUS: THE PROLOGUE
Listen as Beric Livingstone narrates the entire prologue
Featured recipe of the week:
CARROT & CORIANDER SOUP
JULY'S FABULOUS FRIEND
This month's Fabulous Friend is Anita Dow, whom many of you will recognize even though she doesn't join in the Jukebox. Anita is passionate about promoting great writing (she works with The Martian Diaries writer H. E. Wilburson) and I'm glad she is, as she's a fan of my books.
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 successfully relaunched 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 win a week in her favourite spot! Yes, friend! You too could snuggle into an unsuitably small cardboard box!
Have you ever considered guest hosting a Jukebox? You'll find guidelines here.
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.
FIND ME
Find me on bluesky at @mtgallagher.bsky.social:
