2014
06.09

COVER FOR “THE SILTING” (Kindle version) at Amazon books (Cover Art – Dennis Mealor; Graphics cube design: Sean Maher).

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BACKSTORY TO THE WRITING OF THE SILTING.

I wrote “The Silting – an illustrated contemporary Gothic novel – as part of my PhD at CQ University, Queensland. The setting is loosely based on my home village in the north mid-west of England, Parkgate, near Neston, Cheshire. Below are some of the illustrations from the novel. For some years after completing my PhD, the novel remained nothing more than a “door stop” or coffee talking piece.

However, recently my good friend and colleague Sean Maher’s mother Anita (also a good friend) read the hardback university copy (see photos), and said she loved it. She encouraged me to get it “out of the closet.” With Sean Maher’s help, I did just that (as well as got this Art Blog up and running – thanks so much Sean!). He being the ultimate IT nerd, and me, the ultimate IT moron. Anyway, it is going for a song at Amazon for $5 on Kindle, if you click on “The Silting” link in the menu at the top of this page. On Amazon you can read the first chapters as a sample, before buying. By the photos, it looks like I am selling Bibles :) – But no, to the contrary, “The Silting” is Gothic, grotesque, and rather horrific. So ignore it, if that is not your taste. It even scared me when I was writing it – I wondered, “How can I write such horrendous imaginings?” The narrator is probably psychotic. As the author, hopefully I am not!

BELOW: ILLUSTRATIONS FROM “THE SILTING”.

1(a) The Town of Cove (left page) joins to 1(b) Crop & auto1(b) The Town of Cove (right page) joins to 1(a)2. The Old Windmill

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