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Wedlock - George Egerton

In a frenzy of excitement, testing electronic publishing to the limits, as well as our poor little typing fingers and brains, we have very quickly put together a wonderful little package for International Women's Day. A reformatted version of a classic story with an all new introduction, biography end notes and some crazy essays slagging it off.

The cover of 'Wedlock' by George Egerton.

Authorial wisdom

It's Simon Crump's birthday today. He's been celebrating by posting awful jokes on twitter and facebook. Sample:

I just walked down a street where the houses were numbered 64K, 128K, 512K and 1MB. Now, that was a trip down memory lane.

But also, he provided this pearl of wisdom:

She sells sea shells by the sea shore?

That strikes me as a pretty rubbish business idea to be honest.

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