A Kickstarter for a book of weird stories from Portsmouth -- the one in Hampshire, my birthplace... www.kickstarter.com/projects/lif...

So you’re a Pompey lad? Whodathunkit?

I was a student in Portsmouth in the 70s. Loved it! I lived in the YMCA in Penny Street, now gone :-(

Could we sneak a few Portsmouth, VA stories in there and see if anybody notices?

I think I might need space on here How do I start?

Happy Birthday, Neil! And many happy returns!!

All right, I mean technically I was actually born in Portchester, but if you zoom out a little... www.kickstarter.com/projects/lif...

Weird Tales from the Island City: Strange Fiction Collection

Help me publish a collection of short stories - a mixture of strange, dark, fantasy and comedy, all set in Portsmouth, UK.

Ah. I suddenly got a jump in pledges, and I couldn't work out why. You are a very nice man. (That looks odd, written down. But true.) I think of it as your stomping ground, btw, if that makes sense?

Just curious, do you pronounce it “port-smith” like we do the one in Virginia, USA?

I’m already a backer

In Hampton Beach now, as it happens.