The thing about writing books is, it takes a long time. My Midnight Games sequel, The Medusa Deep is now scheduled for spring 2021 so I am working on a third book to make a trilogy.
There have been opportunities to do shorter pieces: The Hamilton Arts Council commissioned me to write an online essay on the Dundas-based painter Catherine Gibbon.
Early this year the FB page Cha: An Asian Literary Journal announced the existence of a new book, The Flock of Ba-Hui, based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft, by the Chinese writer “Oobmab” (spell it backwards). I ordered a copy and wrote a review of the book for Black Gate Magazine.
There are occasionally chances to play double bass. Whenever we get the chance, I get together with Hamilton musicians, guitarist Chris Palmer and saxophonist Connor Bennett. We have been getting together via Zoom, and given the chance to play in IICSI’s (the International Institution for Critical Studies in Improvisation at the University of Guelph) online IF Festival in August, we did our best to offset the technical handcuffs of online collaboration by recording ourselves separately; Connor Bennett mixed the tracks together and with visuals added in real time by Andrew O’Connor, we offered Pandemic Assemblage #1.
