Looks like I will be going up to London tomorrow to meet Doc Searls, Euan, Gary, Matt and everyone else who'll be there. I had been pleading poverty, but I had my arm twisted quite successfully by Kevin Marks this morning in #joiito. (Thanks Kevin!) I'm looking forward to it, I must admit. Not only […]
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Argleton
Matt is fascinated by the story of Argleton, the unreal town that appeared on GeoMaps but which doesn’t actually exist. When he and his friend and flatmate Charlie are standing at the exact longitude and latitude that defines Argleton, Matt sets in motion a chain of events that will take him places he didn’t know existed… and which perhaps don’t.
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Every year, on May Day, a young woman is stolen away by the faeries to become their Queen for a year. This year, though, the faeries have bitten off more than they can chew. Shakti Nayar will do whatever it takes to get her own life as a botanist back. As she struggles to work out how to get home, she uncovers Faerie’s dark secret and finds that she is not the only human who needs saving.
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