the stone table – Moe Lane

Tweets of the Day, Despair And Hope Cojoined edition.

So. No more chapters of The Stone Table.

I will update on the possibility of publication ASAP https://t.co/n0morqDdDd
— Frank Cottrell-Boyce (@frankcottrell_b) March 17, 2019

…but.

BUT.

“Possibility of publication.” …Well, then.

Hi, let me fill you with anguish (Book of the Week, only it can never be).

There is a book called “The Stone Table.” It was written by a fellow called Francis Spufford. It is, as far as I can tell, spot-on in its emulation of the tone of the Chronicles of Narnia.

AND THERE IS NO WAY FOR ME TO GET A COPY. Only 75 exist (privately bound, I wager, and absolutely not offered for commercial sale). I don’t even know who to suck up to. This is torture.

Spufford has spent 3 years writing a new Narnia novel "for his daughter who wanted me to write something she could read and for my 10-yr-old self". Read this while you can. Only a few dozen copies and it looks like Mr FC-B has one. https://t.co/Erpj2jXEMk
— David Sanderson (@dmcstimes) March 15, 2019