Father, Flower, Pencil, God

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Let’s start the new year with the same old terrible father, and a return to an earlier format of this newsletter:

• on the first first day of each month everyone gets a free issue

• on the 15th, there will be a second, paywalled issue for true believers

The letters will be a bit shorter, and more contained for the 6-7-nanoseconds-of-attention-span generation. Can you manage it? Let’s start with a short story:

If you’re confused about the prawn, catch up on Terrible Father installments here. Everything else should not confuse you.

Don’t forget to preorder the English edition of my last book, which is newly edited and polished up and printed on nicer paper:

And for a slap of post-festive gloom, here’s the newest episode of Two Librans, in which we discuss all the topical matters of the day, and a very odd Christmas tune. It’s a bit meh in my opinion, but we have some good stuff in the can, and if you’re new to this, check out the episodes Spoilt Victorian Child and Bonkers in Phoenix.

17. Jingle Bell Rock