#mr lucas

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Gerson D. Boom. The blacksmith turned author, teacher, historian and father.

What CAN'T he do? Other than accept the pain of reality. That was why he wrote Lord of the Hammer...I think. He said so at least in his biography.

But creating fantasy on mere paper was not enough. He had to dig deeper. Deeper. Yet deeper.

Or.

I was.

I roll outside to clean Mr. Lucas's catio, so if I crash n' burn tomorrow I don't have to deal with that, and he comes running to greet me. Pretty normal. He's really enthusiastic, which is less normal, but hey, maybe he's just having a good day!

He is. He wants to show me something.

What do I see, when I turn to follow him? Can you guess what was there, at half past nine in the morning?

A GODDAMN SQUIRREL.

A dead squirrel, obviously, that must have found its way into his enclosure and, well, y'know, but OH MY GOD THAT SCARED ME SO BAD I DID NOT WANT THIS TODAY.

MR LUCAS & MARK GATISS at The Bishopsgate Institute, London  06 FEBRUARY 2020

“I showed up to his incredibly Miss Havisham flat in Clapham. Everything was covered with dust, dirt and grime. It hadn’t been cleaned in 40 years. I sat there listening to his stories.” - @hugo_greenhalgh on meeting Mr Lucas for the first time.