charles barrow's writing

I am now the proud owner of a new ISBN number, my third. I won't bore you by listing them here. It's an achievement getting an ISBN. Like getting a medal for crossing a finishing line, or a certificate for completing an arduous academic course. I got this ISBN for finally (finally) publishing John Mann - At Day's End. It's been a long time in the making, but it's made. This book completes the All The Days of John Mann trilogy that I accidentally started writing back in 2013; as I said, a long time in the making. You can download a free copy of the book from Smashwords.com (click on the cover image on the right to link to the book's page on that site). I hope you enjoy it. 

I was looking for an excuse to post this photo. How could I post it and make it seem relevant to anything? November. It's the first day of November, it's grey, dreary and very wet outside. A day to hurry down the street, ignoring everything around you in a rush to get home. Autumn is often like this, but it can be warm and sunny and if you slow down and look around then you might spot a mushroom village like this one. Writing. A few posts ago I wrote about Agatha Christie's penchant for poisoning her fictional victims. I was talking about digitalis, in particular, that time but now I'm wondering if the Queen of Murder (a new nickname that probably won't catch on), if Christie ever used mushrooms to kill off a rich old relative and prompt Miss Marple to get snooping.* Sure, some fungi are delicious in a risotto (with parmesan) but others cause the most hideous, lingering deaths. I'm certain she would have known which was which. I've no idea what kind of