{"id":330,"date":"2017-07-19T09:13:37","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T08:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hebulstrode.co.uk\/?p=330"},"modified":"2017-07-19T17:12:08","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T16:12:08","slug":"lust-mushrooms-and-the-quest-for-immortality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hebulstrode.co.uk\/?p=330","title":{"rendered":"Lust, Mushrooms and the Quest for Immortality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These would seem to be the primary inspirations underpinning the activities of the occult-obsessed protagonist of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/ebook\/dp\/B01JGQB86I\/\">Gwydion\u2019s Dawn<\/a><\/em>, hence the original choice of an image of a psychedelicised fly agaric to grace the novella\u2019s cover. However, given that much of the tale is set in and around Glastonbury, and that it takes its title from the name of the wannabe Crowley in crushed velvet, and one-time acid-rock guitarist Gwydion Turner, this new artwork, featuring part of the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey given an early Black Sabbathesque makeover, seems particularly fitting. That said, I must admit to missing the sinister fly that sat atop the mushroom\u2019s cap.<\/p>\n<p>The new cover artwork should be visible on Amazon in the next day or two, although anyone who downloads the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/ebook\/dp\/B01JGQB86I\/\">Kindle ebook <\/a>will find that the cover is already live.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-330\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hebulstrode.co.uk\/?p=330&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-330\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hebulstrode.co.uk\/?p=330&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hebulstrode.co.uk\/?p=330&amp;share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hebulstrode.co.uk\/?p=330&amp;share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-330\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hebulstrode.co.uk\/?p=330&amp;share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hebulstrode.co.uk\/?p=330\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These would seem to be the primary inspirations underpinning the activities of the occult-obsessed protagonist of Gwydion\u2019s Dawn, hence the original choice of an image of a psychedelicised fly agaric to grace the novella\u2019s cover. 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