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« on: June 28, 2021, 10:11:13 PM »
My Facebook feed is full of inquiries about a new book called My Memoirs of the Dark Shadows conventions August 1993 through June 2016, by Anthony Taylor. The subject is certainly of interest but who is Anthony Taylor? Granted, we don't meet every fan who attends the festivals but I would like that over a period of over twenty years, someone would know who the guy is. But that's apparently not the case.
It appears to be self published. The cover picture that is supposed to be Collinwood is definitely not Seaview Terrace, Greystone or Lyndhurst. It's available through most of the usual platforms. $3.99 for kindle, over $20 (give or take) for a physical copy. I didn't purchase it, nor am I likely to. I read a bit in an online preview. Badly written just begins to describe it.
Don't let me deter you if you feel that you want to add this to your DS library. But do keep in mind that if there was indeed a market for a festival retrospective from a fan's point of view, KLS would have come out with it by now.