The Future of ST

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This week I will formally receive a letter from my employer - a local authority in North East England - telling me I will be out of a job after March 31st. Obviously this is a difficult situation and I don't know where I'll be or what I'll be doing later this year. Probably in the same place, possibly doing nothing. But whatever happens, I intend to continue publishing Supernatural Tales and will try to make sure that the next issue, ST19, is at least as good as any that have gone before. I can't be sure what I'll be able to do in the longer term, but for the near future it's business as usual.

And if anybody knows of a job, please let me know!

Comments

Iain said…
Really bad news, sorry to hear it. Testing times, these. Best of luck.
4 January 2011 at 22:39:00 GMT
valdemar said…
Thanks Iain. Hope all's well with you and yours.
4 January 2011 at 23:14:00 GMT
Thornavis said…
Sorry to hear that, I hope you find something soon.
5 January 2011 at 15:01:00 GMT
Daniel Mills said…
Sorry to hear that, David. Here's wishing you the best of luck for the road ahead -- I’m sure something will come up.
5 January 2011 at 16:44:00 GMT
valdemar said…
Thanks, chaps. Difficult times, but I won't starve or go unshod. You never know what will happen next...
5 January 2011 at 18:46:00 GMT
Michael Kelly said…
Very sorry to hear this, David. Here's wishing you much luck. Heartened, though, that ST will continue, at least for the interim.
7 January 2011 at 12:30:00 GMT
Iain said…
All well at the mo thanks, David. Work in HE so there are very dark clouds gathering on the horizon. As there are across the whole of the NE, sadly.
8 January 2011 at 21:07:00 GMT
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