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FERGUSON AND FRIENDS
THE INHERENT RISKS OF CHRISTINE AND OTHER STORIES

The modern Prometheus and his dealings with Greggs bakery. A ten-foot squid with a medical degree who lives in a cupboard. And the inherent risks of Christine.

Writers' Bloc stalwart Andrew C Ferguson spreads his wings in three themed solo shows at the Free Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Spoken-word performance from a man with another world locked inside his head -- which, frankly, is where it should stay.

Random acts of poetry and music, featuring Kelly Brook of Gentlemen Prefer Blondie, will also be committed during the performances. With special guests.

Wednesday, August 13th Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 17.40 – 18.40:
Foreign Parts. Sipping sherry with a werewolf in Cordoba.The gastrointestinal approach to surviving conference hotels. And those cheeky Ballingristani nose-flute players.

Sunday, August 17th Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 13.40 – 14.20: Edinburgh Tales. Your upstairs neighbour with a hair fetish. John Knox makes a surprising return. And a screenwriter whose heart is forever in Easter Road.

Wednesday, August 20th Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 17.40 – 18.40:
Fifestyle. The Fife connection to Frankenstein. Living death in Glenrothes. Fairies with a football fixation.

"Puts the Baal into Balamory... Spry and profane ... all the energy and vigour of early Irvine Welsh, but with far more humour and nuance." Stuart Kelly, Literary Editor, Scotland on Sunday.

All shows are free, but Fifestyle card holders get in extra free.

Notes For Editors:
Andrew C Ferguson lives in Fife, Scotland with his wife and daughter. He has had around 40 stories and poems published in various UK pro and semi-pro magazines, including Interzone and West Coast Magazine, as well as various anthologies such as Nova Scotia, (Mercat Press) The Hope That Kills Us,  (Birlinn) and various US anthologies including Sporty Spec: Games of the Fantastic, and From the Trenches. His 25 word story, Trophy Husband, recently topped the charts on www.espressostories.com for some weeks.
 
Ferguson’s legal textbook, Common Good Law,  came out from Avizandum in 2006. In addition, he has had a body of non-fiction work co-authored with Bruce Hunter published over the last few years on the Knights Templar, Freemasonry and the Holy Grail. Their book, Legacy of the Sacred Chalice, was published in 2003 by Macoy in the US. More is in the pipeline.

For more information, contact Andrew on 01592 775477 (home); 08451 555555 ext 442241 work.

www.myspace.com/andrewcferguson

www.writers-bloc.org.uk