Tom Cox counts as quirky, I think - 1983 not quite his most recent, but fits.

I do - but wasn’t assuming any recent visits. As someone who’d like to escape full time I like to assume people leave and don’t look back.

Based on my anecdote only, but I’m in the habit of looking up - cracked tile, broken camera, coving falling off… All a bit unloved.

Come to the UK! We don’t do that - we just let ours decay and look a bit depressed.

If I’m going to the effort of following a recipe, though, I want enough for two so I can have it again. So although they exemplify how not to do a link, I wonder if demand is v low.

Ooh, I did that exact course some time ago. Hope you enjoy it - I certainly did.

I loved it, too. Something similar, so far, in Annihilation, first of the Southern Reach series. Though I’m only halfway through the first, time for it to change completely.

Loved this.