Stranger Than We Can Imagine

by John Higgs

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  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  Huge thanks for the invaluable help from, in no sensible order:

  Joanne Mallon, Jason Arnopp, CJ Stone, Steve Moore, Alan Moore, Alistair Fruish, Bea Hemming, Zoe Ross, Shardcore, Sarah Ballard, Jenny Bradshaw, Zoë Pagnamenta, Nathalie Grindles, Linda Shaughnessy, Holly Harley, Zenbullets, Alice Whitwham, Margaret Halton, Amy Mitchell, Joanne Hornsby, Leanne Oliver, Ilaria Tarasconi, John Marchant, Jamie Reid and Mark Pilkington.