Thomas Bloor, writer of Worm in the Blood, Blood Willow, The Memory Prisoner, Factory of Shadows. Please note that this site will look much better in a browser that supports web standards, but it is accessible to any browser or Internet device. Skip navigation and go to content.

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Sketchbook

With Commentary by Thomas Bloor

Marsh Sketches

The setting for much of Worm in the Blood is a stretch of urbane wasteland, which I based on the Lee valley marshes that lie between Walthamstow and Clapton close to my home in North East London. I visited the marsh and made some sketches of details of the vegetation there in order to get a feel of the place.

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