Hello everyone,

Just to say I've been lurking here for quite a few months now, and have found this to be a wonderful place.

I have a professional interest in magic not as a performer but as a writer trying to create a fictional world in which magic plays a big part. My researches for this have taken me all over the world and I feel honoured to have met some amazingly talented creators and practitioners of your art.

That's all really: thank you Steve Brooks et al for creating this most engaging stop in cyberspace!

Hi Zen
welcome aboard. It is nice that you have stop lurking and joined us. I am sure that you will find more than what you look for here.Please enjoy a cup of strong Turkish Coffee on my bill while you begin to type your next posts.

Fair is fair. I've been lurking around Barnes and Noble. Yes, Zen, that's my shadow casted over your shoulder in the new fiction section.
Welcome aboard and please, don't forget to answer one of the more recent perplexing questions we have been posed:
Would you rather have "Loser" tattooed on your forehead or be chained to a screaming howler monkey for the rest of your life? (see full thread here)

Hi ZenMistress,

I'm glad you decided to formally join us at the Café! It's great having you and don't hesitate to post any questions you may have. I'm sure you've already discovered what a friendly place this is.

Welcome!

Welcome to the best place in cyberspace.
What took you so long???
oh well...enjoy and have a
Regards
Sven