Café Wednesday: Lord Likely

It is sometimes said that every person has a book in them. Other people like to have other things in them. Like flags and stuff.

Anyway, last issue’s guest was Eddy Webb, interactive fiction guru.

This week we have Lord Likely, whose astonishing adventures can be found right here!

In case you didn’t guess from the picture, this good man and I live in the same country. That is how cool he is.

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AMH: Who are you, and why should we love and read your adventures?

LL: Who am I? WHO AM I? Why, I am Lord Likely – Aristocratic Adventurer and Gentle-Man of Action, of course! As for why you should read my ASTONISHING adventures, well – not to do so would be a TERRIBLE disservice to your eyeballs. Why deprive them the chance to behold the most THRILLING and down-right SPECTACULAR adventures e’er committed to paper. Or, indeed, electric-powered journal.

AMH: Jan referred to you as a gentleman who likes to get very dirrrty indeed. Is this true?

LL: Absolutely not. I maintain impeccably high levels of hygiene at all times. Unlike my stinking man-servant, Botter. DISGUSTING.

AMH: What is the dirtiest you’ve ever gotten, and with whom?

LL: A gentleman never kisses and tells, you know! I shall say this, however: it involved a rather muddy field, a group of young ladies, and an industrial-sized tub of custard.

AMH: And what’s the dirtiest thing a fan has ever done for you?

LL: One fan asked me to sign my name. On her person. Without a pen or ink.

AMH: This week’s theme is the good, the bad, and the ugly. Which of the three are you?

LL: All three. I am, of course, outstandingly good, yet also deliciously bad, especially when it comes to ‘bumping ugly’, as the crude lower-classes call it.

AMH: You were recently involved in a murder-mystery investigation alongside a duck. What was the highlight of the whole affair?

LL: I’d have to say the high-light would have to be when that blasted mallard left. He was an odd duck, that one.

AMH: What about this other 24-long murder investigation involving an exploding hat? Have you and your scribe recovered from that misadventure?

LL: Alas, my useless scribe passed out after a mere twenty-one hours of chronicling said tale, the SAP. Needless to say, I flayed him heartily with his own intestines for such negligence. As such, the PULSE-POUNDING conclusion has still yet to be transcribed to my journals, but shall be forthcoming imminently!

AMH: Your every move is dutifully penned by your loyal scribe, Andy Fanton, who has even braved following you into the loo. How would you describe your relationship with him?

LL: I would say ’tis a love/hate relationship. I love hating him so very much.

AMH: Let’s finish off with some words of advice: how can we grow a moustache as splendiferous as yours?

LL: Quite simply, you cannot.

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A most thrilling interview, if I say so myself! To get more Lord Likely goodness, make sure to follow him and his scribe on Twitter; @lordlikely and @fantonesquire respectively.

And be sure to read his ASTONISHING adventures – I assure you, capital letters will never quite looks the same way again. (And to learn more about his poor scribe, see Andy’s website).