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"August". 2025.
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[Bookbind] Hornblower Short Tales of the Sea
Hornblower Short Tales of the Sea
A series of short stories by C.S. Forester:
The Hand of Destiny
Hornblower and the Widow McCool
Hornblower's Charitable Offering
Hornblower and His Majesty
The Last Encounter
Size: A6. 24,543 words. 127 pages. Printed on Munken 90gsm bookwove
Font: Dante 10 + Times New Roman 9.5 for Italics. Typeset by me.
I wanted to read the three Hornblower short stories that are no longer in print. So I made a book. As you would. The stories were arranged in chronological order. Widow McCool and The Last Encounter were threw in to bulk out the book.
The title came from the blurb on the back of the Hornblower books, which always starts with "A Horatio Hornblower Tale of the Sea". I guess it makes these his "Short Tales of the Sea".
Forester allegedly discouraged the republishing of these three short stories. Having read them I understand why. To quote Sean Gilder (who played Styles in the TV series):
"Hornblower, by comparison, is just a series of well-described events"
Sean was comparing Hornblower to Joseph Conrad, which I have not read. But as a Hornblower fan who loves Hornblower for how diabolical he (and the writing) is, it did make me chuckle. The earlier short stories are the pinnacle of "a series of well-described events", that are out of place in the later canon. Though it is interested to see the parallel between The Hand of Destiny and Lieutenant Hornblower.
This is the second time I bound this text. The first attempt was an A5 copy set in Dante 13, which I wasn’t too happy with.
Big book, little book. The big book has too much hinge gap, the little book has just too little. One day I will get it right.
If anyone is looking for a fic rec, The Bare Word (Hornblower/Barry McCool, Explicit) is the perfect companion piece for Hornblower and the Widow McCool, also known as Hornblower's Temptation (this is canon I did not make this up).
I'm watching Hornblower for the first time and it's so funny to me. I had Horatio Hornblower in my mind as this cool, charismatic, action hero type of guy, like Kirk from Star Trek or like Jim from The Wild Wild West. But here he is, unsure of himself, stuttering over his test answers, motivated by duty until spite takes over. People snort when he introduces himself. His men can't socialise with him but they know he'll take a bullet for any of them. He's a master at navigation. He hates the French. He can't decide whether he wants his captain to be his worst enemy or his dad. I love him so much
this is even funnier once you find out that Kirk was partially based on Hornblower!
scenes from the annual navy/aerial corps reunion*
*some minor time travel required
they keep saying the aerial corps is more casual and lax than the navy but I think they severely underestimate the iron discipline and restraint it takes not to constantly be
looking at the dragon
conversing with the dragon
offering scritchies to the dragon
telling every single person in the room about the dragon
pH balance in your mouth, and how it affects your teeth! Inspired by my dentist scolding me for my daily energi drink consumption, cause it’s apparently detrimental to the health of my enamel… whatever that means
why does battery acid have to taste so good…
craziest part of pitching to publishers is pretending to care about current trends. "Oh I heard vampires / Bridgerton were in right now :)" as if I've not been in a cave for 10 years wallpapered with WIP red string boards labelled CARMILLA (1872), THE QUEER EROTICISM OF THE MONSTROUS, or 'WHAT IF MASTER AND COMMANDER BUT TRANS AND FUCK THE BRITISH EMPIRE'
was not expecting a Master and Commander reference in this graphic novel but enjoyed it nonetheless
doodling the fool again but this time more
high ambient background football levels reminded me to actually finish this Personal Lore That Caused My Books comic
and don't you forget it
Nicko Cecchini (Canadian, d.o.b. unknown) - Defensive Measures (2026)
