Hobo Camp Review issue 50 is out, reminding us that in the midst of all the horrors we must create and play and communicate. Even editor James Duncan’s editorial for this issue reminds us. I’m pleased to be in this issue along with a bunch of names I recognise. I have a little story ‘The Big Break’ which returns to many of my ongoing interests: ineffective criminals and a little hint of the spook racket. Like so many, I’m finding a lot of things difficult in recent years, but I also have that innate bloody-mindedness that kicks in whenever someone says you can’t do that oh yes I can.