THERE IS A NEW YEARBOOK UNDERWAY

As regular readers of my burblings here and elsewhere will know, we have been in the wars a bit recently. There has been a string of health problems within the Downes family that have got in the way of our doing all sorts of things that we would have liked to have done. This, sadly, has included much of the planned CFZ publishing programme.

But it’s not all doom and gloom. Together with my secretary Olivia, my wife Corinna, and Richard Muirhead, we are working on the first CFZ Yearbook since 2016.

For those of you who are not aware, the CFZ Yearbook – a series which started in 1995 – is a forum for research papers, expedition reports, and essays on the subject of cryptozoology and allied disciplines, too long to fit in our journal, Animals & Men.

So, ladies and gentlemen, it is time for all good folk to come to the aid of the party. I am actively soliciting contributions for the yearbook, and would very much like to hear from you if you have something that you would like us to consider. There is no upper word limit, but we ask for a minimum length of about 1500 words, although this – as with many things in life – is negotiable.

Can your submissions please be in the form of Word or RTF document, with pictures kept separate rather than embedded in the text? Also, can people please not embed footnotes or endnotes? Such notes should be included within the body text.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Jon

jon@eclipse.co.uk