Hi folks; well, it’s Christmas Eve here in the dismal and overcast south coast of the UK, and I’m soon heading off to the train station to make my way to a family get-together, as I imagine many of you will be as well (if you haven’t already).

I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank you all for following Futurismic this year. I’ve not quite had a full twelve months in the driving seat, but it feels pretty close to it at the moment! This year has seen us crank up the fiction and non-fiction output, and seen lots of new readers and commenters arriving, all of which has been immensely satisfying for me – and Jason’s story being picked up for an anthology was the icing on the cake.

If all goes to plan, 2009 should be even better for Futurismic, and I very much hope you’ll all stick around to see it. But enough of that; I’m going to take a few days off from the site for the holidays, so I thought I’d stop by to wish you all whatever sort of end-of-year happiness fits your particular belief system. Have a great time, and look after yourselves!

All the best…

Paul Raven