THE MUTED POSTAL HORN (by GILLIAN)

I am tidying. I have lost one of the tiny “00” gauge sheep that I had marked with a muted postal horn, ready for The KLFRS gathering in Liverpool this weekend. I had been moving some of the key objects from my study to the sitting room where Ali was pulling on his boots ahead of a day on the neighbouring croft. I wish he would do that in the lobby. Rushing as usual, and fully aware that I was taking a risk, I loaded everything up to try it in one move. Ten tiny sheep, a much bigger lamb and a ewe, some pin badges and pencils, lined up on a copy of a book by Georgiana M.M. Colvile, ready to set up a tableau alongside some jarred creations from the difficult second GANTOB volume. There were ten other tiny sheep, still in their packet, yet to mark up, and another large lamb that has been marked up and sent ahead already. But at that precise moment, I was concentrating on my misjudged task. Angled awkwardly as I turned the door handle I felt them shift and slip on the slim paperback. Down they went – a pencil, a couple of badges and the off-white flash of a sheep (horned, but not on his head).

The first paragraph of #48 of the 52 Pamphlets

GILLIAN 21 JUNE 2024

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The full version of this pamphlet will be distributed at The KLFRS gathering, Liverpool, this weekend. There will be 23 copies on various colours of card. They will be in a bag marked “tuna”. There will also be a grapefruit tin, 22 sheep (one having already wandered), 23 pencils with GANTOB stickers, a kollektive barrel pencil sharpener, and 23 green tea slips for you to draw on. And some badges. I have no idea when or where this will happen. The bag is on its way to a regular GANTOB contributor who will do the job on behalf of GANTOBers everywhere.

The final version of this pamphlet, and the revelations alluded to within, will be in the final GANTOB book, 52 Pamphlets. You can earn your copy of that book by making a written or artistic contribution by 23:23GMT on 30 June 2024. Details about how you can contribute via the blog menu, under 9 Missing Years, 52 Pamphlets and 23 Questions. Good luck.