A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

The Ghostly Daughter

One night Tristan had a terrible nightmare that he was being chased by a ghostly girl, and after pursuing him endlessly through the halls of a derelict asylum, getting closer and closer, he found himself pressed up against the wall of a dead end. Frozen in fear, he could not turn around, but the chill was obvious and he could sense a cold ethereal hand reaching out toward him. At the moment it slapped onto his back, the icy burning sensation where the hand touched him on his shoulder woke him up, drenched in sweat. He wasn’t able to sleep again that night, and when he got up in the morning his shoulder still ached. And this is what he saw when he looked at his reflection in the bathroom mirror…

spooky

Ok, so that’s not the true story, but it’s what I’d tell people when they ask me dumb questions at the beach. Truth is that he had his good friend Patrick Kielty of Body Alter Body Modification in Worksop and Chesterfield, UK brand a hand print of his own daughter, a wonderful little girl that Patrick also loves as if it was his daughter too. This is the brand nicely healed of course.

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