Stephen Lillie – illustratör

One night in the reform club, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eighty days.

Clouds of multi-coloured fish rose from our feet like surprised birds from long grass. Every so often I caught a glimpse of the gleaming eyes of enormous crabs, their gigantic claws threatening to bar my path

Just beyond me on the rocky floor of the volcanic crater was the gaping vertical shaft which marked the starting point of our journey.

‘Today is Wednesday 2nd October. If I am back in this very room in the Reform Club on Saturday 21st December by eight forty-five in the evening, I win.