Author Archives: darrack1

Book Lovers Day 2019

Posted on August 9, 2019

As I said last year,  normally hate overly twee things like this… But I make an exception when it comes to books. So on the off chance, anyone doesn’t have a book to love here are a few recommendations from … Continue reading →

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The History of the Necronomicon: TCL#56

Posted on August 6, 2019

The history of the Necronomicon is not a story as such, but a brief foe-academic treatise on the history of the most famous book old tentacle hugger ever dreamed up. He never wrote it, for reasons that are perhaps obvious (what … Continue reading →

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The Tentacle Reviews…

Posted on August 5, 2019

In my hands there rests a thing of wonder, a thing of joy, a thing of imaginative splendour and chilling, spine-tingling, mind-bending weirdness… Actually, that’s a lie, it’s not in my hands, and it’s not an it, it’s a they… … Continue reading →

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The Good, The Bad, And the Just Plain Ugly: Amazon Reviews…

Posted on July 17, 2019

Amazon reviews, like it or not, are the lifeblood of the indie author. There is sadly no way of getting away from this. It is also why there is so much grief caused by them, and the occasional bout of … Continue reading →

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The Very Old Folk: TCL#55

Posted on July 12, 2019

“Malitia vetus—malitia vetus est . . . venit . . . tandem venit . . .” Or for those of you without a working grasp of Latin…  Or who don’t have google to hand… “Wickedness of old—it is wickedness of old…happened…happened at last…” Those are the last words of … Continue reading →

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Awesome Stuff Update: Summer 19

Posted on July 10, 2019

An irregular collection of awesome stuff from my inboxes I get a lot of mail, facebook messages and twitterings full of awesome stuff, much to the disgruntlement of my postperson when I have stuff delivered I am sure. And what … Continue reading →

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The Colour Out Of Space: TCL#54

Posted on July 9, 2019

It was a scene from a vision of Fuseli, and over all the rest reigned that riot of luminous amorphousness, that alien and undimensioned rainbow of cryptic poison from the well—seething, feeling, lapping, reaching, scintillating, straining, and malignly bubbling in … Continue reading →

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